Result the strip and rebuild worked well. I shall take a look at mine next time the engine is out of it, cheers

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It'd cost more to post than it costs to make, but thanks.



Cheers. I had my cams out so there was just enough space to wriggle the servo out.




It was just the vinyl section I replaced and my local trimmer just happened to have an exact match for that!
The black fabric part you're looking to replace looks to be available in two types - there's a close weave and more open weave. I know this as, most of the seats in my car are the more open weave type whilst the rear bench (bottom part) is the closer weave. I replaced the bottom part of the rear bench as my original one had a cigarette burn in it.

There's a seller who does new 205 GTi seat covers. He stocks a black 'needle point(?)' fabric that looks close.

Edit: can't find a link for the fabric mentioned above but, maybe this?

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6 months+ since I updated this.

I'll be honest, 2023 was sh1t. Reading back through the last few posts, I'd had all of that nonsense with the clutch and then fannying about with the brake servo.
It all culminated in an MOT fail in August, the first time that's happened in my ownership. It was down to a bunch of stupid 'regular 306 stuff' (you can look for yourself) + a newly qulified tester (I think) who I almost ran over earlier in the year (I think). Around that time I had some serious issues to contend with with my youngest (he's actually coming out of hospital 24th Jan - 5 months!) so the car got put away.

I've dabbled in sorting a few bits but that also meant I caused more problems (brain understandably elsewhere).

Some not insignificant parts have been stockpiled and I'm feeling ready to dive back in and get the Rallye out on the road by spring, so watch this space ...

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Hope everything changes for the Better Tom & your Lad get sorted x

Thanks for the support all. Many more battles ahead but he's doing well right now.

So, the "not insignificant parts"!

Part of the MOT failure was due to 'Driver's airbag obviously inoperative' and 'Stop lamp(s) all not working'.

The connectors under the seat no longer responded to being wiggled or pushed together harder so I needed a permanent solution to that and I knew the brake light switch was iffy.

I've been through the initiation right of fiddling with the brake light switch insitu (numerous times) and I've got the scras to prove it so, with the airbag wiring needing attention (some under the carpet) and the brake ligh switch I decided that taking the dash, front carpet and seats out was the way to go as it'd make things easier

I'm sure you've all been at the "while I'm in there" moment and lived to regret it later.

"Why don't I get that spare dash flocked " and "I could remove all of the unused wiring from behind the dash "

The dash is great. I decided to have a flocked dash as I'm not particularly tall and the reflection in the windscreen of the original vinyl dash wasn't much fun especially when 'pushing-on' a bit.

Flocking was done by NAD's Automotive Developments in Littlehampton. Ash spent an age masking it up and it really shows, even the back has nice clean lines where the flock finishes.





The plastic that still shows isn't as abvious in person, it's just that the flock is sooo black it makes the plastic stand out in the pics.


As for removing the unused wiring



Thank f**k I labelled everything and logged where every pin and wire was removed from. I had to backpeddle nore than once and refit stuff until everything worked again. About 750g of wiring and excess stuff has been removed and it really wasn't worth it so just don't, OK!

As I've been bustin' my balls at work and been through a ton of crap at home I thought I'd treat myself to something nice.





Sppedline SL2108 from Retro Race & Rally. Ian's local and the price was about as good as I could find.

I fancied a change and I can never get the cyclones balanced properly anywhere locally despite there being a few places with the right adaptor.

To go with the wheels some new Michelin Pilot Sport 3's



Aaaand finally, an Emerald K6+ with Pug1Off patch lead.



This probably won't be installed until the winter, when other things might happen, but I want to get the car running with it, on just a simple start map, so I can use the knowledge I've gained from the dash loom saga to work out which pin from the ecu goes to where so that I can make my own wiring loom.


I'm hoping by the end of April the car will be back together, M.O.T'd and out on the road.

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Cheers! I'm a bit jealous of your fresh paint

For a bit of motivation I got the tyres fitted and put the wheels on the car.





The 'Speedline Corse' stickers on the centre caps had fallen off in the delivery boxes so, there's no hope of them staying put on the car + the orange 'Corse' doesn't look right. I've got Rikky/vehicledecalsuk on the case for PTS flags on a white background under domed resin

Finished off the pretensioner wiring. Original plan was to have a single wire from the SRS module to the pretensioner but, Peugeot put joints in the wire for a reason - which is to make seat removal easier. I bought some extra Deutsch connectors and inserted them at the required places.





Also got some Deutsch connector securing clips to hold the connectors to the chassis in the original positions.



Tidy!

Ideally, the Emerald ECU is going to want a wideband input so, bought an Innovate Motorsport AFR gauge/wideband controller + wideband O2 sensor.
The gauge will go in place of the oil temp gauge I'd installed (since got the OE dash temp gauge working & confirmed the OE and aftermarket gauges read exactly the same) like so.



Went for the 'analogue' version (sweeping needle) as opposed to the digital readout as it matches the instrument cluster better

To get the O2 sensor cabling from the gauge to the engine bay, I found a 16mm hole in the panel that the pedals bolt to. It's to the right of the heter matrix hoses looking from inside the car. I had to trim away the sound deadening to reveal the hole.



Here it is from the engine side.



I had to shave the plug on the cable a bit to get it through. Fitted a gromet and made sure there was protection against any sharp edges.



Ran the cable on the brake pipe/heat shield bracket so it's away from the exhaust and heater matrix pipes.



Undecided if I'll fit the wideband in to the original position on the exhaust and splice in the narrowband signal, that the gauge emulates, to the ecu or if I'll have an extra port welded in to the exhaust and run the wide and narrowband until the Emerald is fitted. Advise welcome.

Also, cleaned the sludge from the seats. I rented a rug doctor 4 or 5 years ago and did the seats so I was surprised at how filthy they'd got! I used a Bissell SpotClean I got in a Black Friday deal this time around.



As it stands, I need to shove the flocked dash in and refit the seats then she should be ready for an MOT.

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Thanks Ben. Last 6 months have been back and forth trying to get the bloody thing where I want it. I do know how to make a rod for my own back though!

Anyway, MOT booked for Monday so hopefully be out and about before too long.

Here's a strange one. Insurance renewal came in about a month ago. Rang and told them car was having some work so put renewal on hold and let insurance lapse. Called them today to renew, recorded the new wheels and flocked dash...

... £40 cheaper than the renewal quote a month ago

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Well, she went through the MOT second time of asking. I'd had enough of working on it so got the garage to the couple of bits it needed to get through the MOT (headlight beam & parking brake).

With a clean sheet, I took her out for a spin, after an alignment, on Saturday. Car felt great and seems to be running better than ever although, I should've taken things easier on the new tyres as I almost went straight on at a corner

Gave her a good clean Saturday afternoon as I'd been accepted on to the Hot Hatch display at Goodwood's 100th Breakfast meet on the Sunday.

I got there just after 7am and it was fairly quiet...


But I was soon joined by plenty of Fiesta's, Clio's, 205's, Lancia Delta's etc.


Picture from Goodwood/Facebook

This lovely Renault 5 Turbo2 joined the party a bit later than most.




And this Citroen AX was parked on the circuit just beyond the Super Shell building.





Still draws crowd (open bonnet helps).



Towards the end of the meet I moved next to the 205 Rallye that had been on the Classic and Sportscar photoshoot (end of 2022?).



It was a good day. The breakfast clubs can get a bit tedious with a single theme but, this one, being the 100th celebraion, had multiple themes so there was plenty to see.

I haven't taken a pic of the flocked dash in and the car complete yet (unusual for me) but, here's a pic of when the dash went in for the last time and I'd started putting bits back.



And, I don't think I'd mentined the wheels. The 'Speedline' stickers on the cetre caps had mostly fallen off in the delivery boxes and the orange 'Corse' doesn't realy fit the rest of the colours on the car.



So Rikky/Vehicle Decals UK kindly agreed to make some PTS stickers in domed resin as replacements.

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Also, maybe you can give some help on this matter:

I'd want to mount both the heat Exchanger and an oil sandwich to mount the oil cooler

I imagine I need an even long hollow bolt insert thingy so that I can mount everything inline with each other right? I imagine there's no off the shelf part for this adaptation right?

Any help you can give me is greatly appreciated!!! M

Many thanks mate

Hi Tom! Yes, that makes perfect sense!
Thanks mate, cheers

That sucks!

I am a bit reluctant from buying to many parts "new" from the museum. It is not clear if it is new old stock or newly fabricated parts. I strongly have the impression it is all NOS...

I believe PTFE gaskets are available on eBay. Seen some good reviews...

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My car park:
'96 Sigma Blue XSi6
'98 Diablo Red GTi6
'99 Onyx Black S16

All RFS powered!

Plus various other Peugeots

Doesn't rikky do gaskets for the covers?

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Few recent Youtube track videos, more on my channel
Pair of Rallye's doing a few laps of Anglesey


Lap of Anglesey Coastal

3 sisters circuit

Few laps at Blyton