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PSA Electrical Diagrams - Wiring & Symbols Codes Index

by GiveMeABreak » 09 Dec 2023, 17:48 » in Diagnostics

PSA Electrical Diagrams - Wiring & Symbols Codes Index

The following will cover most basic equipment, but will exclude later systems & Tech.

PSA Electrical Diagrams Introduction - Function and Constitution of Codes
PSA Electrical Diagrams - Coding of Functions
PSA Electrical Diagrams - Component Coding
PSA Electrical Diagrams -...

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Citroen, DS Automobiles and Peugeot Official Part Number Requests

by GiveMeABreak » 15 May 2021, 13:55 » in Citroën
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Please make all your Citroen , DS Automobiles or Peugeot Parts Requests on this thread

This thread is only for donating members who wish to request official part numbers or Parts Diagrams.

Please don't post technical queries or ask 'how to' questions here. Create a thread in one of the main Citroen / Peugeot Forums for these queries....

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Sorry marc. 308 GT Line, Souldnt do this when wine is involved
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Airbag, Dashboard, Seat Belt & Airbag ECU Repairs

by GiveMeABreak » 24 Jun 2020, 17:01 » in Useful links
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Just for members to be aware that airbagteam.com based in the UK are offering a 10% discount to FCF members on any of their services.

The FCF does not endorse any company directly, but thought this would be of use to members.

Full details of their services and the discount can be found here:

Airbag, Dashboard, Seat Belt & Airbag ECU Repairs

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Re the 407 door seal issue and airbag warnings, after a few days of rain and testing with the hose, I gave up as water was still pooling on top of the bottom door seal and then running inside the car.

My solution was to put a few holes thru the seal with a leather hole punch tool which seems to allow the water to exit (the door seal gets squashed...
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07 Mar 2024, 23:42
Important Information concerning access to PSA parts data

by xantia_v6 » 19 Mar 2020, 04:19 » in Forum News, Announcements and Issues
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As some of you may already have realised, PSA (Citroen, DS Automobiles & Peugeot) have this week (from 16/03/2020) decided to close off free access to parts information.

The public version of PSA's ServiceBox, which is the official source for parts and information has had a freely accessible parts system for registered garages, and individual...

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Please note: This Thread is now Locked.

Please Make All Your Citroen or Peugeot Parts Requests Here

All parts requests from this topic have been moved there.
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14 Nov 2021, 07:21
New PSA Heritage Parts for Classic Cars

by GiveMeABreak » 11 Oct 2019, 16:18 » in Citroën

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Parts for Classic / Older Citroen, Peugeot Renault Vehicles

This may be of interest to Members with older vehicles where getting parts is a struggle and for those not already aware of the site.

PSA are embarking on a project to provide some supplies of original and re manufactured parts for older vehicles and classics, and have made it a...

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I'm trying them for anything showing up as NFP now.
Sometimes hit lucky.

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24 Jan 2020, 16:49
Revised Easydiagnostics Discount Procedure

by GiveMeABreak » 03 May 2018, 17:22 » in Forum News, Announcements and Issues

Please note that there is a new procedure in place for members wishing to take advantage of a 15% discount off products from Easydiagnostics.

The old discount code that was entered into the checkout is no longer valid, as a result of the code being propagated over the Internet.

After discussions with Jim from ED today, we have agreed a new...

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03 May 2018, 17:22
The French Car Wiki

by xantia_v6 » 18 Jul 2015, 09:54

We are very happy to announce the new French Car Wiki, bought to you by the administrators of the French Car Forum.

The French Car Wiki will provide a long term repository for user guides, how-tos and useful information of the sort that we all know is in the forum somewhere, but can never find!

What is a wiki?
A wiki is a website where the...

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Lidl and Aldi Car accessories

by Hell Razor5543 » 04 Oct 2012, 20:24
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Hello all,

You might want to check out Lidls' website. Next Thursday thay are doing car accessories, some of which you might find useful. I have got a set of the axle stands and they have not let me (or Gracie ) down!

onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;

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Some interesting and tempting stuff there James.

Very little of which I would need.
Only the F clamps as I broke of of mine recently.

And Lidl is my go-to shop. Have recently been to Aldi, Morrisons and just today Asda.
All disappointing and expensive in comparison.
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25 Jul 2024, 17:03
Meeting arrangements

by mickthemaverick » 28 Jan 2023, 18:19
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Michel suggested we have a dedicated thread for meeting arrangements so here it is!!
Please use this for anything to do with plans to get together so everyone knows where to look.

I'll start it off by copying my post from the other thread inviting fcfers to a lunch meeting on Tuesday. So far we have 3/4 attendees so I'll amend the booking to...

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Depending on the venue I may come on the skateboard!! :-D
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25 Jul 2024, 14:44
Common Scams Section

by GiveMeABreak » 30 Oct 2018, 08:29
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We have created this section for members to post up their experiences of being scammed or warnings of potential scams.

Please do not post personal details or emails here, as these can often be hijacked / impersonations of real accounts. Try and keep posts focussed on the scamming element, otherwise the actual threat or scam can become lost in a...

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The only scammers I've dealt with this year have been via eBay. I ordered some Jewelry for Mrs. Michel and the sods sent me motorbike parts instead.

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21 Jul 2024, 05:28
Joke I found funny...

by MikeT » 26 Sep 2010, 20:14
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A burglar broke into a house one night. He shined his flashlight around, looking for valuables when a voice in the dark said,

'Jesus knows you're here.'

He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight off, and froze.

When he heard nothing more, after a bit, he shook his head and continued.

Just as he pulled the stereo out so he could...

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Nicked from elsewhere

When I was a teenager, my dad decided to change careers and became an 18-wheel truck driver. He would often tell us about his adventures when he came home on the weekends, and one weekend he related the following tale.

“A bunch of us drivers were in a truck stop, eating dinner and telling jokes. I told a Polish joke, then...
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18 Jul 2024, 13:48
Spotted Xantias! (and other French stuff)

by Sid_the_Squid » 09 Jul 2010, 10:02
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Hi All,
Seems I have a new neighbor with a lovely silver Xantia with personalized reg plate.

Have not seen up close yet, so not clear on the specifications, also due to vague parking arrangements I don't know exactly which house is theirs either.

Is this anyone on here living in HP1 area with a Silver Xantia on a personal plate?

Admins, sorry...

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Little Golden Lion Behind Bars

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10 Jul 2024, 18:41
Funny pictures and videos

by Xaccers » 02 Apr 2010, 23:15
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Lets see what you've found, but as always, keep it family friendly :)

Optical illusion

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LandRover Series gear knob

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05 Jul 2024, 10:44
French cars in films

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Just casting my my mind around the various films in which I've see French-built cars. Comes to mind:

2 CV in Pink Panther with old Peter Sellers

Then only vaguely are the cars in the Day of the Jackal, but there have to be some in Manon des Source, Les Regles du Jeu (sp?), but I don't recall any in The Duellists.

Any more/amplification?

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Part of RED 2 takes place in Paris, so there's a lot of cars in the background. Off the top of my head I remember spotting an X7 and an XM briefly in the backgrounds of shots.
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03 Jan 2024, 18:25
Bah humbug! A retreat for those lacking in Xmas spirit

by Xaccers » 07 Dec 2013, 00:46
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One for Jim this time of year

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Don't worry, the week before Easter finishes we will have Halloween stuff!! :grr:

Many a true word spoken in jest....
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29 Dec 2023, 06:16
Member-Posted Discounts & Offers

by GiveMeABreak » 13 Nov 2020, 14:41
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Member-Notified Special Offers & Discounts

Bobins suggested a thread for members to share their car-related discount codes / vouchers / notifications of offers etc. for mutual benefit, so I've created this thread for that purpose.

So if you want to share any offers you may have received or are aware of, just stick them up here.

Please don't...

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Up to 15% off Continental and Hankook tyres. Details in the image and at Blackcircles.com

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22 Jan 2023, 18:54
Sending Parcels (May 2013)

by Old-Guy » 02 May 2013, 17:33
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Strictly speaking, this isn't specific to French Cars, but as members often need to send 'bits' to one another, the following may be useful.

To send a Xantia radio, which is just a bit too large to be a Royal Mail 'small' parcel, the cheapest my local Post Office (very obliging) could do it for was £8 :shock: second class parcel post.

However, I...

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Everything I buy from Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore and Greece I always get them to declare the value as <£15 so there are no customs charges.
Most of them do this automatically now anyway.
Same from USA & Canada but rarely buy from there now.
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17 Jul 2016, 21:37
On your Bike

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A thread to mop up your two-wheeled activity inspired by Citro Jim's fine example., pictures, rides, purchases, renovations, anything goes. Anyone got a french bicycle for starters, just to keep things marginally connected to the French element of the FCF? Must be someone with a Peugeot!

In How many miles have you done this month , I have...

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FCF Members Bikes in Scenic Locations/ interesting backgrounds No.1 FCF Members Bikes in Scenic Locations/ interesting backgrounds No 2
FCF Members Bikes in Scenic Locations/ interesting backgrounds No 3 FCF Members Bikes in Scenic Locations/ interesting backgrounds No 4
FCF Members Bikes in Scenic Locations/ interesting backgrounds No.5...
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Electric Vehicles: What have you spotted?

by NewcastleFalcon » 30 Mar 2017, 18:48
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If EV's are going to progress towards a little section on the FCF to call their own, (subject to a referendum of course :) ) the first stage could be more than one thread :!: :) (There is Simon's blog on his Peugeot Ion in the blogs and galleries section too of course in the members area)

So keep it simple....

What EV's have you spotted? And to...

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KIA Soul EV, not that frequent a spot but in the bargain basement area for used cars. Lower capacity batteries for the older versions 27kWH/ 30kWh up to 2020, when the new generation KIA Soul had a 64kWh battery. This one spotted in Alnmouth today was a 71 reg...with a 64kWh Battery.

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Yesterday, 21:38
Bargain Basement Motoring

by NewcastleFalcon » 03 Dec 2017, 14:46
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Six Bottles of Wine has just bought me this :!: Case of right place at right time and being cheeky enough to ask.

4-door Clio 1.2, around 38,000 miles surplus to the owner's requirements. Another example of the On my walk method of acquiring vehicles as per Gibbo!

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Well pleased

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Excellent result, I think your drive out may deserve a stop at the Drift Cafe!! :-D

Now there's an excellent plan :D 😋 After a good run on the beach of course - to work up a good appetite ;) Worked for me!
Celebratory flask and nibbles in a layby overlooking Alnwick Castle Pastures, but did finish off at The Rigg and Furrow Brewery.

The MOT...
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Yesterday, 20:24
DIY Car Maintenance with function over finesse!!

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I am starting this thread for contributers to document details of jobs they carry out on their cars rather than the more general DIY with function over finesse thread which was intended to be non motoring projects. Thus hopefully it will serve as a resource and guide for members tackling jobs for the first time :-D

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Quite right Matt, but I'm not concerned about that. No potential drips on SWMBO's drive from the front bumper!! :-D

I thought you were sorting the under car airflow for maximum top speed when autobahn storming! :-D
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Yesterday, 19:01
Open-Top motoring....

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I am quite virginal in this respect as reported in todays POTD but others may over their motoring years have owned/desired a convertible/cabriolet/roadster/décapotable/drop-top/rag-top.

Plenty on offer at the classic sales, always tempting.

So at the risk of a zero participation thread but never afraid to miss, your contributions are invited!...

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I'm not convinced!! :-D

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:lol: :lol: Looks like a coat of finest matt emulsion has been rollered on!
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Yesterday, 17:15
Vintage Audio Activities...

by CitroJim » 05 Sep 2020, 16:12
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To keep me occupied and stimulated during the days of tight lockdown and my accident recovery when I could not leave the house nor move around it very freely I rediscovered my love of vintage wireless and audio, something I'd not touched for as long as I'd not done anything with cars. A long time in other words :roll:

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Don't blame you Jim.

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Yesterday, 15:56
I-Spy Classic Cars/Bikes-What have you spotted?

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As we get out and about there's a few more classic cars on the road at this time of year. Classics are very much in the eye of the beholder, well evidenced in the current edition of I-Spy Classic Cars which has 120 selections including Morris Marina, Austin Allegro, Ford Sierra.

Here's my starter for 10 spotted in Manchester, and one of the...

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Thank you, but every single Welshman that came to buy it (sold in the days when an image cost a lot of money in local rags, it went on auto trader but that was it) the 1st 4 viewings they all said wanted one of these but not looking like that, they wanted either a white or a red one, even worse one wanted a red one for Wales but not one on the...
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Yesterday, 09:10
Favourite colours for cars

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I love a Nuancier (a Colour Chart) Especially those that give photographic examples of the cars.

This one in particular

and from the list there's only one peinture en ville for me!

Regards Neil

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Gorgeous is exactly the right word :cool:
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Yesterday, 09:06
Interiors and Dashboards (interesting and awful!)

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Lets kick the thread off with this...

Lot 27 Brightwells November Sale

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I can only do photos like this in the bleak midwinter when days are short. I'm in bed before it's dark enough in the evenings for most of the year!

.................. Granted you have to indulge in some odd behaviour................

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Shouldn't bother Jim then ! :rofl2:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Many a true word spoken in jest :wink: :-D...
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Yesterday, 09:05
Picture(s) of the day....

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Heard this on the radio this morning, and thought it must be April fools day. Ponies to be painted in an attempt to reduce the number of accidents involving collisions with the ponies roaming free on Dartmoor.

Well here's the evidence

Apparently taken from an idea in Finland where Reindeer antlers were similarly painted to reduce accidents....

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25 Jul 2024, 19:53
The Pickled Egg Library

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Lets try this one see how it goes. From time to time I have deposited something interesting in the Pickled Egg snug hopefully for others to enjoy. Books/magazines/newspaper articles that sort of thing. We all have our different interests but if you have come across a bit of literature which you have enjoyed, post it up here in the Pickled Egg...

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I have recently re-discovered the McAuslan series of books by George McDonald Fraser. Very funny, sometimes poignant, and almost certainly all true. Set in the period just after WW2, it follows a junior officer in a Highland regiment having to deal with his platoon. There are three books ('The General Danced at Dawn', 'McAuslan in the Rough', and...
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25 Jul 2024, 18:46
Pickled Egg Jukebox-Your Selections

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The FCF used to liken itself to the friendly atmosphere of a good pub, and there's none better than The Pickled Egg which appears once a month in a Magazine called Cheers which is distributed free in North-East Pubs. Its the work of Cluff (John Longstaff) and consistently makes me chuckle.

Here's a little selection-couple of technology...

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Nice Mick but falls rather short of e.g. Frank or The Righteous Brothers.

She does very well and will be better still before long. Superb for her age.

And of course they had the advantage of sound engineers and studio recording.
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25 Jul 2024, 17:47
Estates/Shooting Brakes/Station Wagons Gallery (Originals are best)

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Its a while since I started a new topic but just in case 4,755 topics in this section of the forum are not stimulating enough to elicit an active response here is a 4,756 th to try.

With the bar on its lowest ever setting I would regard 2 active posts with appropriate images as a runaway success for the new thread.

Define it how you like but...

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Wonder how well it would function as a bike transporter 🤔
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25 Jul 2024, 14:33
"Word/Phrase of the Day"

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So is this going to be an FCF perennial topic, or a one post failure, you decide :-D. The English language is a beautiful thing, but so is the kaleidoscope of different languages from around the world. Something to enjoy and celebrate, and its not just English.

Two contenters for me in recent posts...
Notices what Have you Spotted
Toodle-Pip...

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The answer to the question Is Kirsty MacColl, Ewan MacColl's daughter :?: is yes!

Ewan provided us with a little musical entertainment earlier with the Rabbie Burns penned song with the Besom chorus.

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25 Jul 2024, 13:43
Toolbag Tales-Homemade and improvised tools

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..or alternatively what could I make out of this....

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Its a piece of Key Steel about a foot long 8mm x 8mm and by hook or by crook its going to turn into the perfect timing belt tensioner adjuster for a 2.0hdi 8 valve engine, as fitted to my Citroen Xsara Picasso.

Suggestions welcome...with the restricted space, and air...

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She does all sorts of repairs. It was interesting watching her rewind the armatures in electric motors and generators.
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25 Jul 2024, 09:23
Classic for under £10K

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Is it possible to get a nice tax-exempt historic vehicle (pre 1st January 1974 if my googling is up to scratch) for under £10,000?

Hopefully not a box of bits or a barn-find wreck but something which starts and goes and has an M.O.T. :)

Bearing in mind the fact that i spotted one of these today,

the Rover P5 may be an example (£8,450 as of...

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Looks lovely in red :D I've always liked the looks of the early Marina, especially the Coupe. Just such a terrible shame it had such rubbish mechanicals underneath the pretty clothes...
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25 Jul 2024, 05:37
All Things Motorsport

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The UAE Grand Prix was an absolute joke. How many dubious decisions were made by the stewards? They make one decision, and then, within a lap or so, reverse that decision. Mercedes will be spitting acid at them. It was the stewards who decided who would win the race, and not the drivers. Either ALL of the lapped cars should have been allowed to...

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Totally agree there Mike, the trouble is that even at those prices the circuit gets packed out so either all the landed gentry have suddenly become F1 fans or we have done it wrong somewhere!! :? :-D

It's Drive to Survive and Liberty Media's doing Mick, plus Bernie's old ways of selling the rights. It's pricing so many people out of watching F1...
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24 Jul 2024, 22:49
Remember these.? All our yesterdays

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you know it makes sense.

Topic-Bar-Split , by Evan-Amos (Own work), from Wikimedia Commons

or maybe one of these

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My memory tells me that Mary Rand was her married name, was her maiden name Mary Bicknell or similar? I honestly can't be bothered to check now :-D
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24 Jul 2024, 22:07
Unusual/Interesting Engines/Motors

by NewcastleFalcon » 11 Oct 2018, 15:28
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Springs from a VW Golf with its bonnet up spotted today.

Yes a V5
short story here

There are plenty more which fit the category of unusual/interesting in cars/motorbikes/planes/ships/railway locomotives etc etc so here's a thread to fill up with them.....with a bit of participation...

eg Anyone know more...
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23 Jul 2024, 16:44
The Maker's Name-Close up Original Photos only.

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I have a picture, but not a thread for it. Not necessarily an A to Z but I may try and play that game myself.
What it needs is original close ups of the badges bearing the makers name. Its a collection, duplicates and variations encouraged. At the very least I would expect the assembled throng of the french car forum, to weigh in with a bit of...

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23 Jul 2024, 12:57
The "C5" Gallery (Originals please)

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In the interests of easy participation a simple thread. Lets see how it goes

You can even take a photo of your own vehicle!, or it can be an easy spotting thread...although a C5 on the road or in the car park isnt that common a sight these days.

Of course creativity is encouraged, interesting locations, compositions, nightime shots, beach...

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Before the C5 Gallery disappears into obscurity here are the C5 original photos submitted to the gallery since August 2023.

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23 Jul 2024, 12:10
Lights! (Interesting and Awful please)

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With identikit car design de rigueur the only unleashing of creativity appears to be in the design and appearance of lighting. Yes, and there are probably many which fall into the category...awful.

My encounter today with a Toyota Prius seemed to reach the ultimate of the current crop of rear lighting with this.....

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Moderately interesting rear light cluster-nice angular shapes

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22 Jul 2024, 09:58
Classic for over £10K

by mickthemaverick » 24 Apr 2024, 09:20

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I thought it was time we had the obvious partner to the 'Classic for under £10k' thread so here it is and a gem to get it rolling: :-D

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Another one that I think will make it for this thread, as long as Jim doesn't pinch it cheap!! :-D

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Gosh! Absolutely identical to mine in every way... That's going for very strong money for a 1.6! I prefer the 1.6 over the 1.9 - they're a lot more fun and so happily revvy!

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22 Jul 2024, 09:34
A nice 2-tone

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I do like a two tone, and the good old Vauxhall Cresta PA has been given a good airing on the I-Spy Citroen-H Vans thread.

But this is French Car Chat so might as well start off with a cute little Frenchie

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A very rare car to fit here especially in this trim level! :-D

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22 Jul 2024, 09:10
Audi warped brake disk

by Peter Palmer » 16 Jun 2024, 21:50

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Hi, I've posted this here because obviously its not a French car (but this site has the best knowledgeable people around). My Audi A4 (2012) is shaking under braking, I'm pretty certain its a warped disk as you can feel the pedal pulsating at low speeds. Thins is how do you confirm whether its the front or back?

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Well after changing the rear disks it became obvious it was in fact the fronts. So I changed these today and all is now well. Apart from the fact that the ABS/TC/parking brake dash lights are on. These lights came one before I changed any disks or pads though so it isn't me that's caused it. I'm wondering whether all the shaking has damaged an ABS...

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21 Jul 2024, 17:00
Trivia Investigation Team

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Case number 1.
Can you dig out any information on this type of telephone box :?: (type/date/original maker etc)

Did a bit of an internet search which I thought would be easy to identify this telephone box (type/date/original maker etc) and could only find one image other than the one I took and posted on remember these all our yesterdays ....

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Love that sleeper hut :D
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21 Jul 2024, 05:31
One for the train buffs.

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On your bike today got a bit of Railwayana background,

Images of proper Railside Workers cabins are not easily found, this was the closest I got apart from my own originals...

The Hickling lengthmans railway sleeper canal hut

Not a patch on this doesnt even have a corrugated iron roof :-D

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20 Jul 2024, 13:52
Wheel meet again!!

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Neil has pointed out that we don't have a thread for wheels so I thought I'd get one rolling. So here is a new thread to post up pictures of wheels you have come across, love em or hate em! and any wheel related anecdotes !1 :)
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I used to have those pepperpots on my first MG Metro... Only problem with them was that under sustained heavy braking the front wheels would get hot and expand enough to pop the centre out.

During my time in Cyprus I could almost guarantee loosing at least one descending down to Limassol from the top of Mt. Troodos. If I was lucky I'd spot one...
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19 Jul 2024, 17:34
Electric Cars:what's available?

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If you have come round to thinking I fancy giving electric car ownership a try its useful to know what's available so you can do your own sums and see if it works out for you.

The choice as ever is between new, and used and the price you are prepared to pay for your motoring.

For my own motoring needs over the years I have always adopted the...

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The Peugeot 208 has had a bit of coverage in FCF threads, and I did watch a bit of this merely because it featured the 2024 Agueda Yellow colour featured here , and which I had spotted on our travels.

If you are interested in finding out about particular new vehicles youtube is full of the videos of a walkround and little drive lasting around 10...
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18 Jul 2024, 11:38
Just had to say

by Vic Evans » 25 Jun 2024, 10:13

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what a marvelous place this is.
I've been a member here for almost five years & am constantly & pleasantly amazed at the content posted with humour, knowledge & humility. No prima donnas here, which are all too familiar on other forums, & long may it remain so.
I joined to ask a few questions about my french cars but quickly realised this was so...

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I agree that this is the best forum I have ever found, the wealth of knowledge from members, Admin, and of course Marc, I think if you cut him open he would have PSA Running through him like a stick of Blackpool rock.... I have been in Engineering & Mechanics since the mid seventies and always though I had accumulated a lot of knowledge, but after...

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18 Jul 2024, 07:08
Garages Gallery-Ancient and Modern

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Yesterdays POTD on Geograph was The former Rootes Group Garage Mill Lane Maidstone Kent. Its listed so thankfully as far as I know hasn't been turned into flats. No it appears its bang on topic for the French Car Forum being occupied by a Peugeot dealership. Maybe the most interesting Peugeot Garage in the UK

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Lots of interesting threads on the FCF, time for a bit of gardening on this one.

Coldingham Scottish Borders. Bit old-fashioned looking but with a modern enough repair workshop at the side, but some time since those pumps delivered any fuel it would seem. Large former proprietors house behind the forecourt adds to the of a different era...
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17 Jul 2024, 20:15
A Bridge Too Far...

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With the news that the Menai Bridge linking mainland Wales to Anglesey is out of service for a few months due to structural repairs being needed it joins our very own Iron Bridge in Paggers which has been closed to all traffic for conservation work since early July..

Ours, having been built in 1810 and the only iron bridge still carrying a...

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17 Jul 2024, 20:01
Nice places to stop off at.....

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When you go for a nice relaxing drive and explore, rather than a frustrating commute, its nice to stop off at interesting places. Add your places in and who knows we assemble a unique collection for the discerning week-end driver!

Here's a nice place for a stop off if you are pootling around the North-East having a leisurely drive up the Tyne...

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A little Gallery from St Abbs, Scottish Borders, and a fortituous bullseye on the Dolphin spotting front.

Better with the naked eye and better capured with a video. Still photography hampered by the sunlight on the display screen making focussing in dificult, and dolphins do go under the water and pop out at random times. Suffice to say there...
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17 Jul 2024, 19:46
Mick's Motoring Hamburg Hop

by mickthemaverick » 17 May 2024, 20:16
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It is now just 7 weeks and 3 days to the start of the Hamburg Hop so time to get the thread going with the story so far. :)

When Mike (xantia_V6) was in the UK last year, and we met at a car show, we came up with a plan for Jim and I, and possibly Bob, to visit Mike in France and go round some museums and then go on to Hamburg, via my daughter's...

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Loved the videos Mick :D Shame about the car and what a result with the ferry!

Pleased you got home safe :D
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17 Jul 2024, 17:15
Familiarity Phenomenon & other unlikely coincidences

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Today
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4 Days ago on the FCF

These were similar except they were shaped like gallon jars with the stopper at the top and they had a handle, we are going back 70 years or more, I will see if I can find a picture.

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Another couple of minors...to keep the kettle boiling. The persistence of pre-priming to notice is self-evident.

On a recent visit to Beamish Steve posted up to the Forum, both a picture of a named brick with Leasingthorne on it, and a conversation he had had about it. Again primed to notice, I spotted a small plaque on the back of a Landrover I...
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16 Jul 2024, 12:19
Auto Doc - A word of warning

by DHallworth » 18 Sep 2020, 16:31
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Good afternoon, all!

If anybody is considering ordering parts from AutoDoc, I'd strongly advise against it as when you have problems, their customer service is non existent and they will never refund the entire cost of your order!

On 12th May I ordered 2 new height sensors for my Range Rover. Upon fitting them to the car and following the...

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Look at TRUSTMASTER, there is a review of my.
It's about the distribution kit i ordered, from SKF.
I saw the box was already opened and one roller was from GATES instead of SKF.
After many, and long discussions they finally sent me the correct roller from SKF.
They keep saying GATES is the same as SKF.....
Greetings,
Kees.
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16 Jul 2024, 09:22
Car and building pictures

by Richard_C » 14 Jul 2024, 16:31

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The Guardian has published an extract of a book which pairs European car of the year with buildings of the same era. 10 pictures, of which 2 Citroens and 2 Renaults + 1 Peugeot, so some FCF readers might enjoy. Plus a Rover SD1 in a colour I don't recall seeing, maybe they didn't sell or maybe my mind is good at erasing unpleasant memories. I...

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The Guardian has published an extract of a book which pairs European car of the year with buildings of the same era. 10 pictures, of which 2 Citroens and 2 Renaults + 1 Peugeot, so some FCF readers might enjoy. Plus a Rover SD1 in a colour I don't recall seeing, maybe they didn't sell or maybe my mind is good at erasing unpleasant memories. I...

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14 Jul 2024, 18:35
I-spy a 24 Reg

by NewcastleFalcon » 02 Mar 2024, 12:50
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Not expecting an avalanche in the early days, but yes its new reg time so here's a thread open for one month for your spotting of the new reg.

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I know it is a bit late for this, but I saw an orange open topped 24reg McLaren southbound on the M3, close to J7 at around 07:30 this morning.
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14 Jul 2024, 13:36
e-fuel, synthetic fuel, bio-fuel still alive?

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Thought I would have a bit of a delve, see if I could learn something. They all seem a bit of a dead end and a retrograde step to me.

I kicked off having a look at this about e-fuels.

Definition of E-fuels
E-fuels are gaseous and liquid fuels such as hydrogen, methane, synthetic petrol, and diesel fuels generated
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To complete the set of the Big Four railfreight companies in the UK and HVO, GB Railfreight point to the realities of HVO in relation to a reliable supply chain and cost. Some customers seeking to reduce the emissions of their own supply chains, may well be willing to pay the premium at the moment for HVO over conventional diesel. Plenty of...
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14 Jul 2024, 10:46
Now here's a question.....Kymco 4x4 Mule

by moizeau » 04 Jul 2024, 15:08

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Looking for some knowledge. I know diddy squat about fuel injected petrol engines, give me a carb any day.
A mate has a Kymco 700cc fuel injected buggy. It started off being hard to start then once started wouldn't hit peak revs, now it won't start.
I've done all the normal stuff that I would do on one my bikes, mowers etc. to no avail.

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Yep, loose flywheel caused this
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Cleaned the high spots up with a sanding wheel dremel attachment and reshaped a lawnmower woodruff key to fit. Luckily the crank isn't too bad and it still has enough meat in the groove of the flywheel to accept the key snugly. I'm going to lap the flywheel onto the crank to ensure a good fit and...

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14 Jul 2024, 10:31

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