I once had the saloon version of a 504 as a company car
The Amazon is worh a closer look too
I have a soft spot for a 504 as I worked on them for years. The IRS rear axle ones are easy to fit a new clutch but the estates are either an engine out or back axle out to fit a new clutch
Post by grumpynorthener on Jun 27, 2024 20:56:13 GMT
I have a soft spot for a 504 as I worked on them for years. The IRS rear axle ones are easy to fit a new clutch but the estates are either an engine out or back axle out to fit a new clutch
I think it was the same for the 504 pickup - I put a front end on one when I worked for a brief spell at a Peugeot dealers - couldn't get the clutch slave cylinder to bleed after I had refitted the engine & box - One of the old boys came with some advice and advised that you had to bleed them backwards via a length of hose on to one the brake calliper bleed nipples then to the bleed nipple on the clutch slave cylinder - then pump the brake pedal to force the air out up into clutch reservoir
I have a soft spot for a 504 as I worked on them for years. The IRS rear axle ones are easy to fit a new clutch but the estates are either an engine out or back axle out to fit a new clutch
I think it was the same for the 504 pickup - I put a front end on one when I worked for a brief spell at a Peugeot dealers - couldn't get the clutch slave cylinder to bleed after I had refitted the engine & box - One of the old boys came with some advice and advised that you had to bleed them backwards via a length of hose on to one the brake calliper bleed nipples then to the bleed nipple on the clutch slave cylinder - then pump the brake pedal to force the air out up into clutch reservoir
The 504 pickup was indeed the same. The joys of having a torque tube instead of a propshaft. The good thing about reverse bleeding the clutch was that you didn't have to bother about keeping the fluid topped up as it was recirculated. For those who don't know the clutch reservoir was also the brake reservoir with the feed pipe for the clutch master being about halfway down the reservoir so that if you developed a leak in the clutch hydraulics you didn't also eventually have brake failure. So connecting the nsf brake bleed nipple to the clutch slave cylinder bleed nipple and slowly pumping the brake pedal, the fluid travelled out of the caliper, into the clutch slave cylinder, then into the clutch master cylinder and back into the reservoir.