Frontera 2.8 TDI Diamond

Hogie... we cast our net far and wide here, post away! really like the "deferred maintenance" quote.

Nice to have you on here - These weren't to everybody's liking even when they were new - however they now survive in fairly low numbers and any survivors are very much welcome on BRM    

Well here it is, in all its glory.....after a good scrub....







The list of issues:

2 x Elec mirrors kaput
2 x Elec rear windows kaput
Rev counter kaput
Fuel guage kaput 
Radio kaput
Heated rear screen kaput
Rear wiper kaput
Sagging headliner
Play in front wheel bearings ( adjustable so will try that first)
Needs pads all round + ideally front discs
All fluids need to be flushed and changed 
Timing belt overdue
Dent in the rear passenger side

What Iv done so far:

Initial adjustment of steering box

This made a big difference to how it drives......its no sports car but it had a mind of its own before. I left 1/2 an inch of play in the steering,  I think Ill make a minor adjustment again but Ill do this after I have adjusted the front wheel bearings




Adjusted idle speed

This also made a big difference. I got a shock at how rough it was at idle when I collected it. I knew it was agricultural  but my dad had xud peugeots when we were young so I knew something must be wrong. I noticed applying slight presure on the accelerator smoothed it out so I made a small adjustment to the screw and she runs really nice now.

No pic of this.

Rear elec window

So this is a strange one, the window goes down perfectly but when I try to put it up all it does is click. I have to manhandle the window up again.

If anyone has any ideas on what is up with this Id welcome suggestions?




Cheers

Hogie

Yeah I hope so Chris.

The BM is going over to my parents place Saturday for a winter lay up so the driveway will be free for tinkering.

This will be the rolling project car for winter/lockdown, the plan being to just chip away at the jobs one by one.

You could well be right. Previous owners actually had a bad earth from the battery, he had the cable replaced.

What I know from the previous owner is things just broke over time though, not all in one go.

The elec windows, I read somewhere there is some central control box somewhere that gives trouble. Im going to check where that is and dig it out next.

There is a control unit for the windows, under the centre console I think but if it fails it gives more problems than just one window, it might just be a lazy motor as the back windows don't get much use?
The rear screen heater and wiper used to have problems with crap relays/timers that used to fail, that was common.
Its a long time ago now but I think there is a bunch of relays on the slam panel near the passenger side headlamp which get the weather and the terminals go bad.
I think there is a big bunch of connections in the drivers side kick panel which again used to cause problems and I cant remember if it was A series or B series but there is a major earth point under the passenger seat which again was a problem area

Pretty sure at this age they had the trap protection control on the windows so if they feel an obstruction on the way up they back off, that also tends to stop the windows working if the glass gets sticky in the runners or stiffness any where else, no sniggering in the back!
Thought I had a control unit somewhere but cant lay my hands on it at present!

dry ptfe spray is good for window channels.

Keep ticking em off