1966 404 Coupé Injection Restoration

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Not much new to report today.  The pebbled surface "stone-guard" barrier is applied underneath and in the wheel wells.  The blocking work has not really started yet. Nothing looked photo-worthy today so you will have to imagine it!

This weekend I will reassemble the struts.

4-14-2017

Friday afternoon I reassembled the struts, with new grease seals, new roller bearings for the steering swivels, new rubber boot and new upper cups.  That factory spring compressor is fantastic!

4-20-2017

I won't be seeing the car this Friday because there is no progress to report this week.  Next week the paint preparation begins again on Monday and I will drop into the shop on Wednesday afternoon on our way to Vancouver.  I hope to get some decent photos by then.

The suspension preparation is complete.  The only gap is that I could not find new anti-sway bar bushings of the correct size so I have provisionally reinstalled the old worn out ones.  I will have some new ones soon and they are easy to change even when the bar is mounted on the car.

I will take 2 more 404 wheels to Vancouver for trueness checking at Automotion in North Vancouver.  If they're both good then I will have the 4 good ones refinished in gloss black.  I need to get the radiators (heater core and big one) plus the fuel tank cleaned out and refinished so maybe that will come soon after.

4-25-2017

Slow news week.  So, here is some more info on previously done work:

Oil change from Castrol R40 to Yacco Huile de Ricin (Castor oil).  The Yacco is 90W and the Castrol is 40W.  Castrol is better for the bronze crown wheel than mineral oil but the Yacco Ricin is correct!  My son Sean lends a hand.

Kurt Allan from Lake Cowichan, a local motorcycle shock expert, rebuilt the 404 shocks with NOS Peugeot parts that I bought in 1989.  He did a great job, and bleeding them was quite an effort.  These Peugeot shock absorbers are amazing, I would never use nasty inserts.  I once had a set of new Konis in a 404 sedan and they were garbage.  The Peugeot shock absorbers came with Esso Uniflow 42PX oil (you can see the blue cans in the back), which has a 5W viscosity.