Congratulations on 404 ownership. I've had them for over 35 years,
and your's sounds like a typical 404! Not to worry, though, as
compressed air should clean the sunroof drain tubes out for a while.
Brian's suggestions for the carb should fix it well, and an inline
fuel filter should keep the carb unclogged longer than your sunroof
drains. As for the horn, I THINK I had a 404 once which had a working
horn! The horns are low, beneath the bumper, and collect everything.
Also, the contacts (remove the lower steering column plastic cover)
may need to be cleaned and tweaked. As for the car wash,the new ones
were never designed with old cars in mind. I know of two recent
disasters: a 356 Porsche which was warped by the high pressure jets,
and a '59 Caddy that used to have beautiful original lacquer.
A warning for carburated old cars: don't use the new fuel injection
cleaning stuff in your tank. It's designed for modern injectors, and
the material and method of cleaning is different than for carbs. It
can damage the fuel pump diaphrams and other "organic" parts in the
fuel system. I've learned the hard way... Take care.
Tom
--- In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, gary freeman <riven2649@...> wrote:
>
> Todd,
>
> Obviously, the beautiful 404. Don't be too upset, old cars will
have problems; and the no rust and good brakes are big pluses. The
owner might have just rebuilt the carb, and that might be why it
idles poorly. Old carbs are simple. I'm not familiar with that model
( I might be, I just don't remember what carb it had-probably a
Solex ), but people who don't know carbs sometimes set the idle with
the throttle setting. The throttle has to be closed in order for the
idle circuit to operate properly. Usually you back off the throttle
adjustment until the stop screw no longer contacts the throttle
linkage, turn the screw in half a turn; and then adjust the idle
with the mixture screw. Some of the older Solex's had two screws- a
mixture and an air by-pass- and they had certain procedures for
adjusting them. Get a good manual, and it should be easy. The other
possibility is that the idle circuit didn't get cleaned out well
enough, so you may have to redo it; or it may be like
> the downdraft, single Solex on the old Alfa Giulias and
Giuliettas which would get so clogged that you couldn't clean them
and they would ice up, so people replaced them with a Weber. Don't
be upset, a little working on it will acquaint you with it quickly
and bring you closer. Sort of like a wife. Good luck and enjoy. Oh,
and check for vacuum leaks as he may not have used a new gasket, or
there could be warpage, or the carb body by the throttle spindles
may be worn.
>
> Brian White <brian@...> wrote: What is here?
>
>
>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: "Todd Kelson" <peugeot404a@...>
> To: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 19:36:56 -0000
> Subject: [Peugeot-L] Its here...
>
> > and not as represented. The first thing that happened was
putting it
> > through a carwash and getting drenched. The horn does not work.
The
> > idle is rough, but it does run ok. (Seller said he just "
rebuilt the
> > carb" - what a crock of s___!) The dash has cracks
> >
> > Not at all the kind of thing to be seen in the same photo with
the
> > beautiful Schlick autos
> >
> > Body is very solid, no rust to be seen. Brakes are good.
>
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