Yes, you do have to lift a ring to get it into reverse. The orignal
transmission lost fifth gear so they put a used 89 model trans in it. If
this is the nature of the beast, then thats cool. It runs fine, I was just
curious if this was normal. I have been through the front end rebuild on my
other 405s before so this is not a big deal. I am debating if i should do it
to my old one too. Still deciding if I should keep it or sell it. The body
is rough on it but it still runs good.
From: Brian J White <brian@bjwhite.net>
To: "John" <peugeot505turbo@hotmail.com>,<peugeot-l@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [Peugeot-L] 405 S vrs 405 Mi16
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:33:50 -0700
>My thoughts are that 4000 rpm sounds like a typical high performance 4
>cylinder car from the 1980s. My Rabbit GTI was the same way. They were
>built that way and it won't hurt it. They were made to rev.
>
>Regarding your bushings, yes...they usually need bushings. Just go through
>and replace everything...ball joints, A-arm bushings, and tie rod ends.
>It's not a whole ton of money and it's fairly easy to do.
>
>89 trans huh? Does it have the pull up plunger to get it into reverse? If
>not, then it's a 1991 tranny.
>
>
>At 11:01 2006-06-17, John wrote:
>>Recently I purchased my first Mi16 to replace my very tired 405 S. (Both
>>are
>>1991 models) The S is an automatic. At 70-75 MPH the engine on the Mi16 is
>>just screaming. 4,000 RPM or so. It makes me wish it had a 6th gear or an
>>overdrive or something. The 405 S with automatic is only doing around 3500
>>RPM and feels like/sounds like it is not laboring at all. In fact, it is
>>almost saying 'why go 75? We could go 80 or 85!" The Mi16 does not exibit
>>any performance problems, runs smoothly and going eagarly through the
>>gears.
>>It just seems like the revs are way up there, along with the noise. Is
>>this
>>normal? The guy I bought it from did tell me it has an 89 trans in it, and
>>it does have 15 inch rims. The Mi16 does need some front end work, ie,
>>some
>>of the bushings are shot. Any thoughts?
>>
>>
>>
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