[Peugeot-L] 405 Hallowe'en issues

From: p404c <tippett_at_shaw.ca>
Date: 10/31/05


Hi all,

My 405 has decided to play up tonight.

The issue is probably wwater-related because it rained to beat hell earlier today and last night.

I parked the car with the wipers off yesterday, but when I started it tonight to take one of our kids out, the wipers were "on", an a superlong  intermittent mode (this is a DL with a fixed interval). That is, the wiper switch is off, but every 20 seconds or so, the wipers screeched across the dry windshield.

So I disconnected the motor and sprayed the electrical connector with Combat and WD40, but it's still doing it. Any thoughts, other than Onwaiting for drier weather? Around here, that could be March 2006...

The other issue is my rear brake proportioning valve hasn't been working for about 4 1/2 years. The consequence of this is very rusty rear discs and that's not good. First the compensating spring broke (rust) then I replaced it about three years ago and now the hydraulic plunger on the compensator body is jammed in the "no rear brakes" position. Hammering it mercilessly did not budge it at all.

So them I tried Plan B, which was to see if the four line unions could be freed, so I could change it for a good used or even new one. No dice - I got one free but the second accessible one started rounding even with my Craftsman brake wrench. Hmmm

Any thoughts on this? Time for the scrap heap?

Regards,
Mike Tippett
404 Coupé Injection
405 DL (336,000 km)
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