Hey Mike,
Soak the union with a lot of rust penetrant (I use the red bottled Rust-Check - sprays a read oily foam), and use a small "nut jaw" vise grip on the nut. If you can fit a small hammer up there - a few wraps also helps.
I personally hate so called brake wrenches - or flared nut wrenches. The "nut jaw" vise grip doesn't damage soft unions and it has WAY more clamping force to acturall grip the union.
Good luck with it!
Rabin
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From: p404c
To: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 9:19 PM
Subject: [Peugeot-L] 405 Hallowe'en issues
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
waiting 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)
smart fortwo cdi cabriolet
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