Panda (Classic) Axel the Sisley 4x4

Dragon Man · Aug 28, 2015

i think it is actually the gauge its self.

the thermostat in a car should open around 81 - 88 degrees. the rad fan i found comes on when it hits 100.

i think the time to worry is when it reads off the scale.. :/

kolza · Aug 28, 2015

IIRC there was brand new temp gauge on its own on Ebay.

Freebo · Aug 28, 2015

kolza said:
IIRC there was brand new temp gauge on its own on Ebay.

There was one with a sensor but it's the black style one.

kolza · Aug 28, 2015

Freebo said:
There was one with a sensor but it's the black style one.

Oh, yes. You got the sisley dials? Mine was changed to std 4x4 (in 2007 as the MOT history shows +55k miles in one year).

If you got acces/ skills to use solder iron it might be worth taking the speedo pod out, dissasemble and make sure there is no dry joints and have a look on the actual gauge coil. Check +12 volts input to the speedo pod as well, are there any auxilary equipment ( i.e. radio, clock, side swiches illumination) hard wired into same +12v feed?

AndyPanda4x4 · Aug 28, 2015

I'm still convinced that this is an earthing problem somewhere else on the cars. John is your battery light still glowing faintly?

Freebo · Aug 28, 2015

AndyPanda4x4 said:
I'm still convinced that this is an earthing problem somewhere else on the cars. John is your battery light still glowing faintly?

Yup. Still glowing

andyholli · Aug 29, 2015

Freebo said:
Here are some pics from this weekends work at Toretto's Garage:
Managed to replace the outer gearbox seal but didn't manage to do the bearing behind it.
PS Many Many thanks to AndyPanda4x4 for his fantastic help this weekend!

- What? - you didn't manage to strip, replace the bearings and then rebuild the gearbox while it was out during the day...?:bang: - A simple 5 hour job after all.

On the charging fault, I'm going wit two duff alternators. (One slightly less duff than the other.) I think alternators are more like fish than fine wine - they get worse with storage not better.

Dragon Man · Aug 29, 2015

alternator not working can also be an engine earth to chassis issue. dont forget that an LED battery light will cause an issue with charging.. it needs to be about a 10 watt load to excite the coils in the alternator.

Freebo · Aug 30, 2015

Right, I've determined the drivers side CV boot is the culprit of my oil leak.

Now looking at eper there is two types, however one type is no longer listed as such and this is the one which looks like the one we got. Does anyone know if the part which is shown will actually fit or will I need to find one of the old ones?

So whats currently on ours is #10 , will #14 fit or will I need to keep it the same?

firstcar-Y10 · Aug 30, 2015

I seem to remember the driveshafts are slightly different so you should get the boot that marries up with the driveshaft (is there a slight taper maybe on the bearing type?) However I think on that age of car you should have the bearing boot anyway so that may well be why it's giving issues, maybe some other Sisley types will confirm. Obviously if you're swapping you will need both boot and bearing to fit.

panda1408 · Aug 30, 2015

Yes, it should have the boot with separate bearing, I'm fairly certain the driveshafts are different for the earlier type with the integrated bush, but not compared the two side by side so not certain, I think the Haynes manual says it's the case though. It's possible someone has fitted a earlier driveshaft to yours at some point though. Both type of boot are available from Ricambio. The early type are even worse for leaking than the later ones, there has always been a slight weep from the brand new ones I fitted to my mk1!

Most Easterly Pandas · Aug 31, 2015

Battery light could also be a failed diode (or something like that) in the alternator. Victoria had this, didn't affect charging but light was always on.

We just put up with it (well disconnected the bulb) until I decided to change the alternator the other year when I done a few other odd jobs on her. Didn't affect the charging though and I've still got the alternator as a spare

Freebo · Aug 31, 2015

Most Easterly Pandas said:
Battery light could also be a failed diode (or something like that) in the alternator. Victoria had this, didn't affect charging but light was always on.

We just put up with it (well disconnected the bulb) until I decided to change the alternator the other year when I done a few other odd jobs on her. Didn't affect the charging though and I've still got the alternator as a spare

Thing that gets me with the Alternator being the issue is that we did swap it. Unless we got two duff Alternators...

onemanmade · Sep 3, 2015

Try tightening the battery clamps, if I remember correctly they dont seat very well, one in particular (think the negative)

Good to see you are continuing the work.