General General Panda thoughts

[panda panda]

Give it a good clean, may be a bit of dirt jamming it.

Perhaps try another cap sometime too, not a dear item.

BTW like the new sig - need to change the side pic too though now.

 

[Didge3]

Give it a good clean, may be a bit of dirt jamming it.

Perhaps try another cap sometime too, not a dear item.

That sounds like a good plan actually. I'll try giving it a bit of a wipe tomorrow

 

[Palio]

Unlock, turn, hissy noise, pulls out about 5mm, have to wiggle it to get it to actually come out, once its out it goes back in no problem.

That sounds perfectly normal for a standard fit mk2 petrol cap. I had the same thing today - at least with such a tight fit it won't leak!! I think it's the rubber seal you have to wiggle past the rubber on the filler neck.

I am resisting any Carry On type comments.......

 

[Didge3]

BTW like the new sig - need to change the side pic too though now.

Thanks , I'll change the other one when I get some decent pictures and start a MM thread, its been raining too bloody much to get any nice pictures

That sounds perfectly normal for a standard fit mk2 petrol cap. I had the same thing today - at least with such a tight fit it won't leak!!

I am resisting any Carry On type comments.......

So I'm not the only one? I feel like an idiot in the petrol station wrestling with the cap.

 

[JamieK]

Unlock, turn, hissy noise, pulls out about 5mm, have to wiggle it to get it to actually come out, once its out it goes back in no problem.

Mr Haze will be gutted he's missing out on this one
Barbados beach or fuel cap problems :chin:

 

[Didge3]

Mr Haze will be gutted he's missing out on this one
Barbados beach or fuel cap problems :chin:

If he doesn't like it he shouldn't have become a moderator on a forum
Has anyone got a postal address for him whilst he's there, I could send him a letter with all my trivial problems?

 

[Palio]

Mr Haze will be gutted he's missing out on this one
Barbados beach or fuel cap problems :chin:

He's got his own fuel cap problems. It's a Mk1 though so a different problem - no I'm not joking it is a different issue with a mk1!!! They stick out rather than fit in too tightly . Someone should edit some of these together to make a very Carry On chat!

Are you going to Chiltern Hills Sunday Jamie? I'll bring the spare key etc if so. Have you had anything from our fiends (sic) at the DVLA yet?

 

[VmanC]

I'm liking the new sig. too Didge.

Can't remember the cap being any different to most Pandas. Maybe spray some WD40 into the lock to make sure the key is turning all the way. I've bought new ones in the past and had to modify them straight away because they are so tight to turn.

 

[Aston Martin]

 

[Dragon Man]

found THiS one on facebook a while ago..

there a facebook group that i am in called Classic Car Scrap Finds
theres sometimes the odd fiat panda that shows up.

if you like old cars its a good group to follow

 

[Giacosa]

found THiS one on facebook a while ago..

there a facebook group that i am in called Classic Car Scrap Finds
theres sometimes the odd fiat panda that shows up.

if you like old cars its a good group to follow

Isn't that Scottish treasure trove on the isle of Mull? I'm quite tempted to track it down.

 

[JamieK]

Inspired by all the panda polishing going on I headed out to scrub the rubber flooring on my colour, while I was IN the passenger side footwell I noticed something which appears to be some kind of switch behind a cover? Its just under the parcel shelf. The top part is a button but I haven't pressed it down fully for fear of what it might do Fuel cut out?

Here's a photo

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

As you suspect, its a fuel cut off, very rare on Pandas tbh and only fitted on very late models

 

[JamieK]

As you suspect, its a fuel cut off, very rare on Pandas tbh and only fitted on very late models

Cheers, you're a star

 

[Didge3]

I turned right today with 3/4 of a tank. The needle hit full and when I straightened up it stayed there, gave the binnacle a bit of a knock to get the needle to move again.
Ah fun.

 

[homeward]

I turned right today with 3/4 of a tank. The needle hit full and when I straightened up it stayed there, gave the binnacle a bit of a knock to get the needle to move again.
Ah fun.

When I get down to around a 1/4 in my 750, the low fuel warning light comes on when I go around a corner! The joys of Panda'ing....

 

[Didge3]

When I get down to around a 1/4 in my 750, the low fuel warning light comes on when I go around a corner! The joys of Panda'ing....

I'd mentioned at a previous date that with less than 1/3rd turning left always makes my light come on. Sometime going over speed bumps with less than 1/4 makes it flash on for a second or two.

 

[Dragon Man]

I'd mentioned at a previous date that with less than 1/3rd turning left always makes my light come on. Sometime going over speed bumps with less than 1/4 makes it flash on for a second or two.

please guys.. i have taken all the slosh baffles out of my fuel tank as it it was causing it to rust through.

when i brake.. i get a full tank, and if i brake suddenly to a stop the fuel needle dances up and down for ages.

car never cuts out even when the fuel level barely registers on the fuel gauge. joys are a carb and float setup i guess. only taken it down to that level once though just to flush the tank.

 

[panda panda]

I went to have a look at a 100HP Panda.

Interesting garage.

The Blue one was owned from new by Rowan Atkinson.

Stock around the back.

didn't have the heart (and the mechanics were giving me funny looks) to take pictures of the half a dozen shells piled up in a corner.

Might make an interesting stop on a Panday?

 

[JamieK]

Integrale's :yum:
One of my favorite cars Not driven one though sadly!