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recently my sister gave birth to a newborn girl and I've been chauffering them to/from the hospital, she's adorable big blue eyes and tiny red lips.

since she can't drive for few weeks due to c-section, I'll be chauffer. I last serviced her car mid 2016 and was surprised when I found zero oil on the dipstick! had to fill up with 2ltrs before driving, otherwise that engine blows up with a big bill on top of raising the baby.

at the same time, my moms 307 release bearing suddenly decided to give up. the pedal was so gritty rough and felt horrible to change gear with the whine.

sounded exactly like when clarksons alfa romeo gearbox/clutch whined badly during the topgear alfa challenge. (@ 0:41)

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looking at how garages could charge over £500 for a clutch swap and moms pension can't support it, decided to park the Pug in my garage and do it myself.
must say this big car in a tiny garage is a tight squeeze to work on

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oh gawd peugeots are such a big PITA to work on. it's taken me 3 days to get to a stage where I can remove the gearbox.
so many odd size bolts & rubbish undersized torx screws that seize and parts obstructing each others bolt head access and half the time having to mod special tools argh

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gearbox finally out as it starts to rain

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release bearing pooped itself

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all cleaned with new bearing.
reinstall with new clutch tomorrow

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<blockquote data-quote="pollyp" data-source="post: 754790" data-attributes="member: 4527">recently my sister gave birth to a newborn girl and I&#039;ve been chauffering them to/from the hospital, she&#039;s adorable <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite13" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> big blue eyes and tiny red lips.since she can&#039;t drive for few weeks due to c-section, I&#039;ll be chauffer. I last serviced her car mid 2016 and was surprised when I found zero oil on the dipstick! had to fill up with 2ltrs before driving, otherwise that engine blows up with a big bill on top of raising the baby.at the same time, my moms 307 release bearing suddenly decided to give up. the pedal was so gritty rough and felt horrible to change gear with the whine.sounded exactly like when clarksons alfa romeo gearbox/clutch whined badly during the topgear alfa challenge. (@ 0:41)[MEDIA=youtube]0NPbCczP3wQ[/MEDIA]looking at how garages could charge over £500 for a clutch swap and moms pension can&#039;t support it, decided to park the Pug in my garage and do it myself.must say this big car in a tiny garage is a tight squeeze to work on <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite19" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />[ATTACH=full]53001[/ATTACH]oh gawd peugeots are such a big PITA to work on. it&#039;s taken me 3 days to get to a stage where I can remove the gearbox.so many odd size bolts &amp; rubbish undersized torx screws that seize and parts obstructing each others bolt head access and half the time having to mod special tools argh[ATTACH=full]53002[/ATTACH]gearbox finally out as it starts to rain[ATTACH=full]53006[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]53004[/ATTACH]release bearing pooped itself[ATTACH=full]53003[/ATTACH]all cleaned with new bearing.reinstall with new clutch tomorrow[ATTACH=full]53005[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]52999[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]53000[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pollyp, post: 754790, member: 4527"] recently my sister gave birth to a newborn girl and I've been chauffering them to/from the hospital, she's adorable :) big blue eyes and tiny red lips. since she can't drive for few weeks due to c-section, I'll be chauffer. I last serviced her car mid 2016 and was surprised when I found zero oil on the dipstick! had to fill up with 2ltrs before driving, otherwise that engine blows up with a big bill on top of raising the baby. at the same time, my moms 307 release bearing suddenly decided to give up. the pedal was so gritty rough and felt horrible to change gear with the whine. sounded exactly like when clarksons alfa romeo gearbox/clutch whined badly during the topgear alfa challenge. (@ 0:41) [MEDIA=youtube]0NPbCczP3wQ[/MEDIA] looking at how garages could charge over £500 for a clutch swap and moms pension can't support it, decided to park the Pug in my garage and do it myself. must say this big car in a tiny garage is a tight squeeze to work on :p [ATTACH=full]53001[/ATTACH] oh gawd peugeots are such a big PITA to work on. it's taken me 3 days to get to a stage where I can remove the gearbox. so many odd size bolts & rubbish undersized torx screws that seize and parts obstructing each others bolt head access and half the time having to mod special tools argh [ATTACH=full]53002[/ATTACH] gearbox finally out as it starts to rain [ATTACH=full]53006[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]53004[/ATTACH] release bearing pooped itself [ATTACH=full]53003[/ATTACH] all cleaned with new bearing. reinstall with new clutch tomorrow [ATTACH=full]53005[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]52999[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]53000[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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