Another cheerful drive into the Himalayas
From: Brian Rodgers (brians.outfit@gmail.com)
Date: Sat 13 May 2006 - 08:50:55 EDT
That's an awesome story. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. Once
again the 405 seems like a car worth driving. What kind of horse power does
it have to take on the Himalayas? My 1981 505s Turbo Diesel only really
shines on the down hill stretches. The engine is doing better all the time.
Lately I have done the Italian tune-up, changed the fuel filters, adjusted
the valves, torqued the head and a as advised I now drive It like I stole
it. All done at minimal expense. The mountains in our backyard are called
the Sangre de Christos, They are around 10,000 feet ~ 3000 meters above sea
level. This Peugeot lives in New Mexico, USA. I think the car is lonely, I
am pissed that this government can't find a reason to import French cars,
just goes to show what jerks we Americans are.
Anyway nice driving story.
Brian Rodgers
On 5/13/06, sasi405 <sasi405@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
> I have driven my '94 405 GLD up to Shimla in the Himalayas (2206
> Meters above sea level) last week from Jaipur in Rajasthan (India)
> and am still here on some work. The total distance covered is
> approx. 650kms. The car has returned an average of 15kmpl with the
> A/C on in the plains (45degree temperature outside). The climb
> uphill was easy and I was keeping pace with (believe it or not!!) a
> new Merc C200K Kompressor!!!! The only reason I was able to do that
> was 1. My driving skills were probably better than the other guy and
> 2. the 405 gives fantastic roadholding on winding mountain roads (or
> any other road, for that matter). The grip is fantastic and I hardly
> had to use the brakes to slow down. Thanks to Peugeot for making
> such fine-handling cars.
> I will post pics of the trip after I get back to Jaipur next week.
>
> Some small problems after reaching here:
> 1. The glow plugs had to be changed as only one out of three were
> working!! The car was starting on one glow plug all this while in
> the plains.. The replacement was easy as the local company TATA uses
> the same glow plugs in their vehicles. A total of Rs.450.00 (about
> USD 10.00)USD was spent in replacing all 4 glow plugs.
> 2. The power steering pump started leaking and all the oil was lost.
> The fault was traced to a leaking inlet nozzle and was repaired by
> winding a simple thread around the end and re-tightening it in
> place. The cost was Rs. 150.00 (about USD 3.30) for repair charges
> as well as new power steering oil.
>
> I will be doing an extensive trip of about 2000kms in June into the
> Himalayas again and hope to drive up to about 3800 Meters altitude
> to the highest motorable road in the world at Rohtang.
>
> Bye..
>
> Sasi Menon
> 1994 405 GLD
> 1984 Suzuki SS80
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