Technical Panda 4x4 viscous coupling
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Technical Panda 4x4 viscous coupling
There are kits that elimiate the viscous coupling here's one
Giunto Panda Viscoso Usato | Prometeo
www.prometeomeccanica.it
No idea how much this costs
EV-tech 01279 898440 again no idea how much
advert says
If you are seeking to repair Viscous Coupling Repair for your Fiat in Harlow, EV-Tech & MOT LTD is the best destination to do exactly that. We have a lot of experience in Viscous Coupling Repair. All you need to do is enter your Fiat registration number and choose Viscous Coupling Repair, as this is the area of your Fiat which you want to be fixed.
UK is going to be very limited. The 169 AWD wasn't that popular especially early on and was redesigned in 2008. So second hand has to be over 15 years old
these guys didn’t have a clue. The chap I spoke to claimed he was a Fiat technician, but then couldn’t understand the difference between a viscous coupling and a differential. When he told me that a software update was needed, I politely told him I wouldn’t be using his service….
A lot of the issues stem from terminology in translation…we always struggled with what the Fiat workshop manuals meant by telemetric relay, basically it was a solenoid
Can you ask one of our Italian based/speaking forum folk to do some of the contact?
Lots of LR ‘specialists’ have a one track mind
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If you Google in italian
Giunto viscoso panda
And look at images
€180 brand new no idea on shipping
Or several referbished €220-300
Better than here
New £800-1K
Giunto viscoso panda
And look at images
€180 brand new no idea on shipping
Or several referbished €220-300
Better than here
New £800-1K
I believe so, yes, but I’ll know more when I collect the (now 2wd) car tomorrow
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There appears several brand spanker complete propshafts on eBay
FOR FIAT PANDA MK2 4X4 PROPSHAFT 55222107 55193595 55197051 55264146 BRAND NEW
Look like very good value to me.
Well - there's good news and there's bad news.....
Good news is that I have a viscous coupling on the way to me from a really helpful Panda breaker in the North East.
The bad news is that I've had the bill for all the work I've had done on the car. The total bill was a little more than I paid for the car
It needed:
Front shocks
Discs and pads all round
Clutch slave cylinder
ARB droplinks all round
Thermostat
Sump
Full service
Aircon re-gas
Remove propshaft until I receive the viscous coupling
So - the car hasn't turned out to be the bargain I'd hoped for, but being a glass-half-full chap, I now have a mechanically sound Panda 4x4 for under £2.5k. I'f I'd just gone out and spent £2.5k, I would have ended up with a car with better paintworks, but it would probably still have needed some mechanical work AND it almost certainly wouldn't have had aircon.
I drove it back from Birmingham yesterday and it is SO much nicer to drive. Can't wait to get 4WD back so I can go and have a play up some green lanes.
Good news is that I have a viscous coupling on the way to me from a really helpful Panda breaker in the North East.
The bad news is that I've had the bill for all the work I've had done on the car. The total bill was a little more than I paid for the car
It needed:
Front shocks
Discs and pads all round
Clutch slave cylinder
ARB droplinks all round
Thermostat
Sump
Full service
Aircon re-gas
Remove propshaft until I receive the viscous coupling
So - the car hasn't turned out to be the bargain I'd hoped for, but being a glass-half-full chap, I now have a mechanically sound Panda 4x4 for under £2.5k. I'f I'd just gone out and spent £2.5k, I would have ended up with a car with better paintworks, but it would probably still have needed some mechanical work AND it almost certainly wouldn't have had aircon.
I drove it back from Birmingham yesterday and it is SO much nicer to drive. Can't wait to get 4WD back so I can go and have a play up some green lanes.
The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
They are clearly NOT worth dealing with ignorant ******** Not heard of a Panda 4x4 wnhat on earth do they work on? Meccano!!!
The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
Id say thats a result as if you had bought a m ore expensive one half these things would probably have been needed and the other half would have been soon. Yours will be pretty tip top now!Well - there's good news and there's bad news.....
Good news is that I have a viscous coupling on the way to me from a really helpful Panda breaker in the North East.
The bad news is that I've had the bill for all the work I've had done on the car. The total bill was a little more than I paid for the car
It needed:
Front shocks
Discs and pads all round
Clutch slave cylinder
ARB droplinks all round
Thermostat
Sump
Full service
Aircon re-gas
Remove propshaft until I receive the viscous coupling
So - the car hasn't turned out to be the bargain I'd hoped for, but being a glass-half-full chap, I now have a mechanically sound Panda 4x4 for under £2.5k. I'f I'd just gone out and spent £2.5k, I would have ended up with a car with better paintworks, but it would probably still have needed some mechanical work AND it almost certainly wouldn't have had aircon.
I drove it back from Birmingham yesterday and it is SO much nicer to drive. Can't wait to get 4WD back so I can go and have a play up some green lanes.
Not heard of a Panda 4x4.... where have tehy been for the last 42 years!!!
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Cheap cars a cheap for a reason. Higher price cars often have similar costs hiding in the background. My diesel cost me next to nothing but I knew it would need a lot of work. It will be a cheap car but only when I ignore the value of my time.
Monies returned I hope
I should hope so - I insisted the transaction go through Ebay, so I'm protected.
I've emailed a couple of Italian companies that sell refurbished units. The only issue I foresee is that it looks like they want an exchange unit. Postage costs might be prohibitive.
I thought I'd found one on Facebook earlier, but it turns out the car was at the breakers because the rear diff had failed - almost certainly because the coupling had locked up.
I have ordered stuff from Italy before, both new and used, never an exchange item though…could you negotiate a price for non-exchange? Maybe prohibitive…
Or, maybe see if shop4parts can get you one and put it on one of their back-orders if you stump up upfront?
Or, maybe see if shop4parts can get you one and put it on one of their back-orders if you stump up upfront?
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Shop 4 Parts can be great and I like the guys, but sometimes I don't know what they are thinking.
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