Peugeot 305 SR break 1982

This was my Peugeot 305 break, I owned this car between 1988 and 1994. This car looked very nice the first year but very soon it began to rust everywere but it was just "cosmetic rust" on the doors and on the tailgate mainly. I never had to weld any rustdamages on the supporting parts, I had to repaint it once but it was a quick job so the rust came back in two years. There were no mechanical problems with this car, the only problem i had was when the left door fell off , the shaft in the hinge was rusted apart. The car was used as utility veihcle, it was often carrying heavy loads such as our sailboat on trailer or stones for the garden, it had 102000 km on the meter, when I bought and when I drove it to the junk yard the meter said 252000 km.

The Peugeot 305 SR has got a four cylinder light alloy engine 1472cc 64hp which is connected to a four speed gearbox. The car is front wheel driven and has front disc brakes and drum brakes rear. Independent suspension with Mc Phearson struts and antiroll bar in front, individual suspension with lying coilsprings rear. The car is 4.23 m long 1.64 m wide and weighs 980kg.

The electrical system seemed to be the weak point on Peugeot 305 SR, I had to renovate starter motor tvice and generator once the sparkplugs had to be changed every 10000 km otherwise it wouldn't start. The spark plugs has got conical sealing so the engine should be warm when you remove them, otherwise it's easy to twist them off.