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sledgehammer

the ohv panda's timing chain
used to saw thru the timing cover ,
dump the oil every where
& blow the ends
something to look out for
if you look at the timing chain you will see the teeth
did quite a few in the 80's
OHC is better
Nov 17 2015 07:43 PM

mini-auto

I had a Panda as a daily back in the day, serviced it well & went all over the place in it, never let me down.
Used to have a switch that would isolate the engine & if I flicked the switch to off while driving along & then back to on it would back fire, I could almost make it back fire at will.
I keep looking at old Panda's on flea, some nice ones come up & the 4x4 ones are capable & well sought after.
Mine had some rust 20 or so years ago so dread to t...
Nov 17 2015 08:48 PM

mini-auto

... think what they will be like now.
I had a couple of 2CV6 back in my student days, you just had to appreciate you weren't going anywhere fast but you could have some real fun when you wound them up & particularly on roundabouts. I would't want one now though.
Nov 17 2015 08:53 PM