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Car runs well at least. The battery was reconnected after completion and now we've realised we dont know how to turn the radio on
Another couple of positives were, I cleaned up and repainted the radiator carrier which otherwise might have rusted through in say 8 years time.
Secondly I removed all the bumper grills and painted them gloss black. My plan was silk black but didnt have enough cans of paint so went for gloss which has worked out well, as rattle can painting is a bit dull in any case especially next to Illiade. It looks great in the flesh. I will see if i get time to make a PDF guide on the radiator (PITA) and also bumper grill refresh (Easy enough).
left early so the only Photo Ive got
This audio booklet might help:-
http://Avantime-owners.com/techsheets/Audio_handbook.pdf
p.s. Your radiator support bracket looks in very good shape compared with most. Five stars for persistence.
pic of tarted up grills
Pushing makes no difference, it has a stop point and just stops.
Runners are clean and grit free, silicon grease lubricated
Basically the roof slide until a particular spot, then stops.
There is a some clicking when under motion, From the pictures you can see there is a gear driving a spiral cable which pulls/pushes the roof one cable for each side.
A quick hoover of the area and some pulling at carpets I found the mini computer module under the RH rear seat (accessed from the luggage area carpet lift). I tried the usual unplugging replugging, even with the engine running to try to initiate a reset.
After lowering the headlining, I could inspect the motor and gear drive under action and both are fine.
Is the the spiral cable drive mangled somehow/somewhere? Clicking could mean slippage on one side, twisting the roof, i.e. pulled one side but not the other.
Potential resolutions…..well hard to say when the problem is not identified
Next steps (?)
New battery to avoid voltage drop – but then why does it stop always in the same place.
Take the motor off again but in the stopped location to check for mangled spiral cable.
Detach the cable and manually slide the roof home (sounds like a big job). But really need to find a way to get the roof back at home location.
Read some more.
In better news the suspension has settled out so now the front and rear are level – rear are the POs Cobra lowering springs, front is Espace 3 springs.
Also I reckon I have fitted the three child seats in the rear satisfactorily and presented this to the Mrs yesterday – still to be approved by SWMBO!
Finally had recent scare with the cooling and the engine temp went up but it was nothing more than too
The only love recently applied was a new battery and wipers blades, which is a but of a faff due to the remounting of the squirters (mini cable ties and epoxy glue used).
Dog has now scratched the rear and the drivers door as it is very nervous and seems to think (correctly) we might take him to the glue factory.
Question for the forum whizzkids, what is this dummy node for on the heating circuit (see red ring)? And has anyone got a water bottle filler cap for sale, which has got lost along the way.
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ahh hence the lightweight looking pipes, needs recharging at some point, assuming there is not a leak somewhere, I bought a spare last year for the underside which apparently cracks over time sometimes. it was leaking last year and now doesnt work. Unless that was just condensation dripping off it at the end of a run.
Not sure about the fuel filter theory.
There is no brake pad wear indicator on the Avantime (Just a grinding noise when it's gone too far).
I am officially a big fan of this car, just done an 800 mile long weekend up to Scotland, via A1, A66, M74, M8 then over the new bridge to Aberdour. Returning back down to Kendal, then Pendle Hill. Then as a last leg through Airedale and M62, A1 back to cabbageland (the Fens). About 37mpg when touring.
Biggest moan remains lack of cruise in the 2.0T and no gear-you-are-in indicator.
I told my family we were going to Bali/Barley, but forgot to mention not the one in Indonesia, the one in Lancashire. Beautiful place though, set under the majestic iconic crest of Pendle hill. North Lancashire must be the most underrated part of England.
Car is running sweet as a nut for the last year, though there are niggles building up with I must attend to, mostly aesthetic, such as a disintegrated gearknob. The 3 kids love the Multimac rear seat solution which puts them even higher up than usual on the cinema seating, that product is a brilliant match for a 3-kid family and an Avantime. You just drop the rear window and post the kids in, much easier than struggling around doors. Our 7 year old daughter goes centrally and loves the view forward too.
Alas, we will probably have to change it due to new arrival in September, probably around June end. Not a car for rabbit breeders.
Off to France at Easter for a short break for the next trip.
(5.8 cm disc for deviate light headlamp right of 2mm spot on headlamp)
Potevamo trovarci , io abito a TORINO , TI PORTAVO A VISITARE UJA CITTÀ BELLISSIMA
Funnily enough long commuting is a lot more ruinous than the odd euro jaunt. Im thinking the Avantime might get a stay of execution as a second car, i.e. 8 year old daughter in the front seat on a booster.
Thanks for the offer italo1 but i doubt we will get south of brittany anytime soon. Have thought about a hop over to San Sebastian in Spain and drive back via Western France, but in the end i cant be that selfish and we need to make shorter trips now the irish-Triplets are in the post. Kids want to drive max 4 hours then beach days.
Italy is truly a wonderful country and worth the trip.
https://www.multimac.com/p/superclub_3_seater
Anyhoo, this means we have the world's only six seater Avantime!!
After a quick and brutally unsympathetic reverse action, I have damaged the cable or popped off the linkage somehow so that 1st, 2nd and reverse does no longer engage. Whoops.
I have checked the gear cable and fork on top of the gearbox underneath the removed air filter mounting plate (2.0l FART engine) (sorry F4RT) and everything looks brand new.
So, I know face the prospect of looking throug the 3500 page service manual to find the bit where you lift up the centre console/gearshift gaitor to see what has happened at the top end of the gear linkage chain. Fingers crossed it is something external and simple, not internal in the gearbox casing.
See if I can dig out some pictures of the above for the next post.