Peugeot 309 GRD Turbo , project new daily driver !!..

Repairing the rear axle on my new daily driver Peugeot 309 project

[@stevemann2662]

Great to see this restoration. They were so common in the 80s and 90s. In a different world these would have been called the Talbot Arizona. Talbot designed it to replace the Horizon before the Peugeot take over which is why they don't fit into the Peugeot numbering ending 09.

[@deanwelsh5702]

I can tell you’re excited about driving that. I had a none turbo 1.9 306 was as slow a glacier but it would go to the moon and back on a gallon of kreasote.

[@dave4803]

My dad had one of these in the mid 90's up to early 2000's. His was the 1.9 GRD non turbo and it was a tank. Never let us down and we went all over the country in it. Shame you don't see them anymore.

[@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge]

My first car was a 309, 1.4 litre petrol. Never drove a nicer feeling car, everything on it was just perfectly weighted and mechanical, hence I still got it and she's been sitting for a few years waiting for a restoration. Put a new shorter ratio gearbox in her recently, and in my country there are only about 8 309s left on the road, so it's a pretty rare beast.

[@dave4803]

@@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge You just don't see them, it was a time when peugeot made great cars. It's a modern classic.

[@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge]

@@dave4803 As someone born in 1999, it's just a classic to me.

[@dave4803]

@@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge I left school in 1999 so I'm a bit older..

[@davidlipski863]

I owned a 309 GRD it was a 1988 model bought ex Wilts county council at 89.000 had it 4 years and sold it with 180.000. It never let us down.

[@danwedderburn5550]

Just loved 205`s & 309 diesels back in the day. They rarely gave trouble. I bought & sold a shed load in the late 90`s, the phone never used to stop for them. The grdt was actually a really good spec & a good news car back then,

[@MrBenjaminTea]

That's a rare beast that, great to see it getting put back on the road. I'm amazed to see the gear knob hasn't disintegrated, they always fall to bits!

[@garethjones8047]

Mine has on my 306 also

[@stevenchinery8119]

So glad I bought a refurbished rear axle from IM Axle in Nottingham for our 206 after watching this! Well done Al!

[@6DDIESELSDorset]

They use to be cheap as chips , I had one for our Peugeot partner a few years back £190 sadly the 309 one wasn’t available any more 👍

[@1961kickboxer]

Great cars the peugeots 309

[@trevhughes5666]

I had a 309 Grd used as a cab great vehical clocked up 198 thousand when I sold car still had lot of life in it

[@kierenleak6521]

Love watching your channel as a newly qualified mechanic at 40 years old , the french cars are my thing, when I passed my car test 20+ years ago all these French cars were still on the road, one of my first cars was 309 1.4 style, nice and easy xud diesel what was in the 405 and 306, I didn't have much to do with the 1.7 diesel, the Axel was so a common thing like you said for mot fails keep them video coming thanks kieren

[@garyburchgb]

Good cars those diesel 309s. I remember doing a rear axle swap and a gearbox swap that came out of a Citroen bx.

[@paultaylor9652]

Lovely Jubbly video, my favourite era of Peugeot Cars 106, 205, 309 and 405, great memories.

[@vitorpassos309]

It's awesome to see people saving a car that i love so much. I have been restoring my 309 Graffic 1.1 for a couple of months and it looks so cool now compared with what it was.

[@leediffusion]

This channel is right up my street. So a subscribe and a like. and for the XM video as well. Recently bought a 206 2.0 hdi sport and know the problem. Complete suspension refresh required and I ordered a refurbished back axle as one of the rear wheels was leaning in.

[@TheDaf95xf]

Morning buddy 😊 really enjoying your views especially with the how you show what’s going on with some humour thrown in lol 😆

[@alanhunter2051]

Me and me cousin could do a axle change from driving in to out inside a hour on a good day. 5 on a bad one. Exhaust brakes fuel neck and 4 x 17mm and 2 x 19 mm bolts inside and drop. A old boy made a press to do a full re con the beams. He also drilled the case to put grease nipples in to keep the bearings lubed. It was quicker for us to do a re con exchange or keep a eye at various scrappies. I put a Exantia SRDT 130 bhp in my 305 van. It scared a few folk. You should put a type wrighter and two jump leads on the pug for a antilog diagnostic check. Confuse the young ones. lol

[@saxongreen78]

Over here in Aussie, Peugeot (all French gear) has been expensive and fairly scarce for some time...they're a brilliant buy where you are!

[@Mr80sliveon]

Awesome cars the 309s. I wasn't lucky enough to own a turbo d 309, just a normal D .. was still a fast enough car.

[@Ireland-bc2gx]

Grd diesel great old car 👍

[@carlyleroad]

The interior gave me flashbacks to the 305 van I drove for work in 1986!

[@Mickhanic-garage]

Good to see these old cars getting some love.. the rear axle is a horrible job, done a few myself but won't do another.. Keep up the good work 👍

[@stephenwilliamson1491]

309 1.8td is a cracking motor ad love anougher

[@lawrencehomer5682]

Great video...I think she is superb and I would have definitely bought it too given the chance

[@mattouli]

Great engines back in the day - ah french diesel

[@patoconnor7819]

Thanks to you for Making your videos 👍

[@RV77JONAH]

Love this. Love 309's; diesels in particular. Will be following 🙂. The DT version went like stink.

[@SJR313]

Funny, informative and compulsive viewing, love the “technical” names for the tools ❤

[@jamesward5721]

Love the Motor! Did one (with the owner helping!) about 5 weeks ago - the "Special Tool" he had would budge nowt on opposite side to yours - the passenger side was free moving. I did bad things to the old seized stuff while the owner winced & covered his eyes. Lol. We'd have been there till next Christmas otherwise. What I lurnt is bigger, heavier the length of bar you can get in, harder it pushes stuff out when you hit it using the Large hammer. I ended up using a 7 foot length of solid shaft - which rapidly "Explained Better" to the seized stuff. I'm with you there on the end - if the car had been mine, the whole axle would have been coming off for blasting & repainting, but it was a saturday & the chap was in a hurry, so that didn't get done.

[@jamesward5721]

"Owner Helping" generally slows a job down by roughly 80% is my experience..

[@iangrice329]

Poor 309, unwanted and unloved by Peugeot, was supposed to be the Talbot Arizona if memory serves, a replacement for the Horizon. My first 405 had a leaning rear wheel on the nearside. Never understood why the TD wasn't intercooled in the 205 and 309 like it was in the 405. Don't think any glove box survived, but I've never seen one with a bolt fitted 😅

[@clivedavies3510]

Great video love 90s cars so much more character than todays Looking forward to watching the progress on this one👍👍👍👍

[@mikeburnitt403]

Another excellent video, thats a lovely 309 you have got there.

[@clivesilk3501]

such a great car !!!!!! nice shape

[@nickpaddock6137]

Thanks for sharing this one with us. Brings back very fond memories as i had a Peugeot 309 GL 1.6 on an H plate. Didnt have the gadgets your example has, but it had the sliding sunroof like yours. I can honestly say it was the most reliable and best car i ever had, especially when i traded it in for a Vauxhall Vectra, that after its first service whilst i had it was a constant unreliable piece of sh**e. Im looking forward to seeing the progress of this project. Keep up the good work!

[@grippingyarnsuk]

This is just so much better than commercial TV. Don’t ever change !

[@tonygray8648]

Great stuff AL you are a tonic

[@davidsargent8780]

Nice find, takes me back to my 309 srd turbo with the 1.9l engine. Good car in its day.

[@astravanmk2]

Great to see this rare 90’s icon getting some love. I remember all the yoofs that had these back in the day winding the torsion bars up to slam the back ends.

[@jackhume4532]

Seeing you work on this car from Peugeot, reminds me that I learnt to drive in one of these and the car was a 309 GRD without the TURBO, however it went very well and I even passed my test in the same car too and also if I could I would most definitely have a 309 DTURBO for my daily driver too and until next time TaRa for a bit.

[@byronmills5952]

Brilliant Video. That 309 is going to make a tidy old bus as a daily, it's deserving of some tlc 👍👍🙂

[@retrooutput]

Great work and a decent motor. I hope it gives you plenty of trouble free motoring !

[@markwalker2986]

Really fascinating video on how things work and how to repair old car's. Great video mate.

[@kevinduncombe6014]

Nice viewing as always, keep up the good work

[@chiefrocka8604]

Had a 309 gti with Richard long man head and cam A skip brown lotus sunbeam A free hearing aid beige 309 diesel van G reg that the engine felt bomb proof

[@PaddyWV]

Random thought Pity they didn't keep the "separate" warning light section that you saw with the earlier 205's and Visa. I liked that layout. Kent Police went from Escorts to 309's and stayed with Peugeot for nearly 20 years. I wonder if it would have been as successful as the Talbot Arizona? Interesting too thar there have been new generations of Peugeot 308's, but not a new "309" yet! 🙂

[@TheBeardedExplorer]

Brilliant video 😁👍🏽

[@6DDIESELSDorset]

Thanks fella 👍

[@edwardsharp-th3qz]

I love this

[@nick2203]

Well that took some serious beating but you got there in the end. For 32 year old car, it’s not too bad. No electronics or DPF to cause trouble either. Only recently discovered your channel and really enjoy watching your videos. What is unusual is that I live 10 miles down the road from where you’re based, no prizes for guessing which town that is. Look forward to seeing more videos.

[@pauldickinson365]

Great channel 👍😁👌

[@NigelJohnTuckert900]

Love watching you sort things out. One of my favourite channels. Thank you.👍😁👍🛠️🔧

[@6DDIESELSDorset]

Cheers fella 👍

[@fatwalletboy2]

Ian Dury lives ! Great video.loved these 309s back in the day.....another rare version was the GR injection. Prior to the GRD was the SRD in 1.9 non turbo form.

[@chriscarroll3204]

These videos get better and better. Can't wait for the next one👍👍👍

[@pauljenkins2501]

I had a non turbo 309 for 4 years from new. My first diesel and it was great. Slow to accelerate, but with good handling so it drove well. And economical.

[@RichiesRealNewsUK23]

That 309 looks in good nick for a 32 year old motor!

[@Fanbladetowers]

More great content- nice one

[@TheBlaert]

Still nippy enough, can run them on a sniff of diesel, well equipped and good handling. What's not to love?

[@marktownsend5130]

Very cool always enjoy watching your channel keep up the good work

[@AliMackMechanical]

Av done the 206 one Al nice old motor 😊

[@bettyourcampervan]

Another brilliant video 🚐🚐 worked a few of these in my time as a panel beater 👍👍

[@garywinterbottom6073]

A good old fashioned fuss free diesel as they should be no electronics simple design.

[@joostwientjes2966]

The sound is much better! Thanks

[@ColonelBummleigh]

Lovely project.

[@mikenewman137]

Looks like you had good patience for this job, i guess the inner bearing has a shoulder it goes against in the axle ? i have never seen anyone refurb these axles normally swap them out for a good one, i am really enjoying this project, bit of mechanic and bit of welding !

[@meirionrhys3786]

no shoulder for the inner bearing, just a specified measurement to press in. this guy makes a hell of a meal of it, that crosstube is worn beyond repair, the outer bearing wont last seconds.

[@dreammaker730]

Adapt and overcome as they say 👍🏻.

[@jamescraven76]

If same engine as the 205 derv lump, remember they were so easy to do timing belt with couple 8mm drill bits and a bolt if I remember right!

[@aqa321]

Haven't seen one of these in years. My farther had one for about a decade from new, sadly I killed it thrashing it around a field..... Same glove box problem too

[@NapierNimbus]

Excellent, great video 👍

[@TheUlrikkaul]

Also several Citroen models had this rear axle (Xsara and Xsara Picasso)

[@rickydub6950]

Nice daily driver project 🙂 is it silver bronze? I mind holding a torch for my dad while he heated up the spare wheel mount... was an annual task up here in the rust belt of western Scotland 😁

[@nealjoyce8696]

Looking forward to seeing the rebirth of the GRD 🙏 not wanting to detract from the former but do I spy a Nova ❤

[@6DDIESELSDorset]

Last move left here about 3 years ago, only other thing in here that not a sprinter is a 305 van 👍

[@jackjames567]

new subscriber great content

[@peterjohn3180]

1.7 turbo diesel? What is the power and torque? I thought they were 1.9. Fit Bosch be pump from 1.9 , even with bigger element and it will fly. I love the look of these, always wanted one. Rust wise the inner sils may be buggered. I had a 406 I did outer sils and discovered that there was literally no inner sills left!

[@truckerdim]

Get that pump turned up

[@johnshaw4140]

oooh er , kind of surprised you don't drive a merc , but happily surprised 😁

[@6DDIESELSDorset]

Lol I do sadly the 3ltr turbo diesel not quite as good on fuel 👍

[@Falconurbex]

Ive had a few dif peugeots cars i use to love them until i found out the cylinder heads are very week and keep blowing the gasket out so ive gone rite of pugs now they needed to make the heads stronger so they wouldnt keep blowing.

[@garethjones8047]

My 306 dturbo has been owned by myself for the past 20 years, its 25 years old and done 223000 miles. Its never had a head gasket

[@GeorgeEI7KO]

Good to see ya back Al. How was France?

[@6DDIESELSDorset]

Not bad fella just trying to catch back up now!! 👍

[@lucythemoggy1970]

is that F reg behind a pug 305 van?

[@6DDIESELSDorset]

Indeed it is fella , 1.7d 4 speed manual she’s a bit rusty in the front floors !!! It’s on the project list 👍

[@jeremytaylor4458]

My dad had a 305 diesel saloon back in 1979 when they first started selling them. 1.5 diesel I think (pre-XUD). Slow but comfy!

[@Lottatherotta]

Was that a £5 note on the parcel shelf?

[@6DDIESELSDorset]

lol I did go and check !! Britannia rescue card but we’ll spotted the colours are about the same 👍

[@Hasdac]

First

[@deanbell6003]

Need better microphone so can hear you talking

[@leightondavies6867]

Just found this channel but am loving it