phil2

I had the same problem for a few months last year, and I bought 3 ignition coil packs. The situation improved each time I fitted a new one for a couple of days. The Peugeot mechanics are only interested in buying new parts because they get to keep the old one. I also serviced the LPG several times because I noticed it happened only when the car's running on LPG.

After changing the throttle body (it came with all the sensors), I came to the conclusion that it's sensor related, but I don't know which one.

You can try cleaning the carburetor to see if it'll help.

Serves them right! They can't go to America, but they can go to the next country down the list of countries responsible for the conflict that displaced them.

If they can spend billions destroying other countries, they might as well spend billions helping those displaced.

"It's not possible for parents to pick up their children at about 2pm. They are still working," Paradee said.

Ahhh...schools are primarily valued for providing free baby sitting services, not education.

That's what schools are. Students are not expected to learn where I work. I'm supposed to be a teenage sitter.

Uninstalled it a couple of days after installing it because I noticed my xperia phone was acting up.

Have you considered Lerdsin Hospital on Silom Rd.?

How long have you used it for? Has it always been the way it is now?

They installed their antennas in my village some weeks ago, but I've been unable to sign up yet.

I bet the taxi has been washed and vacuumed several times since the trip.

he's going to also change the timing belt before I buy it, but I did agree to pay for that upgrade - he quoted 1,800 baht for the complete job, parts and labor. Is that reasonable or unreasonable?

I'd say it's reasonable because I paid 1,000 for the belt and the bearing (bought from Worachak), then 800 for labor. The Peugeot mechanics wanted 2,800 for everything.

Stumbled upon one such company a couple of months ago reselling 3bb's internet at 590 for 30/1. But they didn't cover my village which is just 8 km away.

You could try some of the Churches here.

They should check with the guy who blew up a house up north not too long ago.

Congrats

If the fans are Ok, and the engine block isn't leaking, the engine will mostly hover around 80 degrees Celsius.

Yeah it stayed right at 70-75 degrees C the whole time I drove it in afternoon heat. The mechanic told me the car has no thermostat, as is commonplace in tropical Thailand, thus on the whole might run a little cooler than a car with a thermostat.

The seller is actually my mechanic, who got it in payment for repairs to another car. He's not a Peugeot mechanic, just an all-round old-car mechanic, and he's used to me limping along on the cheap for years with my old cars, so I think he could keep the car going reasonably cheaply. Anyway he claims he can. He suggests the car needs only 1) the gearbox linkage, bushing, whatever tightened up, and 2) he suggests a new timing belt mightn't be a bad idea as the car was sitting so much for years, and it is an 'interference engine'. So, maybe 5,000 baht in repairs/updates, and the car should be safely usable.

By the way, are you saying, phil2, that in fact the parts are neither difficult to find nor expensive on a Peugeot? If that is true it would be great news, but it isn't really what I've heard elsewhere..

Sorry for replying late. Yes, the parts are very easy to find. I used to go to Worachak, but I've discovered that I could get them close to where I work, and the price difference isn't that much. You can also order online from a guy in Ayuthaya. He sells both old and new parts ( http://loohmun.blogspot.com/p/peugeot_11.html, http://loohmun.blogspot.com/p/peugeot.html). There are other people selling used parts in Bangkok, but they usually do not have the prices displayed.

He's right about the gear linkage because I had that problem a couple of months back, but I'm yet to change it because my mechanic (a Japanese car mechanic) told me it wasn't that necessary. He just added a couple of washers to it.

Went back to check it out today, and they'd gotten the air-con working reasonably well ("new solenoid"). It wasn't super powerful like a Toyota or Honda, but it kept the car quite comfortable on a bright, sunny, 93 degree afternoon.

Took the car for another long (30 minute) test drive, engine stayed cool, no big problems. The extremely long-throw gearbox remains a concern - is that a sign of a worn-out gearbox?

Also, when a car has a very heavy 'on-center' feel or tendency on the high way, is that a sign of something wrong?

If the fans are Ok, and the engine block isn't leaking, the engine will mostly hover around 80 degrees Celsius.

A note of advice if you decide to get the car is to avoid the mechanics that will want you to leave the car overnight. A lot of parts have been stolen from mine, and if you're told to change the gearbox (I fell for it), or the engine, go to a Japanese car mechanic to get a second opinion. Don't also fall for the mother of all lies that the parts are difficult to find, so they are very expensive.

The only peccadilloes are 1) very weak air-con - the air is cool, but the volume of air blown out by the fan is very small. I've been told by friends who have previously owned Peugeots that this is 'just how Peugeots are, nothing can be done about it,

Not true. I have one and I have a problem with the amount of air coming out of the A/C vents because of the blower fan. I changed the carbon brushes two years ago, and it started blowing fine, but it was noisy, and a few months ago, I used WD-40 to clean it, and the noise disappeared. I have another blower fan (used), bought overseas, that works well. The only problem with the new one is that it came inverted (the air blows downwards), and I've been trying to figure out how to revert it to its original state.

"Internal Conflict" ???

I thought the "sketch" of the suspect was a foreigner.

I know many Thais who look foreign even though they are not mixed.

link showing when the bomb went off

https://twitter.com/khunnPLOY/status/633258116423905280/video/1

At time index 18:56:00 there is a piece of motorcycle (I think) that falls in the middle of the street to the left of the green sign in the middle of the video.

Very correct.

http://www.bahtsold.com/quicksearch2?co=Thailand-1&s=&ca=8&c=3&pr_from=NULL&pr_to=NULL

You could check with MLink, I think they took over the local Nokia retail sales channel? It sort of looks like they never officially launched this model here?

http://w3.mlink.co.th/System/Images/Magazine/Nokia%20Vol.44_Jun%202015/pdf/MLinkMAG.pdf

Looks like you'll have to go grey-market, or self-import?

Some sellers on Lazada. http://www.lazada.co.th/shop-mobiles/?q=lumia+1520

Quite a few recent purchases reported on Thai social media at shops in MBK, 11,900 - 12,900. http://www.thaimobilecenter.com/spec/price_from_user_all.asp?id=3491

Many people swear by Link Mobile: https://www.facebook.com/linkmobile/info?tab=overview

I wanted to get one last year, but when I got to MBK, I was surprised at what they tried to sell to me. They're used phones. What gave the first one away was the manual that wasn't in the box (I had a 920, so I knew what would be in there), and the second box was very old and when it was opened, the charger was missing. To cut a long story short, the seller finally agreed that they were all used phones.

If I were you, I'd order from abroad.

Thats what I use sometimes. Its 1000 month with 2500 channels. And VOD.

You're a reseller. right?

Hmm! It's about $80 a year for Stalker's middleware service and a host of others, and even cheaper elsewhere, but I won't post the link.

What's actually stopping tourists from renting the jet skies in the first place? Don't they read the news about places they intend to visit while on vacation in Thailand?

My TOT 3G signal strength / reception was strong when I was at the Phu Nam Ron border crossing a couple of years ago.

When GSB did it some years ago, it was because they wanted to shortened the account numbers as the old ones were too long. But the old account numbers were still usable several years after the change.

A 26-year-old teenager?

And how many innocent Afghans, Syrians Libyans and Iraqis have died so far?