blackjack,
that pad was to soak up any fuel which leaked out of the 'pinhole' in the underside of the manifold.
They were usually removed during the pre-delivery inspection, although now and again one escaped into the wild.
Just pull harder, btw...
That canister on the front of the engine bearer crossmember is the resistor for the dim dip system.
Plenty of advice around here on how to disable the setup before it cooks the light switch, but maybe keep that 'as new' resistor as a curiosity?
Those last run cars had plenty of recycled tyres pressed into service in an attempt to reduce the 'drive by' decibel level, including a particularly awful full undertray to the engine bay.
The only improvement worth the name is the rubber mounted fan pulley, in my opinion.
ken
( p.s. A few items for quality control.
Is there an R clip missing from one of the clevis pins on the handbrake linkage?
Are there any lock washers under the 2 nuts at the front of the carb?
Are there 2 locknuts on each rear suspension tie rod and none on the front rods? )
blackjack wrote:
There are a couple of things I've not seen on any 2CV I've owned. A pad of material underneath the intake manifold plenum chamber that is made up of layer of yellow woven nylon (sort of like a scouring pad) on top of a layer of grey felt. It is firmly fixed there and can't be pulled out. There's also what I assume to be a large relay in an aluminium canister down below the fan housing. Is this a late model thing? All my 2CV's were late '70's or earlier and didn't have anything like that.
There are also lots of rubber anti-vibration/anti-rattle fittings that I've never seen before.
There are also lots of rubber anti-vibration/anti-rattle fittings that I've never seen before.
