Executed changes to the Traction Avant Archieven - Jantec.nl https://jantecnl.synology.me/en/category/changes-to-the-traction-avant-already-executed/ 3D modeling, scanning and printing Sun, 17 May 2026 20:47:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://jantecnl.synology.me/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-pagina01d-32x32.jpg Executed changes to the Traction Avant Archieven - Jantec.nl https://jantecnl.synology.me/en/category/changes-to-the-traction-avant-already-executed/ 32 32 Traction Avant 11BN art deco hood mascotte install https://jantecnl.synology.me/en/traction-avant-11bn-art-deco-hood-mascotte-install/ Fri, 30 Jun 2023 20:39:53 +0000 https://jantecnl.synology.me/?p=13960 Now and then I check my preferred suppliers for the availability of a so-called ornement de capot, in French. This is a hood mascotte, originally fabricated by ROBI for a.o. Traction Avant 11BN and BL. To my surprise, Franssen in Belgium had a new stock of these for my BN and I ordered me  one, …

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]]> DOT3 brake fluid in my Traction Avant https://jantecnl.synology.me/en/dot3-brake-fluid-in-my-traction-avant/ Sat, 25 May 2019 15:37:57 +0000 https://jantecnl.synology.me/?p=7851 The Traction Avant is regularly parked at our place for long periods of time. Each time, the level of my brake fluid when I picked up the car was at minimum, while I had put the car away with maximum level. The reason turned out to be that on almost all parts where the original …

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]]> My Traction Avant conversion to 4 gears https://jantecnl.synology.me/en/my-traction-avant-conversion-to-4-gears/ Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:23:37 +0000 https://jantecnl.synology.me/?p=10718 Conversion of a 1955 Traction Avant 11BN from 3- to 4 gears -By marrying a 1964 Citroën ID gearbox with a Traction differential- Above you can see the rough end result with which I have now (2022) already been able to travel a few thousand kilometers. In the end it has been a valuable project. …

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]]> New driveshafts Traction Avant 11BN https://jantecnl.synology.me/en/new-driveshafts-traction-avant-11bn/ Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:56:47 +0000 https://jantecnl.synology.me/?p=7838 First, the original shafts were overhauled, but when the 4-speed gearbox got installed, double homokinetic drive shafts were installed at the same time! Above: At the time of purchase, Below: At the MOT inspection Above: After replacing the old driveshafts with the driveshafts fitted with dual homokinetic joints Assembly of the new axles whereby really …

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]]> Rebuild the Traction Avant from 6V to 12Volts electric system https://jantecnl.synology.me/en/rebuild-the-traction-avant-from-6v-to-12volts-electric-system/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:24:54 +0000 https://jantecnl.synology.me/?p=7843 Sometime around 2006/2007 I initially fitted the Traction Avant with a CTA 6 volt alternator. Above you see the CTA kit that I originally used to convert the 6 Volt system from DC to AC. You can also see the alternator from CTA installed at the time, the bracket from CTA never really worked well …

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]]> Traction Avant fully electronic ignition https://jantecnl.synology.me/en/traction-avant-fully-electronic-ignition/ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:58:06 +0000 https://jantecnl.synology.me/?p=7860 Really crappy, I don’t have another word for it: The old contact point ignition with its coil. I tried 3 of them on 6 volts and the combination of 6 volt battery, starter motor and points always gave me trouble, both with cold and hot starts. So I installed an electronic one, and NO 123 …

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]]> Clayton Traction Avant heater and front window defroster https://jantecnl.synology.me/en/clayton-traction-avant-heater-and-front-window-defroster/ Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:50:28 +0000 https://jantecnl.synology.me/?p=7863 On my Traction Avant, I mounted a Clayton cabin heater that also has an adaptation for an external hose. The hose I connected to the cabin heater is routed from the heater to my front window, just aside the cockpit. This construction keeps my front window from freezing and other humid problems.  

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