project:- POS to my delight (NOW FOR SALE!!)

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 1141

I would go and get a quote from a local garage and while your there get them to work into that quote painting the roof / front bumper as well!

Might work out that it'll only cost you Â£50 to get it mint because you can pass the rest onto the delivery company!

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

is gona cost Â£370 inc roof from a bodywork friend

and another company wants Â£500 - Â£600 Shocked

so im gona pay and send then the bill or collect it direct from him either way im not paying shit

also got a new tyre falcon for Â£27.50 Very Happy

nice

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

got the beast of the ground today to see what the problem is with the front end turns out to be the drivers side track rod, so that will be sorted soon as poss as my mate has a brand new spare he will sell me Very Happy

also while it was on the ramps plugged the wire back onto the oil pressure switch so i have oil pressure aswell now Very Happy

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

ok more progress more of a case of this had to be done straight away Laughing

this morning i noticed a rather large patch of oil under the drivers side of the car Sad

so opened the bonnet up and oil was all over the bonnet, cam cover, strut and brace aswell as alot of other places (namely the floor and the wish bone driveshaft and block Sad

) so i decided it must be the rocker cover gasket so i got one for Â£8 at a local factors aswell as a big bottle of oil Sad

started pulling the leads out and they were soaking in a black watery liquid Sad

unbolted the covers and when i lifted the rocker cover off discovered that a quarter of it had vanished somehow Laughing

and 3 out off 4 plug wells were full of oil Confused

so i guess that was the problem for sure!

anyways cleaned everything up put beter red seals on the rocker cover de-greased most of the top of the engine also tightened the bolt up on the end of the fuel rail as it was leaking! (one of fifth injector also fifth injector was un-plugged when i got the car Confused

) filled the car with oil again, screwed the screw back up tight on top of the TB it ran like a bag of poo so i took the air filter pipe off and sprayed a shed load of carb cleaner in and all over the TB and held the revs quite high as i done it let it settle and now she ticks on a nice 900rpm insted of between 1000 and 1100rpm,

also fitted a aux water pump relay a drain sheild for under the bonnet vent with dodgy home made mod (came of a ph1 Laughing

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all i want todo now is change the cam belt quick time as its covered in oily crap Confused

and also get some new leads and plugs nd do a water system flush and oil change aswell as i still need to sort the track rod end Sad

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

Enough smileys in the last post? Laughing

Retroholic Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 1000

just a quickie....... did you spray the carb cleaner inside as the car was running, or stop the car, spray it in, then restart? cheers! just that i might try that too as mines runs a bit high and lumpy.....

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

Neal";p="99835 wrote:

Enough smileys in the last post? Laughing

yea maybe but it makes for a cheery post Laughing

bidderman1969";p="99836 wrote:

just a quickie....... did you spray the carb cleaner inside as the car was running, or stop the car, spray it in, then restart? cheers! just that i might try that too as mines runs a bit high and lumpy.....

and yes the car was running, hold the revs high as you spray and blip the throttle at the same time hold the black plastic slide and open both butterflies as you do it, it will want to die but soon as it burns the cleaner away it settles quickly Very Happy

Retroholic Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 1000

excellentey!!!!!!!!!! i shall try that !!!!

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

this is todays progress i have changed the central locking pump in the drivers door as it was not working, tommorow i will be going to the scrappys to get a iggy barrel and pass side and boot lock so i have a full lock set with one plip and one key Very Happy

door stripped
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old central locking pump (with everything still attatched)
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new pump (on its own)
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i also sorted the window out by changing the switch as it was dodgy and cut out in different places now it fully goes up and down via the one click
button

(i also stripped a motorcycle down before i started its also over 30 degrees outside yay me!! Wink

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Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

sorted some small problems out yesterday namley cleaning out my ISCV, TB all pipes expansion bottle - pipes, rad and flush out what i can... also cleaned as much oily crap away from my engine and bay as poss (carb cleaner-hot engine-pressure washer)

tried to fit my new iggy barrel aswell but as some numpty has fitted a imobo they ave cut one yellow wire and one orange wire so i think i will let my auto electriction buddy sort that un for me.... Laughing

fitted a proper 16v drivers side window wiper as the other was to long and just plain poo....

and the funniest point was when some one came over and sked if i wanted some spares, why i asked? o because i cant get my car to start its like the imobo is stuck on ad engine check lght was flashing ... took a look and he was bumming over the cobra alarm and imobo... just pliped it doors shut un-plipped and said bump it... started straight away... so was gona be scrapped for nothing!!!

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

Should have told him "yeah it's bollocksed" and had it off him for Â£25

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

he said i could have it for a tenner at the end of august buddy when the mot and tax run out so to my mates and strip strip strip!! and its green to

its also been nicknamed rustyarches a few weeks back when i first seen it,

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

seems like every other car round your way is a 19 16v...

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

yup i follwed the old white piece of shite today, ramdomly pulled into a space in tesco's the other day looked in front theres a tungy grey one begin driven by fit blonde!(got a pic, car not biatch Wink

) benlewismav has his green 19 chav mobile now lol (should get some pics up ben!!) the green un in the next road up by me mine and a few old men in blue ones around, also that ph1 chammy i was gona go knock on a door for, and my dad has two!! so theres loads round ere

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

first things first thanks to renault for building such a car as my valver!!

went all the way up and down the M5 and M6 fine friday (except the blowing exhaust and bouncy tacho) did usual motorway speeds for hours but come satuarday morning it was running like a lumpy bag of shite, misfiring and cutting out and genrally taking the piss! i put it down to the really heavy rain we had the night before but nothig was wet under the bonnet or in the plug wells Confused

but my number 4 lead had a slit in it so i thought better to buy some new ones as i have been putting it off lol.. Laughing

put al 5 new leads on then the car ran sweet for about five minutes then started misfiring even worse and sounding really ruff! so after a good head scratch i thought best to ask the one called CH all i got in response was ignition module and so i changed it... never had time to test drive it so i left it in the hands of the gods but it worked as should straight away this morning so the mrs could get to work...

BIG THANKS CH

also some pics of the beast on the beach...

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last is my fav still need to sort the rear arch,

car is also for sale for decent offers, basically i want my 350 back car is T&T and had abit of money spent in the short while ive had it and is sound as far as 19s go

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

update time

i done quite a bit recently i have changed both door locks, changed the door cards and speaker grills (to the ones with just tiny holes) also changed the passenger side mirror (as at 70mph it flapped in the wind)

also put the boot install out of the spare 19 (ready for a amp and nice 10'' sub Wink

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also changed the exhaust system from the down pipe back which includes de-catted cat (off spare car alreay bashed through) the centre section from the spare car and also changed the back box for some un-named 2 half inch (magnex i think from the common tag with just numbers) stainless, done the handbreak aswell while i was there (spot on too Wink

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also planned for the nex few days is a new boot, new front bumper new back bumper and passenger side side skirt then i think she should be sorted with a new arch (thanks NEXTEK YOU WANKERS!!) and then that and the roof re-sprayed then shes nearly mint

if thats sorted soon then thats it ive had enough time for its MOT and up for sale!!

few pics,

dead box Sad

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empty cat

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new back box

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new back box fitted

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standard box is going on ebay so if someone wants it now say, it was brand new on the 17/5/06 @ a cost of Â£104.88 Shocked

so grab a bargn as i dont want it

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also borrowed a engine crane off my old man so big shout to the Nreg battered valver Laughing

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proper renault nut got three laguna's and two valvers now Shocked

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i still out renault you.

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

they got 5 i got 2 so thas 7 Razz

how many you got??

also changed my boot over from my spare car, changed middle light strip from mine aswell as the wiper and added a new boot lock so it all opens and plips off one key (except the iggy yet to do) got bumper off spare aswell as the passenger side side skirt, then it started raining again!! Laughing

still want the alarm engine and box out of the spare before it goes to the yard in the sky

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

megane
laguna
clio
19 1.4
19 ph2 exec
19 ph1 16V chamade
19 ph1 hatch

So 7 in the family and 5 of them are mine

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

plus I'm the registered keeper of a red 1.4 that was long ago crushed so 8, toild the dvla it was crushed but they still sent me out a new style v5 for it!

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

cause its run in wales Razz