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Re: Parallel Renault 16 thread
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:58 pm
by CLINT
I did a bit more on the wing
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and front panel. I just hand painted this black for now and put the front end back together instead.
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Still doing some filler work on the left hand wing but it's nearly there.
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If course I found yet another hole to weld...
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Re: Parallel Renault 16 thread
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 9:07 am
by CLINT
Re: Parallel Renault 16 thread
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 9:29 am
by CLINT
As I don't have enough to do I thought I would get this thing out, MoT it and possibly sell it.
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The only fault I know if is the wiper has gone floppy on the passenger side, to the point where it was damaging the paintwork.
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it turned out that the spindle had seized inside the housing causing the nut to undo. This snapped the aluminium housing which allowed the wipers to work again. I'm ashamed to say it had been like this a while before the car was laid up. I've tried to buy another but the people breaking them don't seem to want to bother selling and posting parts so I've tried to fix it. Using this
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I ground out the break to make a crevasse. One bit at a time, I put a dot of superglue on the crack then a sprinkle of bicarbonate of soda and it went rock hard. It seems fixed but time will tell
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I suppose though that it only has to be strong enough for me to reassemble it. With the spindle greased it should just turn on that... This is the driver's side by the way...
Re: Parallel Renault 16 thread
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 10:53 am
by LynehamHerc
I've never heard of the superglue and bicarb trick before.
What does the bicarb do?
Re: Parallel Renault 16 thread
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 10:59 am
by Junkman
It makes it turn into Moon rock.
The trick is very popular among the modelling crowd. I think the aeroplane guys came up with it first, for mounting the wings, a notorious weak spot on plastic models.
Re: Parallel Renault 16 thread
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:01 pm
by CLINT
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Another £100 on consumables...
No respect for the law
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Although, is it really a road vehicle? It's not been on the road since 1987...
Re: Parallel Renault 16 thread
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:32 pm
by LynehamHerc
So what is it?
Re: Parallel Renault 16 thread
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:43 pm
by Junkman
Sorry to piss on your parade, but road vehicles classed as classic, vintage, or historic, are explicitly exempt from the directive. Thus you are as within The Law™ as any other model citizen.
Re: Parallel Renault 16 thread
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 6:05 pm
by CLINT
I'll disconnect a sidelight then. Fuck the law
Re: Parallel Renault 16 thread
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2019 2:42 pm
by CLINT
Today I set myself one simple car related task. Turn the Renault around. It just means tidying the garage a bit and moving the cars off the driveway but the Renault wouldn't start. It usually starts first flick of the key. So I changed the fuel filter which was dirty, then cleaned the gauze in the carb which was also a bit grubby. It would run with petrol poured down the carb but that's all. Took the top of the carb off and cleaned the float chamber and all the jets. Still the same. I Took the plugs out, they are quite wet. I'm surprised if started at all. I'll buy new ones tomorrow, these ones are probably at least 20 years old. It still won't start though, I know that already