There's a Renault 4 in my garage at last

[Eoynteenie]

hi Eoynteeniw - you must have seen me then, 'cos I've yet to see another!

This will be why you ain't seen me
He'll be back one day!
Gf also spotted you in Wareham.


But if you spot this old timer, that'll be me!

 

[Richnd1974]

Nice run out this evening, Milford, round Keyhaven with views of the IOW and the needles few people waving at me and the car running sweet, treated her to a wash and clean when I go home.

 

[Richnd1974]

So managed to sort the vertical gear grommet out with the little white insert.. now the horizontal one.. bought these from Franzose - any ideas where they go as for the life of me I cant work it out

 

[mojobaby]

This may help, Richnd.......although I've never seen anything like your photo. I thought it was an advert at first.

 

[harbourseal]

Hold it the way it sits in the photo is.
The rubber piece in the left hand side sits in the hole on top of the crossmember the plastic grommet goes in to the rubber piece.
The other rubber piece fits over the edge on the plastic grommet and closes it from dust and dirt. You can put some grease in both rubber pieces to make for smooth gear changes.

 

[Richnd1974]

Hold it the way it sits in the photo is.
The rubber piece in the left hand side sits in the hole on top of the crossmember the plastic grommet goes in to the rubber piece.
The other rubber piece fits over the edge on the plastic grommet and closes it from dust and dirt. You can put some grease in both rubber pieces to make for smooth gear changes.

I will have another look tomorrow cheers

 

[Richnd1974]

Dash out tonight to replace all the 30 year old bulbs and to be honest I am sure the oil and temp bulbs were toast, a lot brighter all round

One issue no handbrake light, works on the fluid reservoir, traced the handbrake light cable to under the dash and it's swinging in the wind, no wonder it doesn't work, any ideas where it plugs into? Brown wire with a male connector on.

 

[petak]

Hand brake wire goes a side of ventilation/heater down to the floor thru crossmember on handbrake lever




On other side at instrument cluster it should be together with wire from brake fluid reservoar.
ON bigger plug/jack it should be pin no 8 according to haynes wiring diagram

 

[Richnd1974]

Hand brake wire goes a side of ventilation/heater down to the floor thru crossmember on handbrake lever
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On other side at instrument cluster it should be together with wire from brake fluid reservoar.
ON bigger plug/jack it should be pin no 8 according to haynes wiring diagram

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Brilliant thank you that makes sense, I think I shall run a new wire down and connect to pin 8 and see what I get, looks like it was /
/ had been modified in the past as the brown wire won't reach the cluster, I'm on a mission to light them all up

 

[Richnd1974]

It's a full set, found the tail for the handbrake light coming down from the dash, ran a new wire all the same and tidied up the already solid floor, Job done

 

[petak]

Fantastic!

 

[Richnd1974]

Getting there...


My list is growing...

Completed so far


Initial clean up
Replace door locks
Replace Fan heater switch
Door seals, Boot seals, removed and replaced with new ones
Removed exhaust and replaced with new one end to end plus new manifold
Replace some electrical terminals under bonnet

Changed spark plugs
Changed Airbox
Changed fuel filter
Changed gear selector rubbers
Changed Oil filler cap
Got new ignition key cut
Changed oil, filter and sump plug
Repair handbrake cable light and wire
Fitted new dashboard illumination bulbs
Door handle gaskets replaced
Carb cleaned
Timing done

Still to do...

Remove gearbox and replace oil seal (to do)

Order new clutch and bearing (to order)

Re furb all road wheels sometime in the future, I have a quote for £200 to to the lot in a day

Tcut and Polish (to do)

Fit a radio or Bluetooth device maybe....

Underseal the underside
Install temp guage. Got the bits ready

Replace points, rotor arm and condenser

Replace anti roll bar bushes, trashed by oil leak

 

[Richnd1974]

Things are going well so treated her to a wash and brush up

 

[Richnd1974]

Engine bay all back as it should be... Air filter strap arrived today along with the jack handle clip, going to clean it up a little more in the coming weeks

 

[Richnd1974]

It's been pretty quiet in my garage of late, but I've been driving around in the R4 and it's not missed a beat... Still got a long list of things to do.. Plan to crack on when the summer is over I think, enjoy the car for now..


Remove gearbox and replace oil seal (to do)

Order new clutch and bearing (got the bits)

Re furb all road wheels sometime in the future, I have a quote for £200 to to the lot in a day

Fit a radio or Bluetooth device maybe....

Underseal the underside
Install temp guage. Got the bits ready

Replace anti roll bar bushes, trashed by oil leak

Then Mot in December, should fly through I think

 

[Richnd1974]

It's time... It's time to underseal the underside before the satly roads eat it up... Pictures as I go .... Just jet washed years of crud from the underside, arches and hidden areas

 

[Richnd1974]

Noticed while underneath the middle pipe in the exhaust has a minor leak... All my doing, another little job to rectify tomorrow assuming I can break the seal..

 

[Richnd1974]

That's me done...
Two hours washing the underside
Two hours wire brushing and brushing
Two hours spraying and painting the underside
One hour sorting out all the bare arches

Results are OK and it will keep the worst off for now and keep what is a structurally sound underbelly intact.

Fairly easy with a set of ramps and wheel chock

Beer time..

 

[Richnd1974]

And now with some lovely headrests ..

 

[Richnd1974]

So I've been busy of late but still driving my little gem around, the crank case oil leak has stopped so could of been a blocked breather, I shall continue to monitor. Roll bar bushes to do in the coming weeks ready for its annual mot.

And maybe some little exterior enhancements. The roof gutter trim needs replacing, it's black at the moment but was thinking maybe charger it to chrome.. Thoughts please...

And decided to leave the wheel refurbishment until next spring so she looks good for the summer.. Happy motoring...