What have I done! (R4 GTL)

[Sutree]

No Mojobaby....speakers are on the shelf under dashboard on left and right side as i could not get right size one to fit in center.

Sutree...radio is brand new but with old-ish look. When it is turned off than it looks like on pictures, but when you turn it on than lights and display start to shine and blink and you definitely know it is new radio. I searched for some oldstyle radio with mp3 player but others i have found (BECKER for instance) are 400-500€. and i would be afraid to left that expensive radio in R4 even if i manage to get that kind of money for car radio.

This one is reasonable price (cca 130€) car radio that looks old as rest of the car.

It is AUNA TCX-1-RMD radio.
Bought it over Croatian online shop and paid in kunas (Croatian currency) but it came from Berlin, and company is located in Berlin.

If you are interested you can try to search it in Google (or some other tool) for Portuguese on line shop that sells same radio. I am certain there is one.

Petak,

Thank you for your information, i will Google it, and see where can i find that on, or close to that one.

Thank you again

 

[petak]

I think it is about time to add some small details i have been working on this summer.

It is not much, but make me happy.

First put rubbers on pedals. It is much less slippery now



After that i finnaly "tide up" hood/bonnet to inner wings.

Used tin rope instead of cable





And chose another location for booth light switch.
Also not best solution but will see how things will go on. I am affraid it will be accidentally pulled out



But, off-course, some modifications where necessary.

Switch was to long and i wanted to shorten it to minimize possibility for ripping it out.



Operation started


Cutting


What is left out of switch


Comparison (normal switch VS shorten one)

 

[petak]

Made small bracket for it




First weld bracket to whole booth door holder mechanism but that did not go well.
I could not mount holder to the car because you need to wind holder spring by turning hand, and you can not turn hand because there is new bracket welded to the holder ( i hope someone will understand what i wanted to write )

So i decided to make threads.


And small headless screws


screws in place


Together with switch

 

[petak]

Positioning, checking clearance and functionality



Marking twice - cutting once


Tool for the job


Holes and threads


Bracket screwed to it's place


Working position.


It is working nice and i still did not catch it and it has been 2 months now.
But again i did not put much staff in booth.

Time will tell.

Thank you for reading

 

[petak]

Nice round number turned last weekend



and counting.

 

[jjad]

Congratulations! Looking forward to the big 200000

 

[petak]

tx jjad

 

[pepper]

Great work, love the boot light switch. Id have done it with a weighted one on the boot lid myself, out of the way more.

 

[pepper]

https://www.maplin.co.uk/p/non-merc...ubdZYc4EH_Oa2NlnEZRoCnHoQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[petak]

How did you positioned it Pepper?

Actually switch it self does not bother much but wiring need to be tucked so it does not hang freely.

If get in trouble with this one will consider getting one of those!

 

[petak]

olives time of the year, again.

One picture to demonstrate what we are dealing with

 

[JdeW]

olives time of the year, again.

One picture to demonstrate what we are dealing with

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There's still room for more olives Petak
I remember in my early years I drove on 1 ocassion with 10 people in my GTL.
Cheers, Joop

 

[petak]

There's still room for more olives Petak
I remember in my early years I drove on 1 ocassion with 10 people in my GTL.
Cheers, Joop

Yes, but no more olives at this sight. Only 5 trees and 200kg

There 5 of us in the car on the way home.

When i just got driving licence, we managed to put 8 of us in GTL. Funny drive it was

 

[petak]

I forgot to put note of installing electronic ignition into my topic.

Not to repeat myself will put link to that topic here.

http://www.renault4.co.uk/forum/thr...nic-ignition-into-ducellier-distributor.8594/

 

[petak]

Temperatures are heading down to the 0°C and it is time for winter tires and clean original look for my R4.

Aldo there is no snow (and it is big assumption snow will not fall this year) temperatures are below 4-5°C in the morning and after sun goes down.
I am not "feeling safe" with my summer tires in that condition (especially if there is rain and bura-cold north wind) so i have put winter tires on.

One picture (pure and clean R4 GTL look)

 

[petak]

It has been awhile since i was here.

Actually nothing much is happening.

It has been quite cold here so not in the mood for any work.

Temp went down to -10°C and even little snow


Last time snow was falling 6 years ago.

Also past my third MOT in the row without any remarks.



Brakes are same as first year. exhaust close to 1% CO.
Got tip that at 1%CO engine is running best and with lowest consumption possible.
Turned out 25000 km in two years.

Had some issues with brake light switch. It did not work every time i press brake.
Take switch apart, cleaned contacts and put it back together.
Now it is working flawless



And my wiper motor stopped to work.
So i had to remove dashboard and change wiper motor


Valeo one



With sev marshal


But now i have some issues with wipers. Wipers do not stop at the beginning (or end) of travel when i turn them of.
Before i have changed motor they did.

So now, when i put wipers on they start to go 10°in one direction and then to other direction.

I am not sure if problem is in wiper motor or i have just connected linkage and motor in some wrong way.

I am waiting some hotter days so i can work on it.

 

[petak]

I have habit to write down all cost that i have put to a car, and once a year (somewhere after registration) summarize it.

So here are some numbers for 2017.

Spend 961,29 liters of petrol, spend 9022,14 kn(1120€) for it and made 15110km with it.
That would give me 6,36l/100km (37 MPG).
Not so bad but i think it can go down

Insurance and MOT cost me 2100kn (280€)

Service(oil, filter, plugs, points, kond, repair set for zenith28, vacuum unit, rubber bellows, alternator repair, lead adittive), car radio cost me 5024kn (670€)

In total one year life with my R4 cost me 16146,14kn (2070€) or 1345kn (180€) every month
And that would give me 1,07kn/km (0,14€/km or 0,20GBP/M)

Do you have something similar?
Would like to see your numbers if it is possible just to compare.

Comments are welcome!

Cheers!

 

[JdeW]

I showed these stats to my wife and instantly her hair turned gray
Hmmm about fuel consumption I remember in the old days my GTL with Zenith 28if did 5,0 l/100km on average and sometimes even better.
Higher fuel consumption today is sadly due by addition of ethanol...
Whenever my R4 is ready I will do statistics as well so be patience as it will be ready mere 2019
i poreze ... bez poreza molim

 

[petak]

You are learning Croatian? Nice to here it!

I have heard stories about consumption of R4 about 5,0L/100km but never managed to reach it.
Lowest i reached was 5,3L/100km last summer when i was on long drive, and made 700km in 2 days, flat road, 70-80-90 km/h drive, 350km without stop.
And everytime i go for longer drive consumption is around 5,4-5,5L/100km


My summer average is 5,7-5,8L/100km

But winter average is 6,6-6,7L/100km. Lot of cold starts, with short drive (one-two-three km and then stop)

It looks like there is need to clean carb once a year to preserve consumption below 6L/100km

I am hopping to find time to open up main jet on carb for 0,05mm to get it to run smoother and hopefully will help to keep consumption below 6L/100km

Everything else is set as best as possible (timing, pipes, reduction in pipes, vacuum unit, electronic ignition, distributor, plugs)

 

[petak]

Yesterday went for bike ride at local XC winter league Dalmatia. Uphill to mount Kamešnica.

My faithful helper was with me.....it was nice to see that others are glad to see it on the road.
I did not take this picture. It is send to me by one rider from the race.