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Jul 8th, 2020, 22:57 | #1421 | |
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Eventually someone drove into it in a car park - the car wasn't worth fixing, I think the guy that drove into it gave me £150 plus I got a few bob in scrap. By then I'd driven it for two years, it had cost me nothing and I was moving to my next job in Germany... where I bought the 240 estate that was the nostalgic reason for me getting the RB. The wheel turns full circle... Alan |
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I was given my mother's old Renault 4 years ago, and liked it, in a funny sort of way. I do remember the wheelbase being about an inch shorter on one side.
Liked the gearlever - the trick was not to visualise it as the normal H-pattern lever but like a push/pull rod with a handle on the end to twist it. And being on the dash, like the handbrake, meant no obstructions on the floor. If you had the bench seat option could just squeeze 3 people in the front. I also liked the easy way the entire rear seat would unclip. With the front wheel drive the floor was entirely flat, not even a rear lip. The passenger seat would slide forwards right under the dashboard, leaving an enormous load space that almost rivalled the Volvo 240's. Years after I sold it I saw it by chance at a petrol station, and approached the owner and remarked "I used to own this car". The owner looked very cagey and uneasy, until he realised I wasn't an undercover VOSA agent. He had cut the excellent bodywork from the chassis and welded it onto a later model, keeping the original registration details but on a much later and uprated rolling chassis and mechanics. The engine was now about twice the size of the original. |
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Jul 9th, 2020, 11:51 | #1423 | |
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Excellent story! I think you are right about the wheelbase being shorter on one side, I must have mis-remembered that bit. Alan |
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I still have a little problem about freeing off the distributor in the longer term, but now it is set correctly it should not need adjusting again until I next change the timing belt in 2025. I think what I'll do is give it a good application of WMP (applied with an artists' brush when hot - the capillary action then pulls it into the shaft) a couple of times per week for a month or two - then have a go at freeing it off again. I'm in no rush - I have about 5 years to get this issue sorted :-) Alan Last edited by Othen; Jul 9th, 2020 at 20:47. |
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Good idea getting a Xenon strobe Alan, much easier to use!
Sounds like you've got a good plan to free the dizzy off long term, little and often with the lube and you'll get there!
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There’s enough space to get the drift onto the bottom of the housing, then once it’s up just a smidge spray more penetrating oil into the crack, leave it for 5 mins and come back and hit it again. I managed this from above once, but it’s a bit fiddly. From below is easier. Cheers |
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The Hall Effect sensor for the electronic ignition. You may get away with it but i wouldn't risk it, espceially as spare HE sensors are stored in the shop next to the unicorn horns and hens teeth.
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