Could the day get any worse.....

Level 7 User Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 243

Well its been an interesting day today all going well untill a simple deed turned into a nightmare.

Was minding my own business driving through town, went to change gear and the clutch pedal went straight to the floor and the car lunged to a halt. I knew what had happened straight away, cable had snapped. Got the car pushed round into a car park and went to examine the damage, the cable had snapped right at the pedal. Shit happens I thought, common problem and not that hard to fix.
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Went and sourced my cousin and his tow-rope to get me home, only 4 mile drive so whats the worst that could happen. Was all going nice and smooth untill we got to a fairly nasty junction. Cousin pulled away *BANG* and off he went with my front bumper trailing along behind him. Got out and on closer inspection the towing loop had ripped clean off where its bolted/welded to and took the bumper with it.
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Finally got home 2 hours after I set off, had to be towed with the rope attached to the front cross member and hope it didnt rip the front of the car off.
Bumper in the boot:
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Sorry sight Sad

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Level 6 User Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 154

Ouch!!! that sucks mate. Whenever one of my cars has needed towing i always make sure i am always the 'tower'. This is simply because inevitably the person being towed is incapable of keeping the rope taught so i ALWAYS make sure to employ the the softly softly approach when pulling away.

Cant say ive ever heard of the towing eye actually coming off though! Thats a new one on me. Hard luck mate.

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

Ouch, thats not good matey!

I use a metal towing bar and not a rope, no problem with the rope going slack then Wink

Level 6 User Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 154

Yeah actually been meaning to get one of those bad boys for ages. Great idea!

Level 5 User Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 113

Bad luck mate hope you can sort it soon fecking clutch cables are crap my R5 gtx has the same problem. I also use the rigid tow bar and have never had any problems. Its a bit late to recomend this shit now but maybe worth it for the future.

Hope you get him on the road again soon good luck buddy.

Level 7 User Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 243

Hopefully should be driveable again 2morro all being well (GSF having a clutch cable in stock). Need to get a proper look at the bumper in the morning, 1 mount is still on the car and the other is on the bumper.

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

i seen a couple snap

shitty metal

got spare if ya want Wink

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

and yes for me it did get worse just rushed the kitten to the vets and its cost Â£95 so far and gota stay in over night

poor lil man Sad

Level 9 User Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 412

Kitten? Valver? Kitten? Valver?
Very Happy

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

a what?

spinhead Laughing

Level 7 User Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 243

bbracer16valver";p="102742 wrote:

and yes for me it did get worse just rushed the kitten to the vets and its cost Â£95 so far and gota stay in over night

poor lil man Sad

Can you guess what I was doing when the cable snapped? Taking my kitten to get some anti-biotics!

Site Subscriber Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 1575

munch";p="102735 wrote:

Bad luck mate hope you can sort it soon fecking clutch cables are crap my R5 gtx has the same problem. I also use the rigid tow bar and have never had any problems. Its a bit late to recomend this shit now but maybe worth it for the future.

Hope you get him on the road again soon good luck buddy.

hi mate why are you having trouble with clutchcables?? I had the same one in mine for 14 yrs before I changed the engine. thats with doing track days sprints hillclimbs and road driving!

Level 7 User Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 243

Ha ha! Back and running again, got hold of a new cable for Â£17 after abit of ringing around. Bit of a pain getting the old one out but refitting fairly simple. Bumper is now back on the best I can get it, both side mounts shagged and one of the front ones is not even on the car and doesnt look like it ever has been. Grill is broken, passenger corner got ripped out and snapped the plastic mount off. Passenger headlight mounting also got tore off and is now loose as are the break cooling ducts which got tore off the bumper.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

is it s ph2 with a ph1 bumper and ducts or a ph1 with ph2 grille, bonnet and lights?

Level 7 User Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 243

Its a PH1 with PH2 bonnet etc.

Site Subscriber Joined: 26 Nov 2005 Posts: 591

Was just gonna say that tow eye is a phase 1 one. that explains it then Laughing

Site Subscriber Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 207

Kitten?

I wanna see pics of the kitten!

Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

http://www.retro-renault.com/viewtopic.php?t=8971

Level 7 User Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 243

Well luck just keeps on running low. Just been down to the garage to see if I can pick my car up from having belt change and get told that they sent the wrong bits and wont be done till tomorrow. Its been there since 8 o'clock and they havnt even bothered to ring me. How hard is it to order the right parts theres only 1 16v reno 19!

Retroholic Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 1000

if its a renualt garage, easy, lol

Level 9 User Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 412

Renault garages? I phoned the main dealer in bristol about a 32p pin and the guy ordered it in for next day delivery, called me on my mobile when it was in, posted it to me overnight and told me to send some cash when i got around to it! now THAT's service, lol