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JB
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:29 pm |
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swapped broken speedo cable for good one today. that was NOT fucking fun!
ouch!
[img:1152:864:5d95413525]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/cracked.jpg[/img:5d95413525]
anyway...as you see it is now on 4 wheels, so to try and complete the look, i decided to clear out and finish the interior, as it has been a bit of a store for all the bits that are currently off the car, so it looked a bit shitty.
so i cleared all the crap into the boot out of sight til its needed, and refitted the spongy sound proofing and carpets.
gave the carpets a good hooveering and its starting to look spangly!
[img:1152:864:5d95413525]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/cleanint1.jpg[/img:5d95413525]
[img:1152:864:5d95413525]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/cleanint2.jpg[/img:5d95413525]
[img:1152:864:5d95413525]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/cleanint3.jpg[/img:5d95413525]
[img:864:1152:5d95413525]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/cleanint4.jpg[/img:5d95413525]
also fitted the subframes for the frt seats, but the camera batteries failed on me so no pic yet. Was going to fit the frt seats, but after crawling around under the car fitting the subframes, I got covered in 6 months worth of shit off the drive under the car so I didnt want to get in the car to fit seats after i had just hoovered it out! |
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JB
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Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:50 am |
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seats in! thats the interior all finished!
[img:1152:864:0f8cfd0946]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/hatchmisc/intallin1.jpg[/img:0f8cfd0946]
[img:1152:864:0f8cfd0946]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/hatchmisc/intallin2.jpg[/img:0f8cfd0946]
[img:864:1152:0f8cfd0946]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/hatchmisc/intallin3.jpg[/img:0f8cfd0946]
[img:1152:864:0f8cfd0946]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/hatchmisc/intallin4.jpg[/img:0f8cfd0946]
whats left....
engine
windscreen
tyres
rear struts swap (bought)
paint |
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JB
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Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:52 am |
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apart from the door cards obviously. |
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JB
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Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:50 pm |
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swapped the rear struts over for brand spanking sexy renault decarbon jobbies i had off ebay for £20...for both!
the olds ones didnt feel to healthy and were leaking a bit...decarbon items themselves but prolly original!
[img:640:480:73fd291b15]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/rearshock1.jpg[/img:73fd291b15]
[img:640:480:73fd291b15]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/rearshock2.jpg[/img:73fd291b15]
[img:640:480:73fd291b15]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/rearshock3.jpg[/img:73fd291b15]
Gunna concentrate on getting it running now before I paint it...engine in...tyres on wheels...windscreen, then T&T and ins.! |
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JB
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Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:57 pm |
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Got the engine in this week!
hoorah!
Stan the Man came round with his hoist. Just as we were lifting it off the floor the ally eye broke clean off! good job it was only a tiny bit off the ground and not full height half way into the car!!!!
Anyways...in it is!
[img:1632:1224:b2ff0a2273]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/enginein4.jpg[/img:b2ff0a2273]
[img:1632:1224:b2ff0a2273]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/enginein5.jpg[/img:b2ff0a2273]
[img:1632:1224:b2ff0a2273]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/enginein3.jpg[/img:b2ff0a2273]
Haven't had it running yet, there was still a few bits n bobs i needed to sort...but I think it is pretty much all there now.
I jumped the gun a bit earlier and tried her out after charging the battery, but I was too soon and the Batt gave up too soon...but everything seems to be coming on electrical wise.
i was having visions of fucked up imobs and key fobs, but it all just works, which is nice...
Need to sort an exhaust, i started bodging an adaptor to enable me to mate the std backbox to a stainless straight through centre section but i ran out of bloody welding wire!!
[img:1632:1224:b2ff0a2273]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/exh_mod.jpg[/img:b2ff0a2273]
Maybe tomoz she will fire into life.....maybe!? |
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JB
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Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:47 am |
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Fired into life this morning...first turn of the key.
Sounded a bit tasty with just a downpipe lol. but it worked nicely! |
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JB
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Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:19 am |
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Not much happened now since that first firing...its fired up three times to show various ppl lol...made my boy jump when it burst into life with only the downpipe lol. But now it is just sitting there waiting to go on the road...
Minimum things needed to get on road:
Windscreen - £100 (fitted)
4 Tyres - £150 (fitted)
MOT - £40 (assuming nowt wrong)
Tax - £100
Insurance - £400 budget
so thats still about £800 I need to get it on the road...I will be getting this money in one way or another by the end of the summer....Chamade is being MOT'd next week and sold plus I have a funny little summer job starting which will earn a few quid.
What I have done this week tho is sort the exhaust, in some fashion. I wanted to try and get the stainless centre section in place but retain the std backbox.
I started by making a sleeve to weld onto the end of the centre section that the std backbox could slip into and be clamped with a clamp (surprise!).
[img:1632:1224:b5ee1e9fa0]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/exh_mod2.jpg[/img:b5ee1e9fa0]
That's basically welded half way up the slit and to the pipe...leaving a slit that can clamp onto the backbox pipe. Of course the back box has that funny clam shaped fitting as std so that was cut off.
[img:1632:1224:b5ee1e9fa0]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/exh_mod3.jpg[/img:b5ee1e9fa0]
Bit of hammerite for the sake of it...will all rust anyway!
Here it is as a whole with decat section:
[img:1632:1224:b5ee1e9fa0]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/exh_mod4.jpg[/img:b5ee1e9fa0]
[img:1632:1224:b5ee1e9fa0]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/exh_mod5.jpg[/img:b5ee1e9fa0]
Now it all looks good but when fitted it resulted with the backbox being at a funny angle and no matter how I twisted and contorted the various joints available I could not get it to sit straight:
[img:1632:1224:b5ee1e9fa0]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/exh_mod6.jpg[/img:b5ee1e9fa0]
Neal, who gave me the stainless, did say he had problems with this system never sitting right no matter how much he fiddled with it, so I guess this has been made worse by mating it to a different backbox...
So to solve this time for more bodging! Decided to make a joint along the backbox pipe so that I could swivel it.
So chop:
[img:1632:1224:b5ee1e9fa0]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/exh_mod7.jpg[/img:b5ee1e9fa0]
Rolled up a sleeve that will close up just right when tightened:
[img:1632:1224:b5ee1e9fa0]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/exh_mod8.jpg[/img:b5ee1e9fa0]
This slips back onto the box and allows for swivelling action!
[img:1632:1224:b5ee1e9fa0]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/exh_mod9.jpg[/img:b5ee1e9fa0]
put it all back on, fiddle like feck and gets to this:
[img:1632:1224:b5ee1e9fa0]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/exh_mog10.jpg[/img:b5ee1e9fa0]
Still not perfect!..but by fuck thats as good as its getting! Esp, in this heat lol!
Oh, got some nice new Cat gaskets too:
[img:1632:1224:b5ee1e9fa0]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/cat_gask.jpg[/img:b5ee1e9fa0]
Just gunna go start it up no see how it sounds...batt was dead again yesterday, but it has stood for a week... |
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Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:19 am |
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Crappy battery been playing up all day. Needed more water. Done now, started her up again...running well it seems.
Exhaust sounds alright...got a bite to it lol...a bit of a rasp which I'm not sure I like, but it quietened down a bit after it warmed up...sounded nice  gunna be noisy at full beans tho i bet.
Let the thing run until it warmed right up...
Fan did not kick in...soon found that the rad switch is a bit dodgey as a quick wiggle brought the fan to life.
also the Aux Coolant pump is not running...I know most say don't bother but its there so I want it to work. Relay seems alright, very clean inside, no moisture has got to it or corrosion. and it clicks when I plug it in, so I assume the pump itself has issues...or the wiring.
Stuck the skirts and spoiler back on...because it won't be painted now until it is fully running on the road, so I may as well stick all the bits on so it can be MOT'd etc. looking nice again...at long last...even if it is a patch work of primer. Will get some pics. |
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JB
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Sun Jul 23, 2006 1:39 pm |
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Before I stuck the skirts on I found and remember one last little patch that needed a bit of attention...nothing major...on top of the sill in the door jam area...
after a bit of a grind:
[img:1632:1224:8b33e9bf28]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/patch1.jpg[/img:8b33e9bf28]
piece of metal shaped and in place to be let in:
[img:1632:1224:8b33e9bf28]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/patch2.jpg[/img:8b33e9bf28]
then a bird came and shat on it lol:
[img:1632:1224:8b33e9bf28]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/patch3.jpg[/img:8b33e9bf28]
so I ground the birdshit away...
[img:1632:1224:8b33e9bf28]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/patch4.jpg[/img:8b33e9bf28]
Slapped some hammerite over it for now...
So skirts/spoiler back on...
[img:1632:1224:8b33e9bf28]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/bodykit1.jpg[/img:8b33e9bf28]
[img:1632:1224:8b33e9bf28]http://www.renault-turbo.com/jonboy/hatch/bodykit2.jpg[/img:8b33e9bf28]
And this is as far as it is going to get for a while no I'm afraid...again...money issues are going from bad to worse...for now. But its ground to a halt again.
gagging to drive the thing. |
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