Project R19 16V Hatch Phase 2 UCC

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

Right, i think this car deserves a thread on its own plus it also helps not having to wade thru my other thread that has too many cars to mention in it lol

This car was bought from a fellow RR Forum member, Digital Biscuit.

This is what the car looked like when Dave owned it

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Notice it has no aerial, no rear washer jet, red rear reflector plate, discoloured front indicators, standard ph2 alloys and a broken rear spoiler.

So Neal and I went down to check the car out.

first impressions of the car made it look quite clean, no rust on the inner front arches or on the rear arches, no rust in the usual places on the bonnet.
Bonnet up and everything looks standard under there with the exception of how the throttle cable has been run, tie wrapped to the strut brace instead of the usual route round the front of the engine bay. good idea!

further inspection revealed that the drivers side front wing and the rear bumper are not original items, nor is the drivers side headlight, so i guess its had a little accident at some point.
also noticed a cable thats not normal running to the fan, its been wired up to a switch under the dash as the sender that controls the fan is not working, not a problem.
Interior of the car is in above average condition too but the drivers seat has the usual wear and tear to it, the remote plip also not working, again minor details as my hatch GYP will be donating its parts to this one.
Engine started first time on the key Smile
and for a 130,000 mile engine, it sounds very good, headgasket is defo on way out thou, tell tale signs of oil in the water and a lot of steam being produced by the exhaust.
Biting point on the clutch is very low but it has had a new clutch cable and clutch pedal.
Also the gearbox mount is knackered which caused some interesting vibrations and gear changes on the way home.
last real bad point on this car is the damn heater does not work!
lol
the fan is fine but the heater matrix is up the creek so i froze my nuts off on the trip home.
Actual driving of the car is very smooth, suspension and brakes are spot on, the brakes are much better than GYP's and this is also a non ABS r19.
no play on the column and the car ran true even if u took both hands off the wheel, no deviation to either side Smile
Pull away was very good, it accelerated quite happily and rapidly to 70 mph, althou it did have a vibration with it which is more than likely caused by the buggered gearbox mount.
only last thing about is that the rear reflector panel is non 16v, its the red one instead of the 16v smoked one, again not a problem because GYP will be donating its one.
The car is MOTed to april 2006 so for Â£75 i am more than happy with it.

On the drive home noticed that the digi dash also did not work properly, the LCD has bled on it making it unreadable and also that a couple of the dash lights did not work, not a huge problem.

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

The next day i went over the car and made this list of jobs to do on UCC:

Head Gasket (its not gone yet but on its way)
Heater Matrix (+ coolant system flush)
Gearbox Mount
Change the instrument pods over
Change the seats over, leather from GYP to replace cloth seats in UCC
Cambelt, tensioner and idle pully (Dave had no idea when these were last changed on UCC)
Change the rear spoilers over (UCC's spoiler is damaged)
Sort the electrics for the radiator fan
sort the electrics for heated rear screen
sort the front fog lights out
change the rear bumper (One on UCC has had a bad spray job on it and u can see the original colour (red) coming thru under the blue paint)
change exhaust systems over (Standard coming off UCC and the stainless steel one from GYP onto UCC)
Oil and filter change

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

To start with, some easy jobs

changed the standard ph2 alloys over for my 17's which came off my old mot failed ph2 hatch

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changed the discoloured front indicators and swapped the side repeaters for the clear ones from the old hatch

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this shot shows the difference between the indicators!

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changed the rear reflector plate

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and removed the broken rear spoiler

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and replaced it with the one from the old hatch

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small changes but it makes a whole lot of difference to the car!

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

next out came the old cloth seats and replaced with the old hatchs leather ones

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FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

job after that was to change the digi dash

this is why it needed changing

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a dodgy lcd which is a common fault on these

clocks removed

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the two sets of clocks, the decent ones were donated yet again from my old hatch

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fitted and working Smile

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then gave the car a bloody good wash

looking really nice now

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FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

So far the car has only cost me Â£75 plus petrol in getting it home but thats all about to change

1st thing i treated it to was a nice new leather gear gaitor

Â£16 incl postage from a nice lady on the F7Power forums called Rhonda, she did a top job Smile

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

Whilst i have been stripping my old hatch for parts, i have not really done any work on UCC but have been gathering all the parts required to get her sorted.

stainless steel & decat pipe from GYP, to be cleaned up and to be fitted to UCC

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Head gasket set, rocker cover gasket, cambelt kit, clutch, all 3 engine mounts and an aux belt

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Brand new fog lights, brand new header tank with brand new cap, oil filter and sump plug and various exhaust fittings

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and some 'other' parts i have acquired

an ECU cover, an ignition module cover, both to be either polished or painted, Phase 3 dash switches and an 16S badge for the back of the car (Thanks to R19 16S from retro renault for the 16S badge, he found one on a scrapped 16S in France and sent me the badge) Smile

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Have also taken off the two front suspension struts with thier lowering springs off the old hatch and they are now also on UCC

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and UCC at last has an aerial and a rear washer jet, both nabbed from gyp heh

Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

wish the damn pictures would load!

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

they do if u give them time lol

uploadit have some issues at the mo

Quote:

wickedneo

Posted on 13 Mar 2006 10:27 PM
Hi, images are taking a very long time to show on a forum i use . www.retro-renault.com
they also take up to 5 minutes per image in a browser window (Firefox 1.5.0.1)

with multiple posts of images it is taking in excess of 15 minutes to fully load, all images are .jpg format
Support

Posted on 13 Mar 2006 11:11 PM
Hello,

We are planing to migrate our servers to high speed network within this week, which is good enought to handle more connection request. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Regards,
Richard.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

they take an age though, I have yet to see the pics! lol

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

wow i was just gunna have a moan about the pics but you beat me to it.

i have never seen them all download completely yet!

Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

me to.

not read this yet untill pic load!

i want to read it!!

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

likewise

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

they do load if u give them long enough lol

hmmm might have to change my image host.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

there we go, better now!

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

rright, more simple stuff for the car

my ECU and Ignition module covers (also trying a different image host for these)

they come very rough and ready in ally, with all the weld beads still on them

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so for the ultra smooth look, need to remove those beads

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beads off and starting to clean up the rest of the cover

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The ignition module cover

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After a day of cleaning up the covers, using finer and finer grades of wet and dry to get a nice finish, the 1st coat of primer goes on

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flatten off the primer and applied the 1st coat of colour

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more flattening after that and continue to apply the top colour until i get the finish i want, then lacquer them Smile

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

i thought you were going to autosol them up to mirror finish Confused

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

well if i did, then i would have to make everything else all super shiney and tbh i really dont fancy spending 3 weeks trying to get the rocker cover in Mr Sheeh fashion to have to keep cleaning it over and over and over again.
At least with the parts painted, all i have to do is wash them now and then lol

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

Did you use etch primer? if not watch the paint peel off in a few weeks.

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

Dan";p="88886 wrote:

Did you use etch primer? if not watch the paint peel off in a few weeks.

yes i used etch primer Smile

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

good to hear most people will just spray straight on to bare ally!