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Oct 24, 2014 20:21:07 GMT
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Err, yeah.
I rinsed the dirt off it the other day. Stuck the battery in and it started right up.
There may be motion this weekend, looking to possibly move the things to a new home soon. Making a bit of prep for that.
Otherwise, no news, sorry.
--Phil
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Oct 24, 2014 20:43:24 GMT
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Last Edit: Oct 24, 2014 20:50:58 GMT by masi
Renault Laguna Sport Tourer 2.0dCi 178hp -11 // Renault Laguna 2.0T -03 // Renault Clio 1.4 8V -00 // Renault Safrane 2.2 -94 // Renault 11 1.4 T -84 // Renault 11 1.4 T -88 // Renault 11 1.7 TXE -86 // Renault 11 1.4GTL -85 // Renault 5 1.3 TS -79// Renault 11 1.4GTS -84
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Oct 24, 2014 22:38:24 GMT
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I had sprayed up under the wheel arches with bug spray last time I saw the car.
This time there were no bugs in the wheel arches.
However, I hadn't sprayed the brakes and a bunch of bugs made homes in the vented bits.
Phil
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Last Edit: Oct 28, 2014 0:35:00 GMT by PhilA
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From tonight.. fewer spiders than usual:  Also, it's insured. More to follow. --Phil |
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Oct 28, 2014 23:57:01 GMT
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My oh my.  That is all. --Phil |
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Glad to see an update.
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1987 Alfa Milano/75
1979 Alfetta Mille Miglia
1976 Alfetta GT race car
1970 Lancia Fulvia 1.3 Rallye S
1968 Fiat 850 spider
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Thanks. I'd not forgotten about it. Finally pestered the wife to push the last bit and get it legal.
Now it's rolling resto, it's parked up outside here so I can wander outside, work on it and wander back in again. Plus I have the full lift ramp at work at my disposal, which is superb.
Drives really quite well, considering how long it's been sat up. It's getting better as I drive it, done 7.4 miles so far!
--Phil
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No real interest in Renaults.
No great liking for bugs, spiders or wasps.
Know almost nothing about electronics.
Great thread, Phil.
Enjoyed every page over the last couple of evenings.
Rock On!
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Still learning...still spending...still breaking things!
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Heh. I'm hoping to bring a bit more back to this. It's been too long without any real progress.. and all of a sudden the largest leap yet.
Fun times.
--Phil
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stevek
Yorkshire and The Humber
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Oct 29, 2014 17:52:17 GMT
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I have been following your progress on here for ages (years?), its been an interesting journey. It's great to hear its finally hit the road! Congratulations on what it a major milestone.
-Steve-
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79cord
Posted a lot
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Oct 31, 2014 15:10:03 GMT
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Wow. Shocking news. Hope that means you finally get to have some fun driving it... & it doesn't expose too many more problems.
Congratulations.
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So far it's been good. Done 60 miles, the fuel needle has only moved a little bit.
I put the diagnostics computer (the snap-on jeep one) on it the other evening and went for a drive. It spent most of its time in closed loop- meaning it had sane readings from all the sensors and was running the proper RICH LEAN RICH LEAN RICH LEAN rapid flip-flop.
It is a little bit wavery at light throttle at low rpm but nothing horrible.
It did it's first Renault thing last night though. Driving home the lights (all the lights.. side lights, headlights, main beam) all went out. Then would come back and go out, flash flash flash.
The dash would go dark and the clock went bright, just as if I'd switched the lights off.
Initial reaction was to twiddle the light switch, but that's pretty new.. drove home thankfully the short distance it was happening and say down to have a think.
Went back out and opened up the fuse panel, put on the lights and tried to pull one of the big circuit breakers.. after about ten seconds one of the wires began to get hot. This is the main power feed for the lights.. Going into a bimetallic over-current circuit breaker.
If too much current flows, the bimetallic strip heats up, bends and disconnects the circuit.
However, if a bad contact with high resistance causes one of the terminals to heat up, that heat will soak through the metal and cause the thing to disconnect.
Going to pry it out of the connector today and clean up the terminals.
Hopefully my lights should be a little brighter also..
Phil
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Cleaned the spade terminals.. still gets hot.
Thinking the terminals inside might be dirty.
I'll see if I can take the breaker apart, if not, change it out for a new one.
Phil
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Welp, today was marginally eventful. I took the car out for an early morning spin down to the store to get some groceries. It was a little cooler out than usual (6-8C) this morning so afterward I decided to go put some air in the tyres. Checked the rears, one was ok, the one that always leaks was at 32 so pumped it back up to 35 where it should be. Checked the fronts. Twisted the valve cap back on the front left and HSSSSSSssssssssss. The valve stem rubber has perished and split. Wanged a bit more air in it and headed home. Ten minutes later:  Buggrit. I'll have to go get the jack and pull the wheel off, get some new stems and redo the wheels- that's probably why the one at the back is leaking. Luckily we have a tire machine at work. So, because the car was stranded I decided to go ahead and check see if the electronic circuit I'd built was any good.  Stuck the circuit down, powered it up after checking which pin was ground.  Switch on the ignition.. and hurrah! Yellow lights light up (this is a good thing).  Pulled the oscilloscope out and balanced it neatly on the engine. Do we have anything sensible?  Shield the screen from the sun and.. yes! We do, and it even looks mostly sane. I need to put a capacitor or two in the circuit to cut down on HF noise but that seems to be pretty good for a bit of guesswork. --Phil |
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New valves on front and rear left wheels. Hopefully that'll be the problem solved of leaky tires. $3.71 for 4 new valves with shiny bling-bling valve caps. Because the plain black ones were huge.
--Phil
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Fantastic to see this finally out and about. A tribute to dedication!
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I try. I also tried to shoot some film of it driving the other day.
Steven Spielberg I am not. Also the camera ran out of memory quickly. I'll have to try again soon but the weather's fixing to turn real nasty so that might be scuppered
--Phil
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Phil, these cars were notorious for the high beam switch failing. The setup doesn't have a relay and sends the full 12 volts to the switch on the steering column; it's made of cheap plastic and a few bits of metal so eventually it fails. I've heard of people rebuilding them or rewiring the system with a relay, but you may be able to figure something out since you know things electrical. Take off the plastic on the bottom of the steering column and two screws get the light stalk off, see if that's your issue.
Good luck,
Rick
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Nope, the switch broke already and this one's a new-design one from Renault, off an Extra van. (There's a bit about it further back in the pages on here).  Pulled the circuit breaker out, and the wiring connector. The connector had got so hot it had melted, and that was causing the circuit breaker to trip open. The connections inside the thing weren't great either so that got chunked also because it was making itself hot. Replacement- not wonderful but it works perfectly!  Drove for half an hour last night, the lights are brighter so that's a start. I think I shall do the headlights with relays, but it's now not a priority as it's all stock for now.  All lit up, working well. The camera sucks, the lights aren't pink. --Phil |
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You know far more about electronics than I, but I just installed some headlight relays in an old Fiat to run Hella H4s and I'll tell you difference in light output is amazing.
If you do a lot of night driving it's worth the upgrade.
I go to the local U-pull-it and grab all the genuine Bosch relays I can get for a few bucks.
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1987 Alfa Milano/75
1979 Alfetta Mille Miglia
1976 Alfetta GT race car
1970 Lancia Fulvia 1.3 Rallye S
1968 Fiat 850 spider
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