Great work! Wish I had the time space and patience to have done something similar to mine.
Great work! Wish I had the time space and patience to have done something similar to mine.
small update
Bolted a new battery tray in.
Put a spare battery on
checked all the electrics work and everything seems good 8)
And it the engine still starts
Little video of it alive again albeit slightly smokey and idle a tad high
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD_h_FQaw3I
Going to have to flush the oil as its gone a tad milky from where i couldn't drain the oil cooler so suspect it was full of water :roll:
Fitted new side skirt clips on the car and put the skirts and front arches back on and it looks like a 5 turbo again
MOT some time next month just need to sort the little things out first
ok the brakes wont bleed properlyso i went out and brought a new master cylinder as it only cost £27 and the rear bias valve seems to be working fine
oh and a easy bleed kit as these like to be pressure bled
Then got cracking on the wheel refurbing
And the apprentice is doing bodywork stuff
first time i used the camera since christmas
Just need to order tyres and sort insurance and its mot time
Well my brother has today and tomorrow off work for his birthday
so i was expecting him to play on his pc all day or something but..... instead he has gone and done a shit load of bodywork preping for me :mrgreen:
He shall be rewarded by supplying him curry form the local takeaway
Cool lilttle project. I really wanted one of these after my Saxo VTR when I was 19/20, but got another classic Mini instead. Still not sure if that was the right move
awesomenessI love white R5GTT's. Is it staying white? are you gonna spray it yourself dude? keep up the good work
defo staying white, all the prep work is getting done at home but all the paint work and oven baking like the treatment the wheels got is being done for free at my brothers work
wheel paint is merc brillant silver, which has a blue tint to it in daylight
If you want a spare wing let me know as I have a brand new front wing(passenger side I think) for a renault 5 turbo. Was given to me by a bloke at work after he cleared out a load of his step sons crap out his garage. He told me his stepson used to have a R5 turbo and said he doesnt see him any more and knew I was into my cars so gave me some bits to see if I could make use of any of it. As Im a bit of a magpie I took all I could.
my brother brought these home today
before picture of badges with lacquer peeling off and looking rather tired
After
Simple to do and i like shiney bits
Really nice, good to see your keeping it orignal
new rear brake compensator valve as i found mine was leaking,
copper fuel lines as my standard steel lines had cracked,
new rubber hose for good measure,
and a load of jubilee clips again for good measure,
Compensator went on fine without a problem......But ..... I snapped a bleed nipple in the drivers rear caliper.... DOH! couldn't drill it out double DOH....
So off to the millfield motor factors for a new one for a lovely price of £70 and it came with a new pad carrier aswell
But now i have 2 new rear calipers, brakes that bleed properly and actaully stop. Also new fuel lines that don't leak out v-power quicker than it goes in lol
Then I put in some engine flush to help get any water out of the engine/ oil cooler as theoil cooler hoses wont undo without breaking the line and cooler, so its had a flush and new oil fitted after a cheeky road test up and down the road to make sure it stops lol
Then we got bored and a night free from the gf means as much time as we want to play.
So my bro finishes sanding the passenger side down and i got bored.....
Soooo i started ripping the black trim off the bumper, the brother wasn't too pleased as this now means he has alot more sanding and prep work to do muhahahaha
I've got some Goodridge braided hoses, poly bushes (powerflex I think but not 100% sure) and a few other bits lying around if you are interested in any of them? Think I have a spare throttle cable and clutch cable too.
Great work on the wheels!
ooo interesting, how old are the braided hoses? and the poly bushes..are they the front lower arm bushes or arb bushes? also what prices are we looking at?
Dont need a throttle cable or clutch cable tho fella already got a new throttle cable and clutch is working so not touching it till it breaks lol
Brand spanking new hoses and bushes (although been sat in the garage for a couple of years).
I think they are the front lower arm bushes!
I have some new front pads too but can't remember the make. Guessing you have a Haynes manual already for it too?
Not quite sure on prices will have to see how much they're worth, I guess. Will take some pics and get back to you if that's cool?
I was planning to put them on with other mods to take it on track but ended up selling it.
Last edited by Silane; 26-02-2011 at 22:38.
Cool project, mucho respect for fettling up a R5TOriginally Posted by fordy
Then the front archs, sills, floor pan, boot floor pan basically everywhere under the car has been waxoyl'd super thick
Provisional mot date is beginning of october fingers crossed if i don't go rust hunting again
Why oh why though? Waxoyland underseal
There are cheaper, and better products out there that will keep the tin worm at bay
R5T is a very cool car in my book
Pete
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yeah there is better stuff i could of used but time/money was a issue.
Since the car will be only a weekend toy and tucked up in a garage when ever it rains the cheaper solution should do fine fingers crossed
quite a productive weekend, the bro has done well even if he did look like a albino earlier
front bumper hasnt been touched other than ripping out the black rubbers.
thats most of the work we can do before getting it mot'd so i just got to put a drivers interior trim back on during the week and swap the wheels over for mot friendly ones,
Fingers crossed i make it to the mot station without having to call out rac to save me
love it!
I used to own one of these years ago, it was great fun :-) get ready to hear that clutch cable twang!
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