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My 73 had a black dashboard. Maybe it was late 73.

If you have the Bendix rear brakes they should be self adjusting, but the Girling ones are manual adjust and seem to need doing every year. A Haynes manual would be useful for instructions. The adjustment in the handbrake cable is for cable stretch and can be done after you make sure the...

You might be able to unseize the fork with the gearbox in place. Takes heat and plenty of penetrating fluid.

The early 4 speed had a starter handle hole too. The bonnet on the car is shaped to fit the later front crossmember which was fitted to accommodate the extra length of the 4 speed. That one should be '68 to '73 with an 850cc engine, 4 speed dogleg first gearbox, and nice seats. They are...

Just a thought - have you properly bled the coolant system? Hold expansion bottle above engine, open heater bleed, squeeze pipes to rad to move air, mske sure radiator is full.

I didn't know about the mil. Why is it 10km and not 1000km? But I am easily confused. I set my sat nav to read in metric because I got confused by the alternative units. It used to say 'turn left in 1 mile', then a little later 'turn left in 800 yards', then 'turn left in 250 feet'. I...

Pretty sure this was spam. US member bring up a 10 year old thread and saying something odd.

The mixture screw is an idle mixture control screw but it does influence low speed running too. It's handy to have something we can twiddle to get past the MOT and then set it back how we like it. Set that for best driveability. Valves don't tend to get damaged during low speed running...

Cool. I like those things. Feel free to ask questions as you go along.

The lead replacement is different from the `octane rating. Petrol has zero lead these days. Also the R4 will run fine on the lowest grade of petrol. If you are just running the car around as normal there shouldn't be any need for an additive to replace lead. These cars have valve inserts...

The end of the dipstick sits in the sump so the reading on the dipstick should never be lower than the level in the sump. It might be picking up oil from the dipstick tube as you pull it up the first time. I think the second reading will be the more reliable.

It's a drain for the heater box in case water gets in from the flap below the windscreen.

A lot of us use 145/80 R13 tyres. Plenty of decent brands in that size.

You can get orange bulbs for the clear lens. You might need the single filament bulb holder for orange bulbs, or use orange bulb paint. I moved the sidelight to the headlamp. There's a post about how to do that in the tech tips section.

Some ride height measurements taken by other members here https://www.renault4.co.uk/tech-ride-heights.htm

Just in case of measurement error - continuity measurements will give false readings if the ignition is switched on.

You can get the coolant light without overheating - it comes on first but only just. Check the coolant wire isn't shorting on the exhaust manifold. That would turn the light on.

Do the holes not line up because the mounting has moved sideways? You could try loosely fitting the bolt at the bottom and then tensioning the torsion bar until the other two line up.

Angel's link is well worth reading through again: https://www.renault4.co.uk/forum/threads/how-to-set-front-ride-heights.5693/#post-33719 The torsion bars are tensioned even with the suspension at full droop and the factory tool for tensioning the bar is a long bar with an octagonal head that...

It's unusual to be intermittent and not happen at idle. Well worth measuring the battery voltage when running to see if you get 13.5V or so, and if possible tape the meter to the bonnet and see if it changes when the light comes on. That would pick up any loss of function of the alternator...