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Merci mon ami pour les infos. Yes I think you are right 83 it is....my mistake Philippe (Galaxian)

I fitted new rubbers also last year. Very tedious work....The truth is that for the first 2 months the doors were difficult to close, and then it went well together. Perhaps the rubber you chose was wrong shape or to stiff. I think that Renault used a special quality of "foam-rubber"...

Hello, I was planning for a while to replace both my R4 front doors because they are in a very poor state. I finally found 2 front doors in excellent condition and at a very reasonable price but unfortunately these are after 79 model, which means that the hinges are placed inside the doors...

Thanks, It's in my plans to proceed to a full respray, because I found four doors in very good condition which need to be re-painted anyway because the rear ones are red and the front ones white. I was thinking to respray the roof myself in order to save some money. I think the roof is...

Hi, Do you remember my post of 12/02/2007 "barbarians" where I posted the fotos of my destroyed hood ?.... Well, here are the photos of my repaired 4L !! Doesn't she look nice ? I guess I will have to paint the whole car now, because the difference in color with the rest of the car is...

Thats great ! The 2 R4's are almost identical ! Nevertheless I believe that your hood was definitely repairable. Cheers

You are lucky guys !! Here in Greece, I don't believe there must be more than 100 R4's left all around the country. But this is again my estimation since there are no official figures...might be more, might be less. Angel, correct me if I'm wrong Regards

Hello Martin, Being French myself, I know that the prices in France are very low (c'est le pays d'origine apres tout !). Being a shop owner I don't have the oportunity nor the time to travel in my native country, just for a hood. Can you send the hood over? If you plan to travel in sunny...

The insurance of the other party will pay for the damage, but there is a law in greece which says that if the damage repair costs more than the estimated market value of the car, then you have to pay the difference. I.e this repair including painting is estimated at 800 euros with a used hood...

Thanks for sharing your feelings John ! Was it difficult to find a hood ?

That's what happens when a barbarian in front of you with a Rav 4, decides to put reverse gear without looking in his mirror !! The garage told me that this hood is very difficult to repair,...almost impossible.... Whish me good luck to find an R4 hood in Greece....! Hope dies last hum?!

I would suggest a "vert amande" "almond green". I think that there is no better mach of burgundy with that pale green... The choice is yours :lol: :D

I guess you are both right. If things looked better under the valve cover, I think I would go for the welding, but considering the "mud-rust" deposit I think that that water passes through. I have found a whole TL 77 car for 300 euros, if the engine looks ok I will buy it, and it will be a...

Hi, Remember the water leak that I suspected to be the flush screw? Well it's much worse....the engine block is cracked ! I managed to slip the digi camera way below the manifold and look what it revealed !(see photo) Nasty ! I was thinking that I might try to seal this 12 cm crack with metal...

Hi to everyone. First of all i would like to apologize for always asking questions and not contributing to others questions. The fact is that I am completely new to R4 's and I am actually discovering this car and its engine. I hope that by gaining a little more experience, I will be able to...

Hi, As per previous posts, I tried to remove the blanking plate in order to replace the gasket from which the water was leaking. Unfortunately despite my cautious moves, one of the four screws head broke ! I removed the plate which was quite attacked by corrosion and bent (see photo). My main...

Hi, do you remember the post named "will she start after 5 years" ? YES ! :yellowre: my 4L started and the engine seems to work nice and smooth. Now the problem is that there is a leak in the Cooling system :evil: and all the water leaks from the blanking plate on the back of the engine...

Does anyone have the set of seats for sale for the R4 Safari limited edition ? I know they are rare but, u never know.... Regards :D

Ok thanks, I hope it is the blanking plate as you suspect. I would be lucky if it's not the cylinder head gasket... Fortunately thanks to your fantastic forum, I was contacted by angel who also lives in Athens Greece, and seams to be a very good conaiseur of 4L engines. We will meet this...

Bad news.... It would have been too easy...just when I thought that I would do some minor repairs and drive my 4L, now I realize that I will have to go into big expenses, which i don't want... I put water into the radiator before trying the first start, because it seamed empty, and after the...