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  1. John M

    Renault 4 Art Car...

    Wow indeed! I see the auction has been postponed but the listing is worth looking at. https://www.artcurial.com/en/lot-1967-renault-4-par-arman-no-reserve-4014-145#popin-active
  2. John M

    Not a 4 but a nice looking Renault 6 for sale in North Yorkshire

    Sold for £4300 + fees I expect.
  3. John M

    Not a 4 but a nice looking Renault 6 for sale in North Yorkshire

    I know it's not a 4 but how many of these do you see nowadays? https://mathewsons.co.uk/auctions/auction-dates/vehicles/13831-new-entry-1975-renault-6
  4. John M

    LHD Renault 4GTL 1983 for sale in Wetherby West Yorkshire

    This car is a lovely runner and has been well looked after since it was imported a few years ago. It was imported by a Renault garage in Suffolk who did the registration and made sure it was up to scratch. I bought it from them and have enjoyed it immensely. My wife likes it because she gets...
  5. John M

    Tailored outdoor car cover

    Don't know what the material is. It just says "4 layer". It is very waterproof and soft on the inside.
  6. John M

    Tailored outdoor car cover

    Bit late on this but see below a couple of photos of my stormforce cover. I use it all year round. Whilst it is breathable I also made a frame to improve ventilation. You can see it in the photo with the cover half on. This is the second cover I have had and the last one lasted just short of 3...
  7. John M

    Softer clutch/lighter Flywheel?

    I am with Cornish4 on this. My clutch was always stiff then seized after a winter lay up. After taking the gearbox out and freeing the shaft the clutch is as light as anything. I tried the WD40 but it didn't work for me. Hope you have better luck.
  8. John M

    TUB 108M is it still around?

    I used to own TUB 108M and acording to the DVLA it was due to be taxed on 27 April 1985. So I guess it was scraped a couple of years after I sold it but not notified to the DVLA. If anyone has any information leading to the whereabouts of my old car I would be very grateful. Details from DVLA...
  9. John M

    steering rack gaiter easy fitting

    I am putting the car together again after freeing the clutch release shaft. I noticed one of the gaiters had a split so decided to replace them both. Now there is a small hole in one end of the gaiter and it has to fit over a much larger diameter so I made the following tapered plug to help...
  10. John M

    compressing the spring in GTL driveshaft

    Just to make it a little easier to install the driveshaft in my 83 GTL I used a couple of bits of thin but strong rope as arranged in the photo below. It was quite easy to pull the strings through the slack jubilee clip and when the spring was compressed tighten the jubilee clip and tie a knot...
  11. John M

    Clutch release shaft removal 83 GTL

    Indeed Adam. I have some waterproof grease for marine use that I will use on the outside of the bell housing. Back in the day we used to keep the sintered bronze bearings in a bath of oil ready to use. I guess there won't be much oil left in my bearing since it went in in 1983.
  12. John M

    Clutch release shaft removal 83 GTL

    Panic over. I managed to free the little blighter. The oilite bush was stuck on the shaft and turning in the bell housing. You can just see a bit of it sticking out on the left hand side of the shaft in the picture above. I used a brass drift to move it along the shaft and after a couple of...
  13. John M

    Clutch release shaft removal 83 GTL

    My clutch release shaft is very stiff. I tried WD40 sprayed over the offending bearings but no luck. I finally got my gearbox out and am now looking at removing the relsase shaft. The actuating fork is fastened to the shaft with what looks like two pins arrowed in the picture below. Are they...
  14. John M

    Starting problems after the winter lay up

    I have disposed of my old fuel all 15 litres of it at the local reclamation centre and put some nice clean fuel in. I used the car's fuel pump to empty the tank and once emptied I ran some new fuel through just to be sure. All now is sweetness and light. The old car has never run so well...
  15. John M

    Starting problems after the winter lay up

    My Renault 4 GTL doesn't get a lot of use and I will not take it out on roads with salt on them so this usually means the poor old car doesn't get any attention during the winter. Come the start up this year it just wouldn't start. This is most unusual. Eventually I did get it to start but...
  16. John M

    wrong spark plugs

    Hi all, I just mentioned copper slip because I remember the plugs on one of the cars I had sealed with a taper rather than a washer and copper slip was recommended. Can't remember which car it was but it was an old one. Just found the following which explains why I used to use copper slip...
  17. John M

    wrong spark plugs

    I have just removed my spark plugs for the first time from my 1108cc GTL. They were tight all the way out. So tight in fact that I feared striping the threads in the cylinder head. On inspection it looked like they were too long in the thread and the end of the plugs had carboned up making them...
  18. John M

    Seen on the A1 today

    Saw this on the A1 heading north today. Sorry about the quality but I was passing at speed. From the quick glance I had the car looked in pretty good shape.
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