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Its a 1987 model, not really sure about the devaluation thing, it does mean you only have to have a CT every 5 years which apparently is not quite so strict, and it can have some effects on insurers ability to write it off after an accident. I suspect it may be because the government sets the...

Took the car in for its Controle Technique this afternoon, passed with no advisories, a completely clean sheet. Whilst I was there I did ask the technician about changing it to 'vehicule de collection' but in his opinion it would devalue the car. Happy to get someone else to have a good look...

The car is a 1987 Savane 4TL. The seats are fixed, there isn't any recline mechanism.

The boss has been complaining about the amount of 'foam dust' under the front seats for a while now, so she had a rummage around on Ebay and found a new supplier of seat foams. We got the front seats out of the car and set about stripping them down. We found that the bases were in excellent...

A la 2cv you mean - are we allowed to use the 2cv word here????

Brakes bled, the boss appreciated the sit down, going up and down on the ramp and pumping the pedal. No leaks, just as well as the rear brake pipes aren't the easiest to get at. Wheels back on, spare back in the cradle, just realised I've used all the petrol in it to mow the grass over the last...

All back together now, fitted the last flexible brake pipe clip about an hour ago. Refitting the rear shockers caused a bit of swearing, but my mate can always come up with a 'cunning plan' and with about a metre and a half of fencing wire wound round it, and my 95 kg swinging from the rear...

Both mine had to be pressed in, they were a really tight fit. I used my mate's press (actually he did most of it!) but we both agreed that a hammer and drift wouldn't have done it. Just got the torsion bars to go back in now, assuming I can wind up the nuts on the slave shock absorbers enough...

Its now in 4 smaller chunks, rather than one big one, and the new outriggers are fitted. A bit more tidying up to do, much easier to see what needs doing with everything out of the way. Will fit new flexibles on the principle that they will never be easier to get at, and will check out the state...

That was the conclusion that my friend and I came to - as the whole of the rear axle is almost ready to remove I will take it out in one piece (hopefully) and take it over to his garage and use his press to put them back. We're more used to replacing rear arm bearings on Citroen BX's and C15's -...

See my previous thread - the rear outrigger more or less fell to pieces. At the moment I've got the car ready to take the rear suspension out in one piece - fuel tank and the little crossmember out, brake pipes disconnected, old outriggers off, repairs / repainting to the back end of the chassis...

For the last couple of days I have been mostly wrestling with and swearing at the rear suspension on the R4. So far I've managed to disconnect the brake pipes (using a set of crows foot spanners I bought from someone who was moving back to the UK - they've sat in the garage for about 2 years...

We went to a car show at the weekend in the 'Suisse Normande' with the R4. During the course of the day we got talking to a few other owners, one of whom admitted that he was in possession of 44 of them, 11 of which were runners! Although that did include a couple of R3's the early small engined...

We took the R4 out for its first long run at the weekend, to a car show in the 'Suisse Normande'. A fellow owner remarked that the cooling water looked a bit like soup, and after telling him it was on my list I tackled it today. The Haynes book of not very useful information says that there is a...

Andy - you're right it is the correct one, a visit to Coutances looks as if its in order.

I know this is an old post, but I'm confused now. In my RTA manual for the later models its says GL4 gearbox oil rather than GL5. My mate who knows about such things says that GL5 is for more modern boxes and has additives that may damage some of the brass bits of older gearboxes. At the moment...

Found out the cause of the starter motor problem - after stripping it out, then a 50 km round trip to get it properly tested - whoever had disconnected the battery to charge it up had forgotten to replace the thick cable going to the starter motor on the battery terminal! Not me I hasten to add!

Finally managed to wrestle the starter motor out of it - its taken about 3 hours so far! Whoever thought it would be a good idea to have to remove the manifolds, move back the steering column in order to get the starter motor out must have been some sort of perverted genius........ In the same...

Last 3 pics for now....

Picked the car up today, I'd forgotten how bouncy they were, and how much roll there was round corners, but we got home OK. Had to bump start it as the starter had stuck, I'd also forgotten what a b**tard they are to get off, so far 2 hours, 2 bolts and a lot of swearing. Here's the photos though...