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LED tail light bulbs are easy and they make a lot of sense. Just buy some and replace the original bulbs for extra brightness. Indicator bulbs are more difficult as they require a different flasher unit, and it's tricky to find one that allows the indicator warning on the dash to work...

You can test for a blocked main jet. Car should run to some extent on throttle with the choke but not without the choke.

Did the head gasket get torqued down again after a few hundred miles? They do need that after settling. Assuming that wasn't done and there is no water in the oil then checking the head for flatness and another gasket might fix it

I have both R4 and R5. I like the new R5. It's a city car like the original and not excessively large. The styling of the original car was quite modern and the new one would have been a bit cleaner had they lost some of the turbo cues but it's reasonably true to the first R5 in intent...

You can fit the late rear suspension on an early car. I think the late chassis has a couple less mounting holes so it's the early suspension that won't fit the late chassis.

The frame is painted and fitted. I found some excellent photos that showed there were extra tubes supporting the top of the windscreen from the forward hoop. I've added these in and they allow the hood to be tensioned. We've had a lot of flooding so here's a photo of the Rodeo next to a...

You would ideally need a torsion bar unloading tool like this https://www.renault4.co.uk/torsion-bar-tool.htm It is easiest to fit the torsion bar with the hub, damper and tie bar removed from the lower suspension arm. You might just about get away with a large adjustable spanner after doing...

The Renault 4 is definitely a classic. I posted pictures on the MIG welding forum and a few people said they would like a Renault 4. They were surprised at how expensive they have become.

It's finished (nearly). I made some adjustments to the rear hoop so the hood fitted, then mounted the middle hoop with a pain of geometry. The hood kind of fits. It's a bit loose at the sides, but the hoods on Rodeos always look like a relaxed fit. I can tension the top reasonably well...

I didn't get as far as I wanted at the weekend. I've made all the brackets but have only fitted one of the stays for the rear hoop. The frame is fiendishly complicated with the tumblehome angles. Also I'm not following the original design just loosely following photos so there is a lot of...

My hoops have arrived and I've started making the hood frame. So far I have the rear hoop installed and have made the brackets for the diagonal tubes that steady the rear frame. It took a lot of measuring and trial fitting of the hood to figure out where everything was supposed to go...

Have you tried rolling the car forwards and backwards again? That will reduce the height by 2 inches after it's been jacked up.

The leads on mine aren't original either. Yours look better than mine which are far too long between the distributor and spark plugs. Oddly the coil lead on mine has a similar strange routing to yours, snaking to the LHS of the engine bay and around to the ignition unit mounted behind the...

I'm as confused as you are. If you are using both the rack and steering column from the same car it really ought to fit. No way it can be 100mm out. What parts are you using and from which cars? If it helps I'm sure folk will have some spare parts they can measure. The GTL RHD steering...

There was a type of fuel pump that was upside down and oil leaking from that hole was a common problem with them. I think any 1108cc fuel pump will work as a replacement. But the more normal ones have a plastic spacer between the pump and the block that you would need as well. Might be the...

The St Andrew's cross flag is a really good clue. It's the name of the church.

I have been toying with the idea of sticking an 850 engine into the Rodeo. It has a 750 at the moment and doesn't go fast enough. Will send a message or phone at a more suitable hour.

I'm getting on with the hood. My hood was shortened after the frame was bent in a small accident and the rear hood frame is missing. It would look nicer with a full length hood so I've bought a new hood and just need to make the frame. A full length roof might help a bit with the...

On later cars the brake switch is inside the cabin on top of the brake pedal.

A sound like two metal pot lids doesn't sound like suspension. Suspension is normally a knock. Metal pot lids would be something hitting the body shell. Exhaust where it goes through the inner wing might do it.