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We had discussed this topic some times in the past. It's true Dauphine engine rotates clockwise as viewed from rear (timing gear) end, while R4 and R5 Ventoux engines rotate the opposite way. To make such an engine fit, almost everything except for the block, head and sump needs to be replaced...

OK, so it's a vacuum operated enrichment device, similar to those fitted on many other vehicles. I had seen a 28IF with an accelerator pump on a FASA 1108 R4 but not this arrangement.

They should have it, according to the parts book. I have never come across such an early car, though. A friend of mine has a 1972 R4 equipped with the later B1B engine with the Zenith 32IF7 carburettor. I always get outpaced when I drive my 28IF equipped R4 along hers, despite my engine being...

Most 845 cars I take care of, including both my 845 R4s, are equipped with the 28IF carburettor. It performs well in general, its drawbacks are the main jet position which leads to clogging if the float chamber has collected sediment - common with modern fuel - and the tendency for the float...

It's probably a GTL and doors have been replaced (the rear windows are non opening, as on the basic version which was always 845cc). As far as I know, neither the basic version or the later TL Savane were available in RHD. Does the oval plate read 1128 (GTL) or 1123 (TL)?

Tapered bearings are always matched pairs regarding their two parts. Therefore you have to use the outer race that was on the gearbox - the one on the damaged cap. It's not easy to remove it from the cap without damaging it. Fit is not particularly tight but there is nowhere to tap or press on...

Hi Piet, sent you a PM with details.

It probably grounds via the mounting bracket.

Here in Greece you may get a notice for headlamps not bright enough - not failure though. If the pattern is right, nobody will bother for headlights being "too bright".

Look for a nut at the top hinge pin, too. If you remove the arrowed clevis pin and move the mechanism away, there is nothing more holding the door. This door holding mechanism was never fitted on any R4 but its body fixing plates don't look like an amateur fitting. Was your car an ex- La...

Thick wire is dynamo output wire and goes to A terminal on regulator. Other wire is field wire - goes to regulator F terminal.

Switch functions are exactly the same. I haven't checked if terminal positions correspond, too. Switch on the first post is from a Super 5 but this should also be the same regarding functions.

This is quite normal because the collets are tapered and fit in a tapered bore in the valve retainer. To compress the springs gradually and prevent the collets from flying out, screw the spring compressor with a very light preload, then tap the spring end of the compressor with a plastic mallet...

I had read somewhere that it is 57%/43% front/rear. Not bad for a front engine / front wheel drive car.

If engine plate is missing or has been replaced: 1289 and 1397 engines have rocker covers held by three studs. 1397 cylinder head is the only one with long reach (3/4" thread length) spark plugs. 956 is impossible to tell apart from 1108 without measuring bore diameter.

This is rather common on R4 starters and is caused by the one way clutch in starter gear spinning instead of transmiting drive. Teeth on both starter and flywheel gears don't seem that bad. It's usually flywheel ring gear that gets worn first, but this would produce a grinding noise on starting...

The two "new" pictures are filtered so difficult to tell which code it is. Could well be non-factory colour code, too. Nice girl, but bad paint job, look at the B-pillar at the third photo... On the factory photo, colour code is not 318.

This is the matching regulator for your dynamo. Provided it's OK, it should work. Connections are simple: BAT directly to battery positive. Sometimes it it used as a junction for +12V supply to lighting switch or fusebox, check if there are other wires going to the car main wiring loom and...

I have new driveshafts for the 334 gearbox, if you cant find them locally. I think that "S" suffix denotes a factory exchange engine.

Do you have the make and type of your dynamo?