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When you say the car has "electric ignition" do you mean you've fitted an electronic ignition system? If you haven't, and the car still has the conventional ignition system, with points, it might be worth fitting a new capacitor. The symptoms you describe mirror a "dying" capacitor, which works...

WHAT A COINCIDENCE! I'm currently reading a "Motoring Which" from April 1964 that covers the Renault Estafette camper van conversion! it's compared with the B.M.C. Bluebird, a Ford Thames Airborne, the Bedford Romany, an Commer and the V.W. Devonette. Odd to think the Renault Estafette was...

Indeed it does! When I worked as a mechanic we reckoned the smell was akin to a child's vomit-horrible! Engine oil just smells like...old oil!

Glad to have been of assistance!

This was the "drastic" action to which I alluded..... Yup, if you can't shift the detritus by flushing then it looks like it's a "heads off" job. The advice included in the above post regarding securing the liners in place is vital and I'd recommend a careful reading of everything before...

You could try reverse flushing the block, by connecting a hose pipe to the drain screw and pushing water through backwards. Some pressure from the hose might help, too. Another option would be adding some bicarbonate of soda , which might help shift any debris that's stuck inside the block...

Perfect, just perfect!

If your exhaust's producing too much unburnt fuel either the mixture's too rich or the sparking plugs aren't fully burning the fuel that is being pumped into the engine. Do you need to use the choke to start the car when it's cold-really cold-as it would be on a morning after the car's stood in...

A Quote from the 1963"Motoring Which" report on the Renault 4l mentioned "the alarming angles the car's suspension produced when cornering hard"....maybe your car felt the need to relive the experience......?

Fit a new spark plug and then see if there's a spark. Now do the same to all the leads and confirm the new spark plug produces a spark when connected to all four leads. If so, your leads are good and your plugs will need cleaning or changing. As to the colour of the old plugs, it looks like the...

Testing capacitors needs specialised equipment. Multimeters can give an approximate measure of a capacitor's health, but I prefer to work on the "test by substitution" method; if a different one works, the other one must be broken! I think older equipment was better designed and tends to last...

........Quick change of filters & fluids-it'll be as good as new........ :doh:

Your light bulb wiring looks right. How old is the capacitor? Try the same tests with the capacitor disconnected & see if the bulb goes out and on then.

If there's no spark at the points at all and your lightbulb is always lit then there's no electricity going through them or they're not opening and closing properly. With the points OPEN the fixed part (that's the part that doesn't move) should be earthed. To confirm this, connect one of your...

If the bulb remains alight the points are not closing or are not clean enough to pass the current, assuming you've connected the bulb correctly. The bulb lights when the points are OPEN because the electricity cannot pass through the points, so it has to go though the bulb, lighting it in the...

I would proceed as follows, eliminating one thing at a time, so that you'll know what change has caused the difference (if any!) First, are you certain that all the diesel's been cleaned from the carb? If you're not sure, using an aerosol carburettor cleaner should help. Did you remove the...

Dealing with the consequences of inadvertently adding diesel's not as simple as draining the tank & cleaning the carburettor! You'll probably find you'll need new plugs as well, as the diesel can react with the electrodes. By feeding fresh petrol into the carburettor directly from a can, you can...

I've a set & I'm in Barnet, if that helps.

You've several options: The best one is to buy some P43T 60/55 watt halogen headlamps, and then buy some selective yellow glass caps and slide them over the bulbs. These will fit into a Renault 4's headlamp unit, giving that characteristic "French" look to the car, and with bright halogen...

A small piece of rubber, perhaps from a tyre inner tube, cut to fit and wedged in place behind the fitting?