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Hi all, what is the best lubricant to use on the steering column top bush/bearing? I assume there is a roller bearing plus a rubber bush, do you need to use anything special to not damage the rubber? Cheers Piet

This is a really nifty manual! I've never come across it before. Thanks again.

Hey Malcolm, I had seen Continental came out with the 145/80 x 13 E-contact specifically for the Twizy and was thinking that would be great for rolling resistance, but what is the speed rating? I couldn't find it.

Inspired by Tomcat I have made a PDF of my copy of the R4 bits of PR 401 from 1991. This covers carbs, distributors, starter motors, and alternators and all their component parts. Whether or not you can buy anything in it is another matter! Let me know if you want one. It's about 1 Meg.

Can I have one too please Tomcat? info@fitzroylocoworks.com Thanks Piet

I think Michelin only make one 145 x 13 tyre now, the Energy E3B. I have just fitted 135 x 13 E3Bs on my R4 (I bought them a while ago) and they are great, so I expect the 145 will be as good.. I am sorry to say Michelin seem to not be making 135 x 13 tyres now, and R4s aren't classic enough for...

Hi Petak, I assume it is possible and I believe late model Renault 4s were sold in Japan with air conditioning. It was quite possibly an aftermarket unit and nothing to do with Renault. Nippon Denso made air conditioning for a lot of small Japanese K size cars cars like the 1000cc diahatsu...

OK, here are some pics of the installation: No 1 shows the remote booster mounted to the RH inner wing just below the jack and fwd of the radiator. This is the smaller of the two sizes commonly used, typically used one for each of the twin circuits on cars like RHD 105 series alfas with the...

You can change to a dual circuit master cylinder and add a remote booster in the front circuit. It makes a big difference with drums. When brake pad and lining material went to the non-asbestos replacement material a few years ago it had a huge effect on pedal pressure required for the same...

I like what they call hubcaps- enjoliveurs (prettificators)

The two drain plugs was on the earlier 334 gearbox (July 1967 to early seventies) when they basically made a 4 speed out of a 3 speed by adding an extra section at the front. Because there were areas that couldn't drain to the main plug, the extra one was required. The later 354 gb has a single...

Might be worth checking to see the carb flange mounting bolts aren't loose. That will let air in on idle but not be noticable during normal running.

Triumph TR6's with PI and later 70's US spec Alfa Spiders with SPICA injection had a resettable G switch so the pump would stop after a crash even if the ignition was still switched on. The Triumph one was Lucas, so good luck with that if you go ahead.... Probably the only time it would ever...

Can you still get the extra-thick heater matrix they did for Scandinavia? They also did wipers for the lights at one point. And plastic doohickeys to shield the exposed door hinges.

When you say "all seems well" did you just check the fuse was in one piece? May be worth checking you are actually getting juice to the terminal on the fuzebox- maybe one of the connectors on the back is loose or corroded- with a test bulb i.e. a sidelight bulb on a lead. one end on the...

Malcolm, I was reading the tech tips section and saw the part about modding your headlights to fit sidelights. I did this a while back and have a couple of suggestions to make things easier. When I did mine I intended to use a hole saw rather than work up via a series of increasing drill sizes...

Happy Birthday Angel! How did you work out the date???

Sorry Mojo, meant to say the little ones are plastic and they are too small for the firewall.

Thanks everyone. That makes sense. BTW Has anyone been able to buy the firewall inner nylon one recently? Apparantly the p/n is 7705002032, but last time I tried, no luck. It seems stuff can diappear off dialogys, or rather Renault dispose of the parts from their central system, so for example...

Thanks Petak, your stuff is looking very shiny! (as usual!). The little bushes are too small to fit in the firewall. The only thing I could possibly think of is that one of them can go on the lever coming out of the gearbox to try and reduce the free play between the gearbox box lever (they just...