"Maria Canela"

[Homegrown]

I think some of the camber we see in last picture is just an optic illusion. Shadow /dirt on the left tyre (seen from camera), and mobile phone camera lens.
I reacted directly like Malcolm. Something is wrong but I think camera and light fool my eye.

DAA I love your car and keep doing what you are doing.
Envy your climate, tonight we just got 10cm more snow here in Sweden.

 

[DAA]

Now is much better.. I will try drive to the alignment shop..

 

[DAA]

Try rolling the car a couple of metres. The positive camber might just be because the car has been lowered from a jack.

For setting tracking measure the distance between the rear of the front wheel rims and then the front of the rims (inside edges while the car is on the ground). If the front measurement s maybe 1 or 2mm larger than the rear measurement then it'll be close to right.

@malcolm could you please explain better how to measure by this way?

 

[DAA]

I think some of the camber we see in last picture is just an optic illusion. Shadow /dirt on the left tyre (seen from camera), and mobile phone camera lens.
I reacted directly like Malcolm. Something is wrong but I think camera and light fool my eye.

DAA I love your car and keep doing what you are doing.
Envy your climate, tonight we just got 10cm more snow here in

I love my 4L too!! I'm very anxious too get our 1st big trip.. I try do my best..but I don't have much knowledge

Yes, Portugal have a lovely whether !! 10cm of snow..Ooh.. last night I got 4°c and I felt cold.. eheh

 

[petak]

Knowledge will come. It is more important to have will to do it.
On other hand you can always ask somebody

That why i love this forum and keep coming back to it. There is always someone happy to share their knowledge with others

 

[DAA]

After something like 500km, I can say everything is good!!

Now it's time to prepare the 4L to the Annual Inspection..

 

[DAA]

2000kms later.. I love my R4L!! Don't change it for another daily car..

Just need to check the washer of the carburator needle, because when arrives to the LOW capacity, smells a lot of gasoline and overflows out a little bit of the carb.

R4L's never says no!!!

 

[DAA]

My daily car... droves thought the city.. where the modern cars rule..

 

[DAA]

Like I said in other post, with high temperatures, and stop on traffic, my 4L stop work and smells a little bit of petrol..

So I put the summer mode on the air filter box

Change the air filter cap, the upper cap on the photo have a curve tube.


And did some pending thinks..

Gearbox protection painting..and change the fix mode, for rivet nuts and inox screw







The handbrake cable support was broke the point of fix, I put a rivet nut too with a inox screw






I'm thinking do some thing to block the temperature from the exhaust manifold

 

[Hugo81]

Great work on this beautiful machine!!!!

 

[DAA]

Summer vacations on 4L.. without any incident





And after 6k kms, it was necessary do some gap adjustments

It's possible see the points too close at the highest position of the lobe



0.40mm distance....dwell angle on 58deg and 6degress BTC set.. and I have my 4L back again


I love this car...

 

[Hugo81]

Like I said in other post, with high temperatures, and stop on traffic, my 4L stop work and smells a little bit of petrol..

So I put the summer mode on the air filter box

Change the air filter cap, the upper cap on the photo have a curve tube.
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And did some pending thinks..

Gearbox protection painting..and change the fix mode, for rivet nuts and inox screw

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The handbrake cable support was broke the point of fix, I put a rivet nut too with a inox screw

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I'm thinking do some thing to block the temperature from the exhaust manifold

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Hello, great work! How will you block the exhaust temperature?

 

[DAA]

After 10k kms it's time to filters and oil change









The internal pipe of the final exausht silencer brokes, the sound of my 4L was like a race car ehehhe

I changed the final silencer for another one, old but in good condition and changed the slient rubber..

Keep on rolling.. waiting for free time to apply the twingo sunroof..

 

[DAA]

Preparation for annual inspection..10,892kms..

Twingo sunroof applied..



Hammerite paint for rust protection where was cutted



And put a kind of "silicone" which don't dry








And after a quick wash..

The green paper!!!




Preparation for summer vacations..

 

[DAA]

Towbar applied..



I need do some bumper restoration.. but until finish another car restore I don't have time and space..





Wiring to tow harness.

I choose split

Left:

Left switch and signalling light



Right

Right switch and stop light



Wiring protection





Next step do the same on the trailer

 

[DAA]

Final touch





Trail installation done

 

[DAA]

31 years later.. the starter died..

So... get out the old.. and put the new one

I bought an not oem gasket and the quality is too poor.. I founded this original and the difference is huge!!!

Do this work is not too difficult

 

[yanivalon]

31 years later.. the starter died..

So... get out the old.. and put the new one

I bought an not oem gasket and the quality is too poor.. I founded this original and the difference is huge!!!

Do this work is not too difficult

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Where did you find the original gasket?

 

[DAA]

Where did you find the original gasket?

In an old parts stock

 

[Andy McGhee]

Where did you find the original gasket?

There's an original one here:

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