Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[richardmorris]

16 minutes ago, Slowsilver said:

To be honest they were probably there before it fell off. I was simply trying to reduce the price from 1.00 to 0.00 ?.
 

Is he actually trying to sell you back your own wheeltrim? Once a second hand car dealer, always a ......

[Six-cylinder]

5 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Is he actually trying to sell you back your own wheeltrim? Once a second hand car dealer, always a ......

It's a question of supply and demand my boy!

[Slowsilver]

Alternatively I could offer a straight swap for an empty and crushed Pepsi can with provenance, retrieved by the (in)famous Mr. HubNut and kindly* left in one of the many cubbyholes in the Zafira.
 

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Is he actually trying to sell you back your own wheeltrim? Once a second hand car dealer, always a ......

There's demand now. Some bloke's posted up on the for sale forum wanting an exact same trim. Supply and demand now... 

[Zelandeth]

There we go...Found some photos of my old Renault 11TC.

Still can't quite believe she was only a 1.2.  Went incredibly well for it and even in this base-tastic form (guessing the rear wiper was a paid for extra given wheel trims weren't even included originally!) was a really comfy way to cover distances.  I did a couple of runs to Inverness in this (about 3 hours) and never felt that journey drag like it did in some other cars.

Compared to things I've seen on some other 11s, here are my one's base credentials.

[] Manual mirrors.

[] No padding on the door cards.

[] No temperature gauge.

[] No oil level gauge.

[] No clock.

[] No fuel warning light (no bulb or wiring!)

[] No central locking.

[] No power steering.

[] No power windows.

[] No split rear seat.

[] No trip meter.

[] No locking fuel cap.

[] Simplified side rubbing strips.

[] No centre heater vents.

[] No headlight on warning buzzer.

[] 155SR13 tyres.

[] Single speed wipers with no intermittent mode.

[] No dash lighting dimmer.

I did at least add a clock and the centre heater vents after a while when I found a higher trim level one in a scrapper which I pulled the little (and surprisingly useful) cubby by the heater controls out of.

The only gripe I had with this motor was that it wasn't quite a phase 1 nor a phase 2.  It was the one made during the swap to the facelifted model and as such was made using whatever parts Renault found rolling around on the factory floor.  As such finding parts for it was an absolute nightmare, even in 2004.  Remember spending nearly three weeks trying to track down a CV boot.

Still was a lovely little thing to drive though and I'd gladly have it as a daily runaround again nowadays if it were still on the road (it's not...Managed another three or four years after I sold it, but long gone now).

[wuvvum]

Single speed wipers, seriously?  In 1987?

[Zelandeth]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Single speed wipers, seriously?  In 1987?

Yep!  No automatic wiping with the washers either...you want to wash AND wipe, you'll need to switch the wipers on yourself, mate!

[Ghosty]

Hyde, the next town over from me, and a place I frequent, came up twice over the weekend. 

DW's GSA's rear plate is from a Citroen dealer in Hyde (the phone line is dead, but I wonder if that's now the still-extant Stoneacre Citroen/Fiat?). Not the original dealer though as the car is Lincs registered, as quicksilver correctly asserted. 

@dozeydustman also has a friend in Hyde that he says needs to be on here on account of his fleet. 

Strange to say the least for home to crop up twice when I'm 150 miles away. 

[Six-cylinder]

9 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

There we go...Found some photos of my old Renault 11TC.

Did the 1.4 ever have injection in the UK?

Some Spanish guy in the Renault Club FB comments says the reason it has a gearbox problem is because it should be injection.

[wuvvum]

Don't think any 11s got fuel injection in the UK.  Even the TXE was carb.

[Craig the Princess]

7 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Yep!  No automatic wiping with the washers either...you want to wash AND wipe, you'll need to switch the wipers on yourself, mate!

The way washers should work #grumpyoldman

[Zelandeth]

7 hours ago, Craig the Princess said:

The way washers should work #grumpyoldman

Personally I agree...I thought that was just me though!  The ones on the van keep going for a good two full wipes too long...

[Six-cylinder]

Today an agricultural engineer came to see if he could start our 1 ton Benford Dumper, the answer was no.

The injection pump was seized and he took it off and tried to free it without success. He took it away for a workshop strip and the second photo arrived this evening! 

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, Six-cylinder said:

Today an agricultural engineer came to see if he could start our 1 ton Benford Dumper, the answer was no.

The injection pump was seized and he took it off and tried to free it without success. He took it away for a workshop strip and the second photo arrived this evening! 

Broken spring?

[Six-cylinder]

10 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Broken spring?

looks like it.

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, Six-cylinder said:

looks like it.

Are replacements available? 

[Six-cylinder]

Just now, richardmorris said:

Are replacements available? 

I don't know yet I just got the picture and no message.

[richardmorris]

4 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I don't know yet I just got the picture and no message.

https://www.meadplant.com

https://www.lsengineers.co.uk/site-dumper-spare-parts.html

 

[Six-cylinder]

I have had the call now the whole pump is very warn along with the broken spring that has been broken for a while.

The plan is to see if the spare pump he has is the correct one tomorrow. If not try SMS diesels services in Buckingham to see if they have the parts.

[richardmorris]

How long have you had it?

[Six-cylinder]

Just now, richardmorris said:

How long have you had it?

2014 and it has always been difficult to start.

[richardmorris]

7 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

2014 and it has always been difficult to start.

Any idea on the age? Or mileage?

[LightBulbFun]

Just now, richardmorris said:

Any idea on the age? Or mileage?

I would have thought  something like this would have an hours meter rather than an odometer? 

of course the solution surely is to buy a 3rd dumper for the FoD right?

love the tax disk nailed to the side, Land end to lands end to john o groats anyone?  LOL

[Six-cylinder]

We always thought early 1980s but the engineer today thinks it could be earlier.

No Hours meter or speedo fitted.

It has a Q plate so nobody really knows.

Somebody has hand written M.E.A.D. phone number on our handbook.

[Andyrew]

I dug out a fantastically small Jimny washer bottle 

 

[Six-cylinder]

7 minutes ago, Andyrew said:

I dug out a fantastically small Jimny washer bottle 

Thanks, but I think the C15 one I have is a bit slimmer.

[Zelandeth]

That would definitely tie in with the symptoms we were seeing.  I could tell the pump didn't sound right when it was being cranked, and there's definitely been some leakage somewhere...

Do Petter engines have easily decodable serial numbers?  If the engine can be dated that should give a decent idea of the rough date.  I'd have probably said mid 70s myself.

[Six-cylinder]

2 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

That would definitely tie in with the symptoms we were seeing.  I could tell the pump didn't sound right when it was being cranked, and there's definitely been some leakage somewhere...

Do Petter engines have easily decodable serial numbers?  If the engine can be dated that should give a decent idea of the rough date.  I'd have probably said mid 70s myself.

We can't find any engine or dumper numbers on it.

[beko1987]

Asm think it should be white... 

[LightBulbFun]

24 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

We can't find any engine or dumper numbers on it.

I have managed to pull its Chassis and engine numbers from the DVLA I can PM those to @Mrs6C or you if you want them?  

I was thinking cant you just check the V5? but seeing as the Last keeper change and V5 was issued in 2011 and you got it in 2014 then im guessing you never got the V5 etc so that would be a no you cant LOL (unless you do have that 2011 V5 still waiting to have the keeper change done?  )