The Epic Austrian owned R16 from Germany doing French things in a Parallel Universe near England Saga

[Ghosty]

I was very very confused as to why it was up for sale in the first place.

[Junkman]

Because this: https://www.autowereld.nl/renault/16/tx-lpg-c-v-el-ramen-28371370/details.html

[richardthestag]

Because this: https://www.autowereld.nl/renault/16/tx-lpg-c-v-el-ramen-28371370/details.html

 

makes sense but better the devil you know etc.

 

glad it didnt sell but only because you are

[Junkman]

I'm just not ready to part with the bloody car.

[Ghosty]

Thought it'd be a TX. 

 

If in doubt, remember Caen.

[Junkman]

Yeah and we'll do it again. With this car.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Or a 30TX with the mighty* PRV donk.

[Guest Hooli]

I'm glad it didn't sell.

 

You need help.

[dollywobbler]

I also am glad it didn't sell. Give me a few more years and I might be able to afford it.

[Junkman]

You and Welderweasle might inherit a Weber double carby setup for the R12 in the near future.

[Junkman]

Or a 30TX with the mighty* PRV donk.

 

Nah, man. I prefer cars.

[Junkman]

Although I have yet to see an oil filter that's alive, this is still a tad eerie.

 

[Junkman]

Although the chances for a headlight not to work because it's French are reasonably manifold, it's not necessarily so. To absolutely guarantee a headlamp to fail, you need at least some Chinese components.

 

 

 

Because Boxing Day, this necessitated a trip to Hellford's, since no suitable connector could be found in the Junkfundus. A suitable connector was obtained, the Junkhaus partially rewired to enable a soldering iron to warm up in the garden and a second trip to Hailfraud's undertaken because the Junkdungeon yielded no shrink hose whatsoever. Once all this had been tackled, a repair was carried out.

 

 

 

It resulted in this:

 

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

That Chinese relay kit is well designed and a worthwhile upgrade, but the quality of the components is quite poor. It installed easily, but one of the relays was DOA (which took a while to diagnose, as it still clicked when powered). I noticed yesterday that the remaining original relay was falling out of its case. 

[Guest Hooli]

Although the chances for a headlight not to work because it's French are reasonably manifold, it's not necessarily so. To absolutely guarantee a headlamp to fail, you need at least some Chinese components.

 

 

 

Because Boxing Day, this necessitated a trip to Hellford's, since no suitable connector could be found in the Junkfundus. A suitable connector was obtained, the Junkhaus partially rewired to enable a soldering iron to warm up in the garden and a second trip to Hailfraud's undertaken because the Junkdungeon yielded no shrink hose whatsoever. Once all this had been tackled, a repair was carried out.

 

 

 

It resulted in this:

 

 

What does it look like with the headlights switched on?

[dollywobbler]

I fitted relays to my 2CV. My previously reliable headlamps then failed.

[Junkman]

What does it look like with the headlights switched on?

 

 

[Guest Hooli]

That's how I remember it entering the NPH car park at night!

[Junkman]

That's how I remember it entering the NPH car park at night!

[richardthestag]

the R16 is a mighty fine car

[Junkman]

Anyway, this morning, there was some postman ringage.

He dropped these four parcels.

 

 

 

Now look:

 

 

Do you now understand the difference between a car tyre, and newfangled rubbish?

 

 

Incredibly I managed to get them fitted.

 

 

 

 

 

You will have to agree that this is a vast improvement. And I can assure you, it not only looks 40 years better, it drives like a proper car now.

Sadly balancing wasn't possible, because those - errrr - modern balancing machines aren't capable of balancing proper car wheels.

[egg]

glad I didn't buy it you didn't sell it.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

My lord. Tyres with appropriate sidewalls. I bet that rides delightfully now.

 

Almost as nice as a benz (he jokes)

 

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[Junkman]

I thought the ride of an R16 can't be improved. Well, I now know it can.

[dollywobbler]

Wonderful!

[Asimo]

What tyre size was fitted previously?

[Junkman]

165/70R14 which is RONG, because it's newfanged, thus shit by default.

Weirdly it also had inner tubes.

[Eddie Honda]

Do you now understand the difference between a car tyre, and newfangled rubbish?

Have done for aeons

 

Also my eyeball verniers say they are phat as phuck 155s? (ETA: of even 165s given the bloody height of the things.)

 

Sadly balancing wasn't possible, because those - errrr - modern balancing machines aren't capable of balancing proper car wheels.

Those modern balancing machines are perfectly capable of balancing stupid French blind centre wheels.

 

It's the skinflint tyre shop owner you should be castigating for not splashing out on the required adapter.

 

Sheesh

[Noel Tidybeard]

yes our auld renner 12 had inner-tubes

[Eddie Honda]

165/70R14 which is RONG, because it's newfanged, thus shit by default.

Weirdly it also had inner tubes.

It's just about technically permissible on a 4.5B rim (or is it a 4.00B that's the narrowest for that size?) It's shit because the beads are awfully pinched together.

 

Sticking inner tubes inside tubeless tyres is a no-no as the insides of a tubeless tyre can chaff the tube. The average tyre monkey would insist on doing that when they see an old B profile tubeless rim just because they don't have the safety humps to stop tyres rolling off the rim.

 

I'd rather go without the sodding tubes which are a ballache in themselves and not worry about the lesser problem of rim roll-off.