Partridge Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Thank god for that. (wallet, sanity and neighbors like this) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Truly a car for winners. Damon Hill apparently had one as his company hack when driving for Williams. I recall him getting done for speeding in it as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleyeller Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Truly a car for winners. Damon Hill apparently had one as his company hack when driving for Williams. I recall him getting done for speeding in it as well! What a job perk! Berger got a Ferrari, Schumacher a cool jacket for driving at Benneton, and what did Hill get? A Renault Safrane! Aah those were the days, won't see F1 drivers of that kind again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Mansell got a Tipo, clearly the winner in all that. mk2_craig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 Mansell got a Tipo, clearly the winner in all that.To be fair, he got a 1.8 twin cam Tipo in BRG (the only Tipo ever in that colour) with a leather interior. No run of the mill car.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Wasn't it the millionth one built as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 What a job perk! Berger got a Ferrari, Schumacher a cool jacket for driving at Benneton, and what did Hill get? A Renault Safrane! Aah those were the days, won't see F1 drivers of that kind againI bet though that modern F1 drivers have all sorts of toys hidden away. Especially if they want to get around without arousing too much suspicion. Not an F1 driver, but still someone who can afford expensive cars and a good driver is Chris Harris from Driven and Top gear fame. He turned up to a Aston Martin event at their Bristol dealer not in some luxury exotic, but a Peugeot 205 Rallye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnreno Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Update on the Safrane it passed its mot last week with one advise for a very slight wheel bearing play. Happy days. holbeck, Brodders, yellowperil and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnreno Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 The one thing the Safrane needs is a heater resistor which is why the blower don't work. Renault are no use they have told me it could take 6 months to get one as no one has one in stock Problem is the resistor is unique to the lower spec model and the V6 ones are different. Not that i can find one of those anywhere either.Does anyone have any ideas where i could get hold of one ? doubleyeller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 The one thing the Safrane needs is a heater resistor which is why the blower don't work. Renault are no use they have told me it could take 6 months to get one as no one has one in stock Problem is the resistor is unique to the lower spec model and the V6 ones are different. Not that i can find one of those anywhere either.Does anyone have any ideas where i could get hold of one ? If you've a part number then French ebay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleyeller Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 The one thing the Safrane needs is a heater resistor which is why the blower don't work. Renault are no use they have told me it could take 6 months to get one as no one has one in stock Problem is the resistor is unique to the lower spec model and the V6 ones are different. Not that i can find one of those anywhere either.Does anyone have any ideas where i could get hold of one ?Yep! Buy another base spec Safrane (they come up every 3 weeks) for £250, steal the resistor, keep that as the summer car and the silver one for winter. I can understand the Safrane's appeal as the biggest used car bargain out there. I just don't get what's meant to be special about them. Test drove ones couple of years back and to say it was the grandchild of the R30, the child of the R25 and the father of the Vel Satis it was seriously dull and conformist! DeeJay and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 Update on the Safrane it passed its mot last week with one advise for a very slight wheel bearing play. Happy days. Excellent, good to hear. Still miss it, but realistically I couldn't afford the running costs. You might be best off heading to France for bits, there's still loads over there. Although all the scrapyard ones probably suffer from the same issues of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25v6turbo Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Got 4 in stock but all from a V6 so it has clmate control,yours doesn,t but the part number is 77 01 035 893,might be tricky to find in the UK as most Safranes had A/C as standard and all V6s had Climate control.I will do some searching for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnreno Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Part number for mine is 73405402 thats a Valeo one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 I wonder if it's exactly the same part as the one in Datsuncogs Laguna has failed with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Mine's supposedly a Valeo unit (three Torx screws holding it on) but is manufactured by Behr, and with a Bosch motor inside... seems that those fitted with PCB resistor units can be repaired using a new thermal fuse (99p from Maplin etc) to bring the blower back to life, but others can't. Renault Forums has a step-by-step guide for some types of Laguna 1 blower, so a slight chance the Safrane may be similar-ish? Any pics of your unit? P.S. - ^^ this type can't be repaired, seemingly. Replacement scrappy-sourced part for mine currently keeping the shelf warm in Yodel's depot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnreno Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 No the motor is fine in mine its just the resistor pack. I have made a small wiring amendment so i have spliced into one of the feeds to the motor and used a relay and a cable that i plug into my cigarette lighter with a fused plug. This gives me full motor speed just so i can demist it in the mornings but it is not ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Resistors are the simplest and cheapest electronic component. Easy to combine proper electronics industry parts to suit. Just need to know what resistance each switch stage is and exactly how the switching works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 They are simple electrically but a resistor pack for a fan is a bit more complex as there a heat element to it. Get it wrong and you end up with a Zafira B! But yes, it's likely you can find one roughly the same size and retrofit it. Does the fan not work on speed 4? If so, it's not likely resistor pack as that isn't used on speed 4 - it's a direct connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Too Savvy made up some concoction for one of his motors by buying completely the wrong resistor pack for the wrong car and cutting it to fit. Apparently worked perfectly! Post up a pic and someone will be along to say that it looks the same as a Toyota/Peugeot/Isuzu part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnreno Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Blower motor does not work on any speed with the resistor fitted. But the blower works if connected direct to power source. I will post up some pics of the one i have i did try buying one for a renault master van as it looked the same but its wiring was different soon as i plugged it in the motor ran regardless of switch setting also ran without the keys in the ignition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnreno Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Ok in a mad turn of events I have another car coming my way next week at a too good to pass up price. So due to parking and having 4 other cars in the family i am putting this lovely old french barge back up for sale. £200 takes it for someone here to keep it within the forum. I will put a proper add up for it shortly. They_all_do_that_sir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They_all_do_that_sir Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Ooh... one day I'll have one of these! Have had a strong feeling of wantage for a Series 1 Safrane for a while, but reading through this thread has turned it into a raging horn. Looks like a cracking example of a much overlooked beauty, and being an RN model actually appeals to me more. Had I not recently picked up a Phase 1 Laguna then I could well have been very tempted. But if this one's ever needing re-homed... should the planets align, I'd be very interested.I think that day has arrived lol Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 Agh even I'm tempted! But can't run it as a daily anyway and projects at full capacity...gutted. This is a great car folks, someone get it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I think that day has arrived lol Ancient philosopher say: "Be careful what you fucking wish for..." Yes, wantage abounds here... though with two large and tricksy Renners already taking up my spare time, I fear three may push my sanity beyond manufacturer recommended tolerances... And yet... And yet... Gnnnnnnnnng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They_all_do_that_sir Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Ancient philosopher say: "Be careful what you fucking wish for..." Yes, wantage abounds here... though with two large and tricksy Renners already taking up my spare time, I fear three may push my sanity beyond manufacturer recommended tolerances... And yet... And yet... GnnnnnnnnngI've already proven how easy it is to drive a French executive* saloon from there to here. Not helping am I.... Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk Johnreno 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleyeller Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I've already proven how easy it is to drive a French executive* saloon from there to here. Not helping am I.... Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk And last week I proved how difficult it is to drive a French Executive Fastback saloon from here to there! Luckily, Junkman was (Quite understandably reluctantly) on 7am standby to come and help! I've been out on the roof of Chernobyl once, but driving a R20 locked in 2nd gear at a crawl through the back roads from Heysham to Bradford in the dead of night was just as adventurous! They_all_do_that_sir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I've thought about this all night, and the answer has to be - nope. I'd really love to, but the metaphorical planets are not in alignment right now. The journey itself by air, road and sea holds no fears (brought back a stuttering Cortina estate from Glasgow ten years ago on a solo collection jaunt) but acquiring this Saffie would mean scrapping KAZ as a battered non-runner... and I still kinda can't bring myself to do that. The plan is to get her running, MOT'd, and offered out here. I do enjoy driving TAZ but it has also required (and will require) quite a lot more work than expected, so I feel that acquiring another project (with no garage or indeed driveway space) would benefit none of the cars. Plus the usual excuses of finances etc... I'm waiting in agony for the inevitable January text from the bank to say I'm down to my last fifty quid... (tiny violins) Coprolalia and Eddie Honda 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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