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5 GT Turbo Another Red Renault 5 GT Turbo On It's Way Back To The Road

Then it was the moment I'd clearly been putting off for a while...welding the sill on.

Zinc primer on the inside.
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I tacked it in place then slowly but surely filled in between the tacks, continually moving around to keep the heat down.
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Then the plug welds
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Grinding the welds back.
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I trimmed the excess sill from the rear arch, using the other side as a template
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Finished off the rear jacking point tab
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A couple of coats of primer and she'll do for now.
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I'm content with that. A bit wobbly in places but it is solid.

This feels like quite a milestone!👍
 
Done like a pro @Leigh5t and looks solid and straight 💪👌👌👌

Many hours work there but well worth all the extra prep, welding the sill back in with the cut that way can easily fight back and warp - made it look easy 😉

As said already you should be really proud of what you have done, and is great work.....we would all give constructive feedback if crap also 😘 lol

Keep it coming
 
Thanks @Duncan Grier i appreciate your feedback.

I think going above the swage line helped keep things straight. Quite some faffing around to do it this way though. I’m pretty sure I’d replace the whole sill if I was to start again. Having said that, I’ll probably do the other side in the same was as this because I’m not sure I can do them differently, that’d keep me up at night.

Ha ha constructive feedback also welcome. Although, I’d possibly ignore it, persist regardless, then learn the hard way! 🤣

EDIT - or it’d keep going round in my head until I gave in and ripped the whole thing apart to start again!
 
For anyone that’s taken the air horn compressor apart, where does the little spring go? Is it to hold that wad down?
Also, anyone got any recommendations on what to lubricate the vanes/scrapers with?
It seems a bit dry and gummed up.

Cheers.

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I would guess, in the middle of the Rotor, there’s nothing else that looks line it needs o
It?
That’s what’s got me scratching my head, there’s no obvious place for it. I was stood there looking at it wondering if I’m loosing my mind 🤣.
Also did a bit of googling and it seems a light machine oil will do the job.
 
Well, I put it back together with the spring holding the wad thing down. I can always open it back up and change it if necessary. I cleaned it all out and used air tool oil to lubricate. Whilst I was cleaning it I wondered if the wad thing is to soak in oil!?
My ringing left ear can confirm it’s working correctly. 👍🏻
 
It's been an age since I last posted so it is time for an update.

It's been a busy few months, albeit not so much on the 5. I had a holiday at the end of August and decided I aught to steer clear of the garage for a few weeks beforehand. I didn't want to loose a digit before my holiday! So those two things wiped out pretty much a month. I then spent another couple of weeks fuming that I wasn't on holiday anymore 🤣 . Then.......a minutes silence please...I sold my Meg after 7 happy years.... gutted! 😢 It was the right thing to do though. I am determined to get the 5 on the road and I think this is an important step towards that. So, I am now bumbling to work and back in the 3 cylinder wonder....which, ironically, has also taken up my time over the past few weeks. It was running like a bag of crap when I got it, and throwing a crankshaft/camshaft correlation code. Anyone that knows the Vauxhall xep engines will know they suffer with timing chain issues. So, I ordered up the parts and set to.

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It'd be rude not add some parts for the 5 to the order so I got a pair of track rod assemblies and a set of engine mounts.

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Makeshift garage extension
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This is how far the timing was out - the locking pins are in at this point and those slots in the end of the camshafts are supposed to be horizontal! 😲

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Plus, whoever was in here last went ham with the silicone. There was actually some blocking one of the smaller water pump outlets. I even found some in the oil drain basket filter! 🤦‍♂️

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Fresh chain and tensioners.
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No words for the below......
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I also found a split coolant hose during the rebuild. I cannot find one of these in stock anywhere so I had to improvise.....with a 22mm elbow! 🤣

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Once that was done and dusted, and running waaay better, the family workhorse decided it wanted some of my time too....So it let go of a handbrake shoe, which made all sorts of lovely noises. Luckily we were only a few miles from home and managed to limp it back. It turned out that the handbrake shoe mounting plate had rusted enough for the shoe retaining pin to pop out. How bad could that have been! 😲

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Good ol' eichers.
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With the trauma of the Meg going and having to fix those pair, I decided I was due a new tool.

Battery, angled die grinder.
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I couldn't really see any other battery die grinders on the market so I was a bit dubious. It seems great so far. I'm impressed!


Anyway, enough of the excuses, on to the progress.......
 
I then moved on to the front bumper mount. I initially though this looked like an easy fix, especially as I'd bought ready made brackets. Oh how wrong was I.

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There has been sooooo much head scratching during this section, trying to figure out how to tackle it. I just had to pick at it bit by bit and eventually found a way that I was happy enough with.

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Once I started picking, it was worse than I first thought. I had no choice but to cut the panel out in order to get further access.

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