5 GT Turbo My Red 5GT F701/E2

[Brigsy]

Solid progress mate. Be back together fast at this rate!

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Can see you turning up at the Auto's de France this weekend in Oulton at this rate!

 

[Ian M]

Its handy having it in my workshop, when i have half an hour i can drop on and off it, bit more stripped out today , servo and pedal box, they are really riffy so i can get hem tidied up

 

[Ian M]

Well over a year has passed without progress. Been far too busy with other stuff, but this winter it has to happen, been ,making steady progress over the last few weeks, compiled a list of parts i need and started ordering stuff in.
Engine bay isn’t far off ready for the body shop, there were so many layers of paint it was decided to take it back to bare metal






done a couple of tiny welding repairs

 

[Ian M]

Been paint stripping parts that have been repeatedly painted over , over the years

 

[Ian M]

callipers are well crispy, so wire wheel back to bare metal, now in primer ready for Red

 

[Ian M]

servo cleaned up ready for primer

 

[Ian M]

front metal brake pipes are still like new after 35 years apart from being painted over , so cleaned them up, hamerite green and gold, and are good to go back on.

 

[Duncan Grier]

Good to see progress.....years pass so easily now dont worry

Looking forward to winter updates

 

[Gianni_D]

Nice progress. Did you check in what condition the felt inside the brake booster was? Mine was disintegrated and almost like powder so I replaced it with a cymbal felt.

 

[Ian M]

Parts are starting to arrive ,
silicon hoses for the intercooler

oil pump kit


new wheel bearings and green stuff pads

 

[Ian M]

Decided to ditch the blue hoses from back in the day and go for a black engine bay, after reading about the horror stories of the china hoses, i decided to get a set from Jonathan Smith on Facebook who gets them made in this country, quality seems decent tbf.

 

[Ian M]

Replacement gear stick as someone decided to make a cheap short shift out of mine back in the day, so will put that back to stock now

 

[Ian M]

and a pointless purchase , not sure why, but felt my tool bag in the boot needed them in there

 

[Ian M]

Collecting parts, little haul from CGB, braided brake hoses to replace my originals that i can’t really find anything wrong with but thought it’s about time for an upgrade

 

[Ian M]

Pedal box ready for strip down after years of been covered in red overspray

 

[Ian M]

First batch of parts painted in Renault black

 

[Ian M]

Callipers and hubs painted

 

[Ian M]

I’ve been sourcing some parts through my local parts supplier, he came up trumps with a Q&H water pump. i asked if there were 2 available but he could only source one

 

[Ian M]

Engine block and cylinder head repainted