Renault 11 Turbo Phase 2 Restoration

[Big Steve - Raider]

If you can swap the switches to check, that's easy, beware it may be black wire syndrome in the copper conductor that's the problem

I tried a few different switches Steve, and had no luck with any of them.. got a horrible feeling there may be a damaged wire at the end of the long screw that holds one of the speakers in…

 

[Steve Swan]

I once destroyed a brand new 5 GT turbo electric window motor as it was getting 12 v but not working, the fault was that the last 8" or so of the power supply wires had gone black and would not carry enough current to make the motor work, easy job to cut back and replace, but only after stupid here having noticed that the motor looked clean, decided to put it through the bandsaw to see what was inside.and discovered that the previous owner had fitted a brand new motor, which didn't sort the fault. Should have bench tested it before sawing it open!!!

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Had a fiddly day on Sunday, dying some of the black plastics, back to black, in the Lovley winter sunshine:


Did a little side by side comparison, to show the results of a couple of layers of this solvent dye gives. Outer two dyed, centre one as it was:


Bobbed it on the car this evening:


And then after far too many minutes of fecking about, I got my first interior light working also:

 

[andybond]

Its getting exciting now!

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Massive thanks to @Nick Kettle who has dug out a nearly new Fuel Pressure Regulator for me!


Need to get this fitted then hopefully my running issues should be on their way to be finished!!

 

[Duncan Grier]

@Nick Kettle sharing the Renault love

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Following my new post:

Fuel Pressure Regulator - Correct way to pipe it up.

So what’s the correct way to pipe up a Fuel Pressure Regulator on a Renault 5/9/11 Turbo model fitted with a Solex Carburettor?? The details are in the Haynes Manual from many years ago: But to make it super clear in-case you were searching for this: A: Vacuum Line to Carburettor B: Fuel...

turborenault.co.uk

I can now say with confidence, I WAS piping up the Fuel Pressure Regulator incorrect... so going to connect this new one i've got off @Nick Kettle and (I'm sure) find that the engine is running sweeter than ever!!

 

[Adey]

how did you have it piped up?

 

[DaveL485]

how did you have it piped up?

Wrongly

 

[Adey]

Wrongly

you are the reason we need a roll eyes "like" button

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

you are the reason we need a roll eyes "like" button

Great idea @Adey !!

Can we @andybond ?? Can we, can we, can we???

 

[Nick Kettle]

That did cross my mind Steve but thought surely you know what your doing!

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

New fuel pressure regulator fitted this evening, and the car is running like a champ and none of that spitting fuel shenanigans:


If only I’d bloody plumbed it up correctly in the first place!!

 

[Adey]

at least it was nothing terminal and an easy fix

 

[gordini stu]

Sounds sweet !! Better not let you lose on the central heating ,
A man who as never made a mistake has made fuck all

 

[Steve Swan]

Sounds sweet !! Better not let you lose on the central heating ,
A man who as never made a mistake has made fuck all

Never a truer word

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Can we @andybond ?? Can we, can we, can we???

You’re just like Neo @andybond !!


Such mastery of those 1’s and 0’s and now we have a Rolleyes Reaction!!

 

[Adey]

A man who as never made a mistake has made fuck all

Was told similar as an apprentice

"Those who ain't fucked up ain't done fuck all"






Just don't do it twice or you got something hard or heavy launched across the workshop at you

 

[gordini stu]

They say you learn by your mistakes but still we fuck about with old Renaults

 

[gordini stu]

@Big Steve - Raider any wiring electric issues always came from the fuse board on any 9/11s in the past .