Renault 11 Turbo Phase 2 Restoration

[Big Steve - Raider]

Now it's back, I can't help but feel a little in-awe of the work ahead of me?! But standing in the garage looking at the bloody thing isn't going to get it back together is it?! So let's crack on!!

First thing I wanted to do was whip the passenger door off, re-position and then get the OE rear axle off:

Reason being, the Brake Balance bracket on the 19 16v Rear beam, is different to the R11 Turbo, so I wanted to swap it over:

R11 OE:

R19 16v OE

Bought myself a Cobalt Spot Weld Drill Bit some months ago for this occasion, needless to say it soon made simple work of drilling out the spot welds and then it was a case of thrashing it off with the hammer and chisel:

Did the same on the R19 16V Beam:

Then it was a quick lick over with the 4 inch flap disk:

Before giving it a little tickle with the rust proofing paint and then leaving it under the heater for a while:


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[Chris Smith]

8th February 2019, Car returns from Bodyshop fully painted! 1639 Days! (4 Years, 5 months and 25 Days!

I wonder how many different cars I have owned in that 4 years, 5 months and 25 days...

 

[Neal R19]

This is the fun bit, everything is clean and no corroded nuts and bolts to battle with, happy days!

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Had a lash with my mig welding stick (Dont think @Turbell should be worried just yet..) and stuck the brake regulator bracket onto the R19 16v rear beam:

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[Big Steve - Raider]

I pulled out the box of "Brakes" bits:

Which contained a lot of new parts I'd squirreled away, together with some old parts that still need some work:


Given that everything with the braking system starts with the foot pedal, I had a long hard look at the pedal assembly I had:

Then I stripped it down to it's component parts:

But I found that one of the threads were damaged :

So I dug around and found the brake pedal assembly out of the other 11 Turbo I broke which I've now boxed up the pedal assembly to get it powdercoated.

Now I had a good pedal assembly I started to look how I could get the new larger servo to fit?? After an hour of head scratching and offering it up to the car... I realised that the only one that would fit, was the original oneSo following the work I did on my Clio 182, I stripped and re-painted the OE Servo:



Whilst I was digging through the brake box, I found a bag of plugs I'd bought to (hopefully) fill in the holes in the body from the manufacturing process:


The original plugs used on the car from the factory, were metal ones with tabs that were bent back to secure with some adhesive for sealant. I'd been looking long and hard for the right size plugs, and actually bought some from Renault and my usual go to company Restagraf:

The Renault ones fitted, but the plug could still be moved around in the hole, so wasn't the perfect fit:

So I tried the Restagraf one, and BINGO!! The bloody thing fits that well, I couldn't actually get it back out again!! I think I shouldn't see any leakage with these bad lads!! (Not that I'll be driving it in the rain anyway):

If any of you need some of these in the future, this is the part number from the RESTAGRAF website:


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[Big Steve - Raider]

Got an afternoon in the garage today and continued to bugger about with the rear axle, even after ALL of the bloody paint, I still noticed a few small patches of rust coming through, so I thought I would have another final go at trying to kill it off...

Once I'd applied the rust treatment, I wanted to prepare it to be bolted back onto the car, but first I needed to refabricate the brake lines, so I dug the rear calipers out:

Then after looking at routing of the original brake line:

I started to make a new one which was straighter and neater:



Then I did the other side:


Need to try and source a few of these clips now if any of you have a lead on them, please let me know?


Finally I again gave the axle a little spray with black paint:


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[andybond]

The end is in sight! Well, not really but your making progress

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Need to try and source a few of these clips now if any of you have a lead on them, please let me know?

Found em -> 7703079278

 

[MOS]

Wow! Have not seen this thread before now = following!


Sendt fra min Pixel 2 med Tapatalk

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Started applying the cavity wax to various box sections and hidden bits that didn't get a coat of paint. What a flippin messy old job this is, and it doesn't look too nice, but if it holds off the old tin worm from grabbing hold then I'm all for it!!

I then spent a couple of hours making a new foam insulation pad for the brake servo mounting plate that's currently at the powdercoaters. When I get the powdercoated part back I should now be ready to start bolting the braking system back onto the car:


Then finally it was more painting of parts ready to go on. This time the AntiRoll bar mounting kit:


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[andybond]

You are a restoration beard.

I salute you for it.

Top marks @Big Steve - Raider

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Found em -> 7703079278

These are the "post" brake clips:


And then the ones that go into the 6.5mm hole along the axle arm are these fellows:


Now I had all of the necessary clip paraphanalia and the brake lines all painted up, I could finally get the brake lines installed onto the axle:


And then the Axle finally mounted back onto the car! :


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[Duncan Grier]

Love it! Great update

 

[DaveL485]

Cheers for the part numbers Steve, i've grabbed some for the 9 axle shame by body shell isnt as solid as yours mind lol

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Got another day on it last Saturday, first task was to refit the Torsion Bars:

Then wheels:

Then I could wheel it out of the garage and have a look at the paintwork in the sun for the first time. Don't worry those streaks on the bonnet are dirt from when it was transported home:



I removed the drivers door and bonnet (safely tucked them away in the spare room) and turned the car around with the help of a trolly jack, brute force and ignorance:

..back into the garage to remove the front subframe:

I've got the new subframe to fit on, but thinking this Steering rack may be suitable for rebuild:

Then I stripped the front shock absorbers:

A nice surprise on Sunday as @DaveL485 popped round for a looksie and to collect a fuel tank I had going spare:

Thanks for reading Chaps & Chapesses!!

 

[DaveL485]

I was hoping you'd turn around so I could half inch some of the shiny bits too

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Got the brake pedal and pedal-box bracket back from the powdercoaters, so re-built the Pedal-Box Assembly:


Then re-fitted it to the car together with all the other little bits that are fitted to that area in the car (Throttle Cable, New Headlight Adjustment Cables, Accelerator Pedal Bracket):


Final result now gives me a few more things on the car!


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[Duncan Grier]

Exciting updates Steve......serious OCD love it!

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Sorry for it being a while between updates chaps... been busy with the the Megane 4GT, weekends away and I also had a weekend fitting new Fascia's to my Garage... thought I would take a few pictures. of the progress:


What a bloody day that was, saw Rain, Hail and Sun... like bloody 4 seasons in 1 day!!

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

But this weekend I got back to the matter at hand and spent a few hours on the car. First job was to give some of the steering parts a lick of paint:




I then gave the rack a little buff up, to prepare that for painting:




Then I finally bit the bullet and finished the job I'd been putting off... the fecking brake lines:









Now I've got the routing finalised, I'm chuffed to bits with the final results! Just got to take them all off now and get them painted green :i-m_so_happy.gif:

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