Fun With The 5 Begins!!

[LiamR]

I bought my first Renault 5 gt turbo years ago when I was a nipper!lol I drove it for quite a few years and then bought a second one and kept them both.

I went travelling from 2005-2006 and my 5 has never been used since. It has been put on the backburner as I have bought a house etc etc. It lived in the garage and slowly rotted away

Recently I have started buying a few bits for it. I went to another members, Tinker Dell, and bought some standard alloys and whilst there he showed me his 5.

It was pretty much OE and I loved it. He was kind enough to take me out for a drive in it and my enthusiasm returned.

So the work began this weekend...........



My last tax disc.



It started on the 7th go. Not bad after being sat for years











Last night I started stripping the engine down. I have been losing all my coolant and cant work out where???

And some of the water pump bolts sheared off as I tried to remove the pump

But at least I have started on it

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

looks good, I miss my old Tungy...

[Alan]

Welcome back to the 5 club, keep things updated. I love seeing old 5vs getting back on the road. Good luck

[dangerous dave]

That's nice, should look amazing with a little work.. Keeping it locked away has been good to it

[TNT ANDY]

Top work fella - loving the BB Tuning stickers - If only they had treated customers well........

[LiamR]

Cheers lads

Its not in to bad condition. Bit of rust around the windscreen though. But its a long term project so no rush.

Ill keep pics appearing when I do anything to it.

The BB Tuning stickers are ace.lol. I never had any real dealings with them to be honest.But i am thinking of getting rid of the bonnet and going back to a standard one.

Really not sure that i will recall where all the hoses go that I removed last night though!!!

[Chris Beer]

Never mind your these updates... well done mate for keeping this yours for all these years

I hope if times are hard I will be able to store my 5 away in the future if needed

[Rare.]

dont know if it helps but i think DJINUK has some rear arches and rear under light trim for sale? might eb worth asking him

[Dave Reed]

Really not sure that i will recall where all the hoses go that I removed last night though!!!

Get a camera asap!! Take as many pics as poss and label everthing

Good luck

[LiamR]

Yeah thats def good advice- i have started taking pics and labelling things.

The old haynes manual and the info on here is invaluable too.

I do have all the parts I need to put it back to standard-most of them are in piles in the garage!!lol. But thanks anyway for pointing me in the right direction. I am sure i will need some spare bits and bobs soon.

My steering wheel is just a large lump of mould and fungus at the moment!!!

[LiamR]

I have started to buy a few goodies for the 5s revival....

[LiamR]

Had a productive few days on the 5 lately

Got both driveshafts and calipers and discs off



The roll pin on the passenger side one came out quite easily which I was surprised at



Quite a few bits out of the engine bay now and its pretty much ready for the engine to come out. I cant believe how dirty it all is!!



And the pile of parts I have removed

Am off to Vietnam for 3 weeks tomorrow so it will all be on hold for a bit. But once I get back i will be back on it again.

[Tinka_Dill]

Mate.. you really meant it when you told me you wanted to your 5 up and running ASAP.. at this rate it'll be done before you leave for 'Nam!!

From what you told me tho' I expected a lot worse.. seems you still have a good foundation to start with and the fact that you've owned it for yrs and yrs just makes it all the more worth while

Keeping my eye on this one.. when it's done a trip down to Kenty is due

[LiamR]

hiya,

Yep your spot on, I want my 5 done asap - it will be funds that hold me back but ill def get there

My 5 isnt in too bad condition, but it does need a bit of loving here and there, which I will hopefully achieve!!

As for popping down, your more than welcome mate maybe try and get a few members with our 5s to meet up??

[LiamR]

Rite- I am back from holiday now, have ordered a complete set of black hoses

All I have to do is disconnect the gear selector rod and the exhaust downpipe and hopefully I can take the engine out tomorrow.

I will add some pics of my progress tomorrow- wish me luck

[LiamR]

Slightly productive today............

I have disconnected the gearbox selector rod, disconnected the exhaust downpipe and took all the bolts out of the three engine mounts.

So the engine is ready to come out tomorrow...I hope



Not quite sure if I will ever get this thing back together again!!!

[djinuk]

dont worry about that dude,, there easy honestly.. having this club at your finger tips.. take a photo and ask the question.. so get on and pull it apart!

[dann]

dont worry about that dude,, there easy honestly.. having this club at your finger tips.. take a photo and ask the question.. so get on and pull it apart!

+1 yeah!! go on!!

[LiamR]

Cheers lads!! a bit of moral support always helps

I just cant wait until the day I have an OE 5 again....and I am certain I will be asking a few questions during its rebuild.

Just hope you dont get bored of all my questions!!!

[LiamR]

Well I got the engine out today and it went quite well with no major issues.

I hadnt forgot to disconnect anything and it lifted quite nicely

Pics below-sorry if there are too many.....

[robx1r]

well done mate, nothing feels better than getting an engine out

[Andyturbo!]

Top job pal well done

[LiamR]

Thanks lads. It did feel quite good to get the engine out. Now the fun begins.....

Today I took off various hoses etc and removed the inlet and exhaust manifold, which was held on by about 4 nuts between them. Good eh???

I also took the turbo off and am glad to say that there was no play in the shaft.

I even still have the started motor heashield which I was surprised at

And to top it all of, 15 of these turned up today

I went for standard black.....the right decision????

[LiamR]

I have removed the head...at last



Apart from being pretty damn messy, it all looks ok. I have bought new engine mounts and about to order a few bits from Mike.

Is it worth changing the liner seals?

[Tony Walker]

Looking good, and the engine crane/beam held up well

[LiamR]

Its all going to plan at the moment.

And yep-the engine crane worked a treat....thank god

[LiamR]

A small update.......

I have split the head, block and gearbox. Taken the old clutch out, which looked fine!!!

Today I sprayed the whole lot in gunk to try and get rid of the years of grease and grime that looked about an inch thick! The gearbox and block havent come up to bad. Am in two minds as to whether bother spraying them or not.

I am concerned that it may all start to flake off and look awful.

Last week I also popped down to see mike and I spent a couple of quid and bought all of the following plus a bonnet and a front bumper

[Andyturbo!]

Ooo we like pics of bits! Lol you going oe with it then pal?

[LiamR]

Lol. Yes I think oe is the way.

Although the more I keep digging about in the loft and garage the more bits I keep finding ie a stainless boost pipe from intercooler to carb, lobster elbow. Both of which I quite like but they slightly go against what I am aiming for.........

DILEMMA!!!!!!

[Andyturbo!]

I'm in the same dilemma with mine mate, I've decided to go totally oe on the outside but have a few Cheecky mods under the bonnet, I think that's a good way to go imo

[Tony Walker]

I agree too i think. but keep your oe bits if u ever plan selling.

[Steevo]

You're putting my progress to shame Liam!

Good work

[Andyturbo!]

Thanks lads. It did feel quite good to get the engine out. Now the fun begins.....

Today I took off various hoses etc and removed the inlet and exhaust manifold, which was held on by about 4 nuts between them. Good eh???

I also took the turbo off and am glad to say that there was no play in the shaft.

I even still have the started motor heashield which I was surprised at

And to top it all of, 15 of these turned up today

I went for standard black.....the right decision????

Where did you get your hoses from mate? If you don't mind me asking

[Tony Walker]

standard silicone hoses do look smart in a nice clean tidy OE way mines a bit silly blue for coolant hoses and red for boost

[Andyturbo!]

Yeah I like the oe look but I also like the shiney silly highly modded look under the bonnet, oh the dilemma!

[LiamR]

I think I am going to go for a totally standard look on the outside and predominantly standard under the bonnet...........

but I am after a few more horses if possible

Steevo...i feel like I have achieved next to nothing, and when I look at the car I do think jeezzz what have I done and will it all go back together!!!!!!

But I am def keeping all my oe parts

[LiamR]

And a slight update.......









I have degreased the block and gearbox. Painted the block with hammerite.Fitted the valeo clutch.

I have also attached the block to the gearbox and fitted my new starter motor. Didnt take any pics of this as my hands were far too grubby!!lol Ill add some later.

I do feel like I am getting somewhere now though.

In the engine bay tomorrow giving it a good clean out before replacing all the engine mounts......and then the engine will be going back in!!

I have decided to put the head back on once the engine is in situ.

[Andyturbo!]

Looking good mate making good progress

[Steevo]

Good progress mate, engine looks like you could dinner off it

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[tubbyG]

Your making great progress on this mate
She will be on the road in no time.

Also Love seeing loads of shiny new bits

[LiamR]

Progress has been a bit slow of late

But I have put in a few hours in over the last week.

I have connected the block to the gearbox, attached the starter motor, got the heatshield ready too.



I have also put in new engine mounts all round including the little metal mount that the engine stabiliser sits in



I also spent a good few hours cleaning the engine bay up and getting the piles of grease and general crap off the subframe. It looks loads better I think.

Have taken the head apart and am going to take it into work tomorrow and get out the studs that have snapped when I took the water pump off....

Will I get this finished for ND????

[Mr Raider]

Its 6 months to go until ND, and you're already cooking on gas bud! Reckon you'll get it done no worries, good work mate coming along nicely

[LiamR]

I hope it will be ready for ND but I am not confident

Having a bit of trouble getting the broken water pump bolts out of the head :-)

But new manifold studs and locking nuts turned up yesterday (cheers mike)

[TOMTOM]

Get stuck into it fella, persevere with it, it's hard I know when u get to a certain point but it clears and then u think rite,let's be avin ya mentality kick in to get it done,lol goin well tho dude

[LiamR]

I hope your right TOMTOM

Had a tiny bit of progress at last....finally managed to find a bit of time at work to do some work on my head.

I drilled the snapped bolts out of the head (ones which held the water pump on) and tapped new threads in. So I am happpy now as i can hold the new water pump on with all 7 bolts.

Hopefully today I can find my valve spring compressor and grinding paste and get the valves sealing perfectly.

Then give the head a clean up and put in the new manifold studs that I have got.

IS it ok to pop a bit of loctite on these before they go in does anyone know??????????

Ill add a few pics later

[Mr Raider]

You can do mate, although really wouldnt have thought you would need to unless threads are bit shady plus could possibly make it more diffcult should you need to remove manifolds at a later date.

Coming along well

[J$£5GTT]

nice work!!!

[chris]

Looks like your doin a good job I like the black hoses where did you go to get them

[LiamR]

I opted out of using loctite in the end. Two of the studs wont go in, so am going to retap the threads tomorrow.

All the valve grinding is completed now

As for the hoses- have a dig around on ebay mate

[LiamR]

HAPPY DAYS!!!!!!!

I have had a productive few days.......

The block is back in the engine bay - had a bit of hassle lining the mounts up, dropping the engine and getting the bolts done up, but I got there in the end.

I have put the headgasket on, popped the cylinder headback on ( all the valves reground), put on new manifold studs, reset the tappets and torqued the head bolts up.

This afternoon I also put the new water pump on.

I am quite happy as it feels like I am actually starting to get somewhere....although everything seems to take ages as I am permanently seeming to be cleaning the years of black gunk off of everything!

A few pics below - apologies if there are too many.













It feels like I am removing 24 odd years of grease and grime and general crap!!