New R5 Project II

[TopCat]

Have u won the lottery mate?

Get building! Lol. Looking forward to seeing it being done

[Jimmy5]

Have u won the lottery mate?

Get building! Lol. Looking forward to seeing it being done

I wish - just about got all parts I need now for the rebuild. Just a case of starting the rebuild proper.

[phase i 16 v turbo]

Nice 1 James. It will be good to see another Silver one back on the raod some. Keep up the good work.

[Mr Raider]

Have u won the lottery mate?

Get building! Lol. Looking forward to seeing it being done

Lol Great collection of parts mate, love them being allover the kitchen floor, the mrs must have been out! Good work

[Jimmy5]

Lol Great collection of parts mate, love them being allover the kitchen floor, the mrs must have been out! Good work

Cheers all

Luckily I have an understanding wife!

Hate to think where im going to put remainder of engine parts - am quickly running out of space!

[Nottswoody]

Cheers all

Luckily I have an understanding wife!

Hate to think where im going to put remainder of engine parts - am quickly running out of space!

DONT YOU DARE GO IN THE LOFT AGAIN!!

[Jimmy5]

DONT YOU DARE GO IN THE LOFT AGAIN!!

Lol - I don't want to have ceiling replastered again.

[Jimmy5]

Bit of progress today as Blades weren't on TV - But as we won will watch highlight tonight.


Starting with my refurbished Koni sports thanks to my good friend Mr Smith - this just need a top coat now.














And so on to todays progress removed turbo, radiator and a few other parts.


Doesn't seem like much but took me all afternoon.









Also found me spare has a brand new MXV on it

[bood]

Great progress and a good read

[Nottswoody]

What's with the name change?

[Thundercat]

Yer would of thought itd be salty5 lol

[Jimmy5]

Bit more progress today - shame I don't have BT Sports as would have watched another historic blades win!

Anyway today was tank removal - what a fun job! Got all the brackets to clean up now.

Next is engine out - remainder of interior stripped and then she's off for new sills.

[Wallace]

Nice one James, soooo wanna take my fuel tank off and have a route around......one day I will

Keep it up mate, yours is clearly gonna be a lovely car when it's done

[Jimmy5]

Nice one James, soooo wanna take my fuel tank off and have a route around......one day I will

Keep it up mate, yours is clearly gonna be a lovely car when it's done

Cheers mate, taking tank off is loads of fun. not looking forward to putting it back on

[Jimmy5]

Well a productive day thanks to Jonny5, Thundercat and Paulo

Engine removed from the 5 and gearbox split off.

Just to get 5 fully stripped for welding.

[LiamR]

Good team effort there getting the engine out

Keep the updates coming - it's looking to be a good un

[Jimmy5]

Car has gone off for welding - few pics of the final completely stripped shell!

[chunk552]

New poster! (less than 10 posts)

Nice thread, Have you been doing the stripping out outside on your drive?
I have thought about doing this as I have no garage at the minute

[Jimmy5]

New poster! (less than 10 posts)

Nice thread, Have you been doing the stripping out outside on your drive?
I have thought about doing this as I have no garage at the minute

Yes all work so far carried out on my drive.

A garage would be the dream!

[chunk552]

New poster! (less than 10 posts)

Yes all work so far carried out on my drive.

A garage would be the dream!

Ha Ha tell me about that one mate, its definetly given me the inspiration to do it on my drive though seeing you doing it, I guess the missus would have a grumble at me cleaning bits up in the dining room though , I guess she would get over it

[Jimmy5]

Got some photos from Simon who's doing the welding on my 5

Car is now rot free - and this was a 5 that looked pretty solid when I bought it.

New inner and outer sills plus jacking points and a few other areas repaired - totally quality work.

Here the photos for anyone interested - hopefully get the 5 back later in the week.

[Mr Raider]

Great work, good to know it will be all solid when it returns!

[safehands]

So cool. Desperate to get mines started

[Andyturbo!]

Quality work that James. All the best for the rebuild

[Jonny5]

Great stuff James

[Nad-5GTT]

Looking good matey

[Jimmy5]

Cheers all

Hopefully back on Tuesday night. Think next step is to tackle rear beam.

[Trevhib]

Great work. That trip to the bodyshop has just prolonged the life of this GTT by miles

[Jeff Ninebar]

great stuff a full strip down is the way forward

[Goobie]

Some top work there.

Just goes to show how much seam sealer is hiding on some of these cars no matter how solid they look in areas.

[GTphil]

When i had my jacking points done the rotten floor pan was amazing, looked decent all paint still in tact until you tapped it and it sounded crunchy

Had to replace right up to half way up the clutch pedal. The amount of hidden rot was unreal.

Good effort for getting it all sorted.

All these minty underside of gtt's is making me want to get busy on a bare shell resto......shame the bank manager says no

[evogill]

thanks james..glad your happy with work done, its gave me big motivation to crack on and finish mine. thanks mate.

[Jimmy5]

Little Update

5 now home - so have started working on some of the brackets.

Also decide to get water pump off block, only two dodgy bolts which came out with mole grips - not bad to say its original water pump!

All brackets have been U-pol Acid 8 and then Engine enamelled except pedal box which was satin black'd.

Few photos for anyone interested

[Andyturbo!]

Looking great pal! When's she getting a fresh coat then?

[LukeRobbo]

Good work its coming along well

[Goobie]

The pedal assembly looks brandnew! Also, liking the light lamp dryer set up.

[Peter Ciganyik]

Nice job Jimmy5

[Dre5gtt]

Great stuff, keep at it

[Jimmy5]

Cheers all - starting to get a few things sorted.

Need a new heater box and need to source new fuel and brake lines.

Not looking forward to overhauling calipers but they will need doing.

Not sure Andy when shes going for paint. depends what quote is when I get it.

[Nottswoody]

You really need a garage lol my mrs would kill me..

[Jimmy5]

Little short of cash at the moment so R5 part spend has been curtailed.

However have been refurbishing a few more parts.

Had to get a new heater box as the control tabs are broken on the original. Sorted all that and when I tried connecting heater controls the housing snapped so now need a new heater control unit!

Anyway Ive carried on with parts overhaul Completed the rocker cover today and my koni shocks which are now in OE Black!

Pics for anyone interested.

[Mr Raider]

Nice work fella, re-furbing parts mostly time and paint so great way to keep things moving until payday, look like new!

[Shane P]

Love seeing parts being refurbished like this, nice mate

[Trevhib]

Bang up

[LiamR]

I could read threads like this all day

Keep up the great work

[Nad-5GTT]

That light blue sticker with the spark gap instructions is a nice touch. If I had a standard 5 I know I'd be a nightmare for getting things just right

[Gtturbo]

Awesome James

One question on the new radiator fan motor, mine never didn't come with the locking fan nut and it has been a right pig finding one as they are reverse turn and 1.0 pitch I couldn't get mine of the old one where did you get yours?

[Jonny5]

Nice progress James

[markg]

Awesome James

One question on the new radiator fan motor, mine never didn't come with the locking fan nut and it has been a right pig finding one as they are reverse turn and 1.0 pitch I couldn't get mine of the old one where did you get yours?

Try Renault, Part number 77 01 205 080. It's a kit of bits and bobs for fitting the blade to the fan. I don't believe its all needed but it does include the nut.

[Jimmy5]

Cheers for all the nice comments

Little bit more progress

Had fun today stripping sub frame down.

Some pics as usual for anyone interested.

Going to have fun next month refurbishing subframe.