New poster! (less than 10 posts)
New poster! (less than 10 posts)
Evening All, i've pinched most of my project report from the Retro-Renault forum and pasted it here, i'll update this as I go along.
4th March 2013
as some of you know I purchased a 25 v6 turbo a few weeks back, I was debating rehousing the engine in another 25, but i'd rather retain the original shell even though it is a bit tatty!
Last week I got about actually moving it out of the garage and giving it a quick clean on the interior, I don't have a wet vac so ended up cleaning it by hand with Dettol Mould/Grime remover and some 1001, came up ok! but its very very aged and the bulk of it needs replacing.
I vacumed most of the leaves and crap out of the bay
Dirty interior
1001, some great stuff, sadly still filty in the car but a whole lot better
During the clean:
80s/90s fox alarm, disconected what was left of it and took it out
carpets still dirty after a vacuum/1001, really need a vax
no crappy alarm!
The car is fairly straight, got a few dings in the rear 1/4s to sort and a bit of rust on the arches, and a little around the windscreen
Took it for an MOT last thursday
Got an advisory on the headlights and a few other niggles:
Today I set about sorting out a radio. The car had no radio present in it when I bought it, and I had an old sony unit laying spare, wiring it in wasn't too much hassle, the real hassle was trying to push the loom up and around etc while I pushed it in without damaging it! its a very tight fit behind, managed to get the bulk of the wiring to sit behind slightly above the unit, din pocket will be going in there aswell.
Found this in my drawer:
Not strictly period correct but its going to good use:
the to do list for the car:
I've sourced a donor car with a full interior, so going to get everything I need from that, my interior needs new parcel shelf supports, boot carpet and door cards, but will end up replacing it all.
Exterior I may replace the rear bumper and ditch the tow bar. Needs the rot attending to, will just tidy it up and rattle can here and there and give it a good polish, give the car some patina!
I've also sourced the correct dual beam headlamps for the car, the tester passed my car despite a minor niggle with the headlamps on the basis that I am changing these soon!
Prab
Just a small update
Some goodies arrived:
Induction kit, note the rip off logo lol
Nice and big:
Alloy pipe:
May do some work on it a bit later today, otherwise will probably be next week, will probably fit my old boost gauge i've got laying spare
Prab
26/3/13
Just a small update, nothing too interesting. The blue 2.0 TXE that wil be donating an interior and other panels/odds and ends is finally being stripped, the cars up in sheffield and a mates picking up the parts from it over easter.
In the mean time managed to grab some new keys£11.50 for the door key and a fiver to get an ignition key cut locally
I needed a din pocket but there was a joblot on ebay for only £2 more then the cost of a single pocket so modified one of them to house a boost gauge I had laying spare.
Will mount it above the radio once I run the wires and find a grommet to push the vacum pipe through
Prab
27/3/13
Small update, had a spare half hour earlier so fitted the din pocket and ran the vacum tube up behind the centre console and will find a gromett to feed it into the bay eventually!
illumination comes on with the lights
Prab
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I've seem them fitted like that on alpine gta turbo's
Originally Posted by steveT2
good luck with your build and a very warm welcome to the RTOC mad house! 
brings back memories ..
