Hmm. I agree it would be hard for use as a family car. But lovely as a classic now.
Another R17 owner planning to upgrade
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More work this afternoon. Sun was nice today so outside for painting. Bolts & arms primed and painted black epoxy one side. Sway bar cleaned and treated with R converter. Might paint this the orange. Cleaned the fuel lines and treated. Removed the rear bumper, lights and bits n bobs. Started preparing the boot and rear end for painting.
Yeah, why not. Orange sway bar. I better paint the front one now the same colour.
I should have taken a before shot.
Can't remember how this goes back together. Anyone have a pic of their setup?
Can't remember how this goes back together. Anyone have a pic of their setup?
I can take a photo tomorrow or confirm it is right.
Thanks Sunny. Appreciate it. Maybe a few from different angles. It's the positions of the back plate with it's lever plate and spring I'm interested in. Rest is straight forward.
I would have thought the valve needs to open normally (piston extended out). But when under load in the boot, it is depressed by these levers and adds extra braking power???
John, here is a PDF of the rear limiter valve from my M.R. 156 factory manual
Wow. Thanks Col. From that, I shouldn't get it wrong.
BTW, Renault older manuals do have neat drawings. And I bet done by hand too.
BTW, Renault older manuals do have neat drawings. And I bet done by hand too.
Yer the older manuals drawings are lot better than the modern ones, I think the modern manuals border on cartoon drawings.
I took photos but having trouble getting them on to my computer. So I now have a video I will have to send it by sms message to your phone. PM me your mobile number and I will send it if you still need it.
They are superb engineering drawings. Renault must have had a huge drawing office I reckon.
Well, duh.
My guess is the pictures were lifted from the project design.
Just imagine the drafting department at Boeing.
My guess is the pictures were lifted from the project design.
Just imagine the drafting department at Boeing.
Yes, but those old Renault manuals are from the pen and ink days....
Yeah, I assumed as much. I used pen and ink in high school drafting classes and later at Uni. Didn't manage to get to that standard, but my mother who was a professional drafter did.
It's the older cutaway drawings that really do it for me - I have two of the Autocar original artworks of the R16 from 1965 - pen and fine brushwork and just awesome in detail, quite apart from getting the proportions right and the cutaway aspects right. Remarkable work.
Thanks anyway Sunny.
the pdf Col attached sorted it out. All done now and half of my new paint off in the process. I had that flat bar around the wrong way.Brakes line sanded, treated and painted
Drums sand and treated
A bit more painting today as it was warm enough. Yesterday, I did find a couple of the spot welds at the boot rubber seam had surface rust, so I used my wire wheel to rip into it in forward and reveerse. Then treat those spots with converter - sorted.
I've noticed the same thing John. When browsing threads here on AF, some photos don't show but just the name. Refresh and sometimes they show????