Practically Classics Forum

Grumpy Northener wrote:

[update, i bought the renault/quote] Great stuff - Now can you just pop over to mine and load up with all the building rubble that has come out of the kitchen and take it to the tip

no problem, as long as your not in a hurry

JPB wrote:That Renault thingummyboab looks pretty decent for a builder's truck, don't forget that native French vehicles have the clutch pedal in the middle with the brake on the far right and the throttle is missing as that was borrowed by Belgium last June, but they still haven't negotiated terms for giving it back.

funny lot the french

rich. wrote:update, i bought the renault..

Stand by for tales of woe.

GHT wrote:

rich. wrote:update, i bought the renault..

Stand by for tales of woe.

don't say things like that mate, my clio has developed a fuel leak

rich. wrote:don't say things like that mate, my clio has developed a fuel leak

How to locate a fuel leak. Take one box of matches, extract one match. Ignite match and drop into the pool of leaking fuel.
Where the explosion occurs, that's where the fuel was leaking.

sold my transit yesterday she was very very rusty....

rich. wrote:transit

rich. wrote:very very rusty

They all are

GHT wrote:

rich. wrote:don't say things like that mate, my clio has developed a fuel leak

How to locate a fuel leak. Take one box of matches, extract one match. Ignite match and drop into the pool of leaking fuel.
Where the explosion occurs, that's where the fuel was leaking.

Doesn't work on Renaults that, at least it didn't when I had a Renault 18 many moons ago and was living in a flat on the edge of a very dodgy council estate in Preston. Some nice lads kindly cut the fuel pipe one November the 5th and proceeded to throw many matches underneath the bugger.

The problem there was perhaps they had been too careful in nicking the tanks contents that they hadn't spilt enough to do any damage, or they were just not very good arsonists even though that seemed a particular skill for most locals. A shame really as it was a bit of a dog and the clutch was slipping but what really got my goat was the little barstewards cut 3 inch of pipe out rather than just splitting it so I had to spend a few pennies on more fuel line and this even involved walking to the local accessory shop. Generally a bad do all round

GHT wrote:

rich. wrote:update, i bought the renault..

Stand by for tales of woe.

well you will be pleased to hear, that after i had transferred the money yesterday with a view to picking it up saturday the guy rang me today & informed me that it will not be ready.. when the mechanic gave it a service & test run it started to slightly? overheat... they checked it out & the head gasket is going.... head has been removed & sent away for test... wtf do i do now?

Go round and demand your money back. There is a whiff of scam about this. Don't know how French consumer law operates, but in UK you could reject it.