Whipped the back bumper off and took the opportunity to take it for a drive to the local garage for some petrol and a tyre pressure check. Doesn't look too bad at all.
Have you seen one of these in a crash, im not sure a bumper would make too much difference lol. Hopefully people keep there distance in traffic like I do with them.
I have been bashing about 25 miles a day on the Dope over the past 2 weeks. Its been great fun for me, not so much for my daughter who may be starting to get embarrassed her Dad keeps turning up to school in the rusty old car. The lack of tunes was starting to get to me so an old Desperado's Bluetooth speaker was stuck to the screen to take the edge off the rattling and road noise whilst bouncing along
I think once I sort out a heater for it, it could genuinely be used as a daily. Tempted to fit a diesel heater under the bonnet and pipe it to the oem air duct/intake. Seen a few with remote start too so I could potentially pre heat the car before use.
Post by grumpynorthener on Nov 26, 2020 20:44:56 GMT
What a great pic that is (last one) looks like the little Renault is all but hidden away amongst the modern tat - yet stands head & shoulders in appearance amongst them - properly planted a smile my face
So with the new tier system being put in place followed by lockdown im furloughed again, So ive ordered myself a 12v diesel heater which i plan to mount in the frunk and pipe to the original up/down heater channel under the dash. Would be a million times better than trying to fit the oem later dapuhine heater matrix. Originally it would sit beside the rad in the rear of the car and then blow air down a tube under the car and then back into the cab. Ive ordered one with a remote which so say works up to 50 meters away. So i can pre heat the car before use or just to warm it up on cold days.
So I had abit of a school boy moment. When I slapped the dope together I had lots of revisions of the cooling system, by the end of it it was filled with straight water.... not sure how its been in your parts of the country but its been very flipping cold here in endor....
Any way after warming things up with hot water and flushing the block through I managed to jump start the car and got everything warm enough to flush the rad and pipes out too. @jezer101 saved the day by donating his left over coolant. Ive now flushed and filled the cooling system fully and hopefully caused no damage 🤦🏻♂️
