Re: [AMC-list] I bought the Renault convertible

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Renaults eat CPS's for breakfast lunch and dinner.
I'd have went that way before ordering the module.

Yeah, you have to bleed them or they airlock.

IIRC Joe Wagner (I hope I got that name right) is way into rhinos.
Maybe wagnell? do a search and see if you can find him.
He would be a great source of info I think.

If it starts and runs STOP.
Do not Pass GO, replace that belt and idler pulley ASAP!
They will fail as much from age as from mileage.
Start out with new pieces.

Mark Price
Morgantown, WV 26508
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
"I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens!"

----- "Justin Shelton" <justinshelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: "Justin Shelton" <justinshelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 11:46:12 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [AMC-list] I bought the Renault convertible
>
> OK, guys, so in spite of a few dire warnings to not do so, I bought
> that '87 Renault Alliance convertible that I mentioned a month or so
> ago.  I never really got back to the guy after I first looked at the
> car, but seeing as these vehicles have such a tiny following, I think
> that no one else ever even replied to his ad.  Last week he emailed me
> - probably his last and only resort in hoping to preserve marital
> harmony - and  told me to bring $250 and a dolly and it was mine.  I
> did so the following day.
> 
> This car came to MI from Florida (it still has FL plates on it), and
> no rust at all. It sat at this guys house under a car cover for three
> years as it quit running shorting after the car arrived in MI.  There
> is very slight fading of the paint on the trunk lid, and some spider
> web type cracking of the paint on the plastic bumpers, but otherwise
> it's very nice, and I think I can wax the car to make it a very
> presentable .  The interior is perfect except where some kid installed
> speakers.
> 
> I got the car home and put a battery in - it turned over and doesn't
> make any odd noises of valves being slapped around, nor is it spinning
> to fast as I turn it over, so I think that the engine has compression.
>  (I did not do an actual compression test yet.) I pulled the timing
> belt cover, and the belt is not broken and it appears to be properly
> installed. Next I tested for spark: there is none, but I did find that
> the spark plug wires were incorrectly installed (they were on in order
> for the 1.4 not the 1.7 engine).  I ordered a new Renix spark control
> module from AutoZone (I know, I hate them too, but they're open late
> and are only five miles away.)  The module should be in tomorrow, so
> I'll pick it up after work and see what happens next.  Who knows? 
> Maybe for $250 + a $120 module I'll have a driver???.  None of this of
> course addresses the supposed overheating condition, which is why the
> PO said he stopped driving the car, but I'll get there when I
>  get there.  Maybe the cooling system just needed to be bled.  One
> other note: there is absolutely no crud on this engine, so I'm curious
> if its not a rebuilt engine with fewer miles than the 112K shown on
> the odometer.
> 
> Who knew I'd ever be excited about a Renault????  Now I am curious
> about those incredibly rare Medallions!
> 
> Justin
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