Re: [AMC-list] Thinking of buying an '87 Renault Alliance convertible

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is a Renault NA user group on Yahoo I think.  You might check with them for tips.  Wrambler is right, I think the Renault engines are interference engines so if the timing belt actually broke while the engine was running you can count on some valve damage.

Joe Fulton

--- On Wed, 3/24/10, wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Thinking of buying an '87 Renault Alliance convertible
> To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 4:07 PM
> If it is a t belt. Count on the
> valves being bent and the idler pulley seized. Never saw one
> that did not suffer all 3. 
>    Pulley seizes
>    Belt snaps
>    Valves bend. 
> 
> I came real close to buying one of the was it GTR? Model
> converts a couple of years ago. Those got a 2.0L and ran
> like the Alliances should have all along! It ran and drove,
> looked decent. $300. Needed TLC and paint. 
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> Cellular
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Shelton <justinshelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:27:07 
> To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [AMC-list] Thinking of buying an '87 Renault
> Alliance convertible
> 
> Hi, Guys:
> 
> I'm just about 95% sure that I'm going to buy a Renault
> Alliance convertible this weekend.  The car is really
> nice, has 114,000 miles but does not run - I suspect a
> broken timing belt, but it doesn't sound like the valve
> stems are messed up.   I'll make the final
> decision this weekend.  Unfortunately, the car has been
> sitting for 3 years and now I have to drain the tank and
> stuff if I get it.
> 
> ANYWAY, I was wasting time at work and found this video of
> Renaults being built at the Kenosha factory.  There's
> some nice footage of how the tops are cut off of Alliances
> and then the bodies reinforced to make the
> convertibles.  It looks like the same guy who posted
> this video has more Alliance footage - I'll watch it tonight
> at home.
> 
> http://en.kendincos.net/video-ddnjflh-amc-renault-alliance-convertible-production.html
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