Recent content by Alan1.2

Hi All, Small update in that I went to SWR back in autumn and got all the belts changed. Since then I have had a brutal water leak that turned my car into a swimming pool! It was a full interior out job and the culprit was the heater box. Hopefully it holds now! While the car was off the road...

Gents, managed to get the problem solved (I hope!) and the interior and retrimmed steering wheel should be going back in over the next week. After resealing the heater box, water isn’t making its way in anymore. So in the end all that water in the photos above was coming in via the heater...

Thanks everyone for all the replies it has definitely made it less frustrating! The weather is glasgow is shocking just now so not had another dry day but in a brief dry spell I had a look inside the cover and seen this at the bottom of the rear window. It looks like the rear drivers side...

Hi there. Thank you very much for the heads up. Having looked at the huge folder of paperwork (1 previous owner but only car this summer) there is a stone chip that’s been an advisory for 2 years so I don’t think it can be the window but you never know. Total pain but glad I noticed it before...

Perfect thank you. I will take a look at this. Hopefully not too big of job!

Thanks Dom, this could well be the main contributor but I think a belts and braces approach will be needed and everything that people have suggested need to be check out on the next dry day!

Hi Mate, Exactly my thoughts as it’s went from bone dry in summer to ankle deep over past 4 weeks. I will check those again when I open the car back up. Main priority was to get the carpets out and to dry the floor and cover the car over for damage limitation. Can’t see any tide marks as it...

Thanks Dom, appreciate that. Do you think that could amount for the sheer volume of water I have experienced? How wet was your car?

Hi, After hearing a sloshing noise on the drivers side of the car I looked on here for existing threads and as a result went out and checked my carpets and my carpets on drivers side where drenched. This is a weekend car and isn’t driven too much hence I didn’t notice. I assumed it would be...

Thank you Dave. Good to hear they come recommended. Perhaps the most local I am going to get. Will likely get booked in soon. Haha

Thanks for this. I got a quote from a company on that thread based in Stirling called SWR autos. All belts for £680 including VAT. Not sure if this is good or bad but seems about right.

Having now had the car since March. I am now wondering: A) have i paid the right price for the car. B) what would it be worth if I was to now sell it (no plans to at the moment) 2005 RB with both cup packs (noted on original invoice) 120k on the clock. Every single bit of paperwork/history in...

Here is some updated pictures of the car. I have changed the plates and spent a bit of time each weekend getting the bodywork as good as I can. The wing mirrors will need replaced or at the very least resprayed to get it “up to standard” You don’t see many of these around anymore and I have...

Thank you for the advice. The more I have browsed these forums the more I think I will just bite the bullet and get them done this summer. Probably be a thread for this elsewhere, but do you recommend only using a Renault specialist for this work and is there any close to the Glasgow area that...

Hi Everyone, I picked up a 2005 RB 182 with both cup packs- a few weeks ago. I had a 2003 clio 1.2 back in 2011 and really wanted to get a car I could have some fun with. This was my dream car back when I was 17. I bought the car blind and it has done 120,000 miles but has a history folder...