williams 3

[memsp1]

good idea using air tools - smaller profile and wont run out of battery lol
heres my thread - not as good as your's mind!
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=438218

you say not as good as mine, but looks good to me, is it all done now and back on the road

 

[JonniP]

just done at the bodyshop. need to finish the interior now. everything mechanical has been done and the body is finished now so maybe in 2 weeks ill be 100% happy with it. oh the car has been done well (if i may say so) my thread is poo tho!

 

[memsp1]

it's nice when they all come together at the end, i've got a long time to go yet! as for the thread a bit jumbled up but who cares

 

[16v_paddy]

Loving this project :approve:

Wish I had somewhere like that to play with cars I'd be doing the same as you . Have you had a look on www.williamsclio.co.uk? Plenty of williams related education on there and spares

Oh and you can never overdo pics, keep up the good work

 

[memsp1]

Loving this project :approve:

Wish I had somewhere like that to play with cars I'd be doing the same as you . Have you had a look on www.williamsclio.co.uk? Plenty of williams related education on there and spares

Oh and you can never overdo pics, keep up the good work

oh my, another forum to join :S

i'll keep the pics coming, just keep forgetting to take my camara to work so all the pictures are taken from my phone

 

[Jonny1*2]

Looking good mate. Polishing is so boring, but the results are looking nice :approve:

 

[memsp1]

Looking good mate. Polishing is so boring, but the results are looking nice :approve:

your telling me, done half the manifold and got bored, doing some more tommorrow, i'll have to turn the music up to drown out the noise and stop the mind wondering!
i'll be pleased when the polishing is all done and i can start putting it all back together

 

[memsp1]

little update, wasn't sure what colour to do the covers, went for semi gloss black.
what do you think?

 

[MarcoB]

Silky smooth looking that!

 

[cat171]

That looks pretty smart actually I'm liking the polishing too.

If you haven't got a new spark plug cover, Renault probably still sell them (cheap too)

 

[memsp1]

That looks pretty smart actually I'm liking the polishing too.

If you haven't got a new spark plug cover, Renault probably still sell them (cheap too)

it does look pants, will get one and it needs the manifold cover too, still got to get lots of little bits, think a list would be a good idea, get to my age and you start forgetting things :dapprove:

 

[Daz.]

New ones tend to go that way too - you can buy replica decals to go over the existing print and looks miles better, although I did get a new cover to apply it too

 

[memsp1]

New ones tend to go that way too - you can buy replica decals to go over the existing print and looks miles better, although I did get a new cover to apply it too

i have a decal cutter at work, the problem is the cover is out of shape and dont fit nice, i may make something to fit or maybe there's an after market carbon fibre made

 

[memsp1]

got a cam belt kit from renault as it worked out cheaper than a after market one, £89 about £20 cheaper.
and the water pump was a little noisey and had a bit of play in it so got an after market one came to £30 with a rocker gasket

put a dti gauge in number one piston got it to dtc,removed the covers and pulleys, put a big nut on the bottom pulley and put the bolt back in, then marked the cam pulleys as the rocker cover was off so could'nt see the marks.

then i got the belt out the box and all that time i spent marking up and using the dti gauge was a waist of time, as the new belt had the timing marks on it, but i suppose better safe than sorry.
it timed up nice and easy
crank shaft pulley with the mark on the bottom

and the marks on the cam pulleys

then started on the water pump, all i can say is the french need to start making cars easier to work on, there is no way you could do this job without dropping the engine, anyway had to take loads off to get to it, then two bolts broke taking the pump off
lucky i could warm them up and they broke off in a way i could get hold of them with mole grips

and the pump fitted, managed to find two bolts in the workshop, what a weird thread size they are, lucky to find them

ran out of time tonight so as far as i got, ready for covers and pulleys

 

[Daz.]

nice to see its not fighting back too much -I really miss having a williams - think I'll end up back in one sooner than my wallet wants too!

 

[memsp1]

nice to see its not fighting back too much -I really miss having a williams - think I'll end up back in one sooner than my wallet wants too!

you can have this one when i've finshed with it

 

[memsp1]

the front back together now

made a sticker for the engine but still not sure what to do with the plastic cover
the sticker is all yellow the light makes it look white

just a few little bits left to do on the engine, then i can make a start on the engine bay

 

[pepinosport]

that sticker rocks

 

[memsp1]

that sticker rocks

thanks, only took about 5 minutes to do

 

[Guppy]

Would love to see the finished result once finished!

Get some nice pic's of it once done matey!

Should be worth a pretty penny!

 

[memsp1]

Would love to see the finished result once finished!

Get some nice pic's of it once done matey!

Should be worth a pretty penny!

think i'll go sort out my camara, memory cards full.
i'll make a profit but it'd never cover the labour involved!
i'll use it while i do some bits on my impreza, but my girlfriend loves the williams so may have to keep it

 

[Gaz_]

Love it. Was following a mice expample up the M56 today, only thinking before what a rare sight they are.

 

[memsp1]

going by how rotten mine is i'm not surprised there aint many left

 

[memsp1]

thought i'd do a little update as i haven't been on here for a while
sorted a few bits out but as i was in a rush didn't take many pictures
stripped out the engine bay apart from the ABS pump and brake servo and master cylinder, prepped and painted the bay,

the o/s

and the n/s

 

[memsp1]

i managed to get a second hand drive shaft off a leguna for £25 and repair the end of mine by changing all the bits over, forgot to take a picture though, you can see the end masked up as i was spraying all the other bits too, the picture is rubbish:dapprove:

 

[memsp1]

one of the bolts were broken on the n/s engine mount was broken so i drilled and re tapped the thread

 

[memsp1]

thought i'd do a little update as i haven't been on here for a while
sorted a few bits out but as i was in a rush didn't take many pictures
stripped out the engine bay apart from the ABS pump and brake servo and master cylinder, prepped and painted the bay,

the o/s

and the n/s

i managed to get a second hand drive shaft off a leguna for £25 and repair the end of mine by changing all the bits over, forgot to take a picture though, you can see the end masked up as i was spraying all the other bits too, the picture is rubbish:dapprove:

one of the bolts were broken on the n/s engine mount was broken so i drilled and re tapped the thread

i need to repair the throttle position sensor as the wires are perished

the n/s drive shaft back in and hopefully stay dry as it leaked before

and a very dry steering rack but after fitting it found out it's too short so need another rack or repair mine, that i kept thank god

repaint the strut brace mounts as they were grey

and polished the vin plate

painted the mount cover, and cleaned the fluid bottle

decided on painting my sparkplug cover

and a few of the bay so far

and the steering wheel is in the straight ahead position and the wheel is doing a left, tha othe side is pointing the other way

 

[Bluebeard]

WOW! Awesome progress mate!

But please buy a new water bottle! Thats ruining the otherwise minty mint bay!!

 

[Gaz_]

Mint!!! What did you use to spray the bay? Proper gun i'm assuming?

 

[Jonny1*2]

nice mate, coming along well. how did you paint the plastic engine top (or is that not the spark cover).

 

[Rob R26r]

Missed this thread before. Excellent work fella.

 

[Djw John]

Great project mate, will defo be keeping an eye on this. Gotta agree with Daniel though, it need a new expansion tank asap!

 

[memsp1]

WOW! Awesome progress mate!

But please buy a new water bottle! Thats ruining the otherwise minty mint bay!!

thank you it is a bit of a nasty colour, where do you draw the line, but is it right on top and in veiw so may have to get one!

Mint!!! What did you use to spray the bay? Proper gun i'm assuming?

thanks! yes a proper gun, white stone chip on the chassis, then primed and a base coat blue, i was surprised at how well it covered, then a couple of coats of two pack laquar

nice mate, coming along well. how did you paint the plastic engine top (or is that not the spark cover).

thank you,it is the spark plug cover, to start with i thought i'd straighten it out, so tried a heat gun and to my surprise it worked well,
then i rubbed it and the mounting cover with scotch bright, and sprayed them with plastic paint i got from car spares

Missed this thread before. Excellent work fella.

thanks

 

[Mark One]

really nice. The williams track rod ends can be fitted to the valver steering rack fyi

 

[memsp1]

really nice. The williams track rod ends can be fitted to the valver steering rack fyi

are you sure as the one i got i think was off of one, i measured the arms and ends but the inside of the rack is too short, i dont want to have the same problem
on monday i'm sending my rack to a power stearing repairer if the price is reasonable
i tried to get repair seals for it but renault dont do them

 

[Mark One]

I did a little research with my MK1 rack, i'm using a female track rod (male track rod end) manual rack. I've looked through an outdated (but still relevant) renault parts database and the williams rack seems to have a different track rod. The track rods between the valver PAS racks and the manual racks are exactly the same.

I think the difference with the williams rack is it's a bit tighter lock to lock, then the track rods are longer. Certinally what I thought the parts database suggested.

 

[Alastair.]

wow this is awesome, new coolant bottle is under £20

 

[memsp1]

I did a little research with my MK1 rack, i'm using a female track rod (male track rod end) manual rack. I've looked through an outdated (but still relevant) renault parts database and the williams rack seems to have a different track rod. The track rods between the valver PAS racks and the manual racks are exactly the same.

I think the difference with the williams rack is it's a bit tighter lock to lock, then the track rods are longer. Certinally what I thought the parts database suggested.

the williams has a wider track using 19 suspension parts the valver has normal clio suspension i think, i've fitted new rack arms and track rod ends and mearsured them with the old ones, but i didn't measure the rack length like a fool

 

[JonniP]

looks really nice!

 

[Jonny1*2]

Plastic paint seems to work well then. Always thought it would flake off over time. Might give it a go on a few bits