Renault 1929 RY1 Monasix

7 minute(s) of a 217 minute read

No car work today; more Grandfather duties.

Anyone interested there are lots of new photographs on my Lagonda Rapier thread.

This one from our 2009 visit to the French Alps

Bj.

12-12-2015

Unfortunately the Renault is still on the "wait list" as following some intensive pruning of a couple of trees in the garden, I am now rebuilding the garden shed. This has involved moving the shed about a metre away from one of the trees this has in turn required lifting the concret paving slab floor and re laying them and straightening out the roof and re-fixing it but before I can finish this I have to replenish my stock of "pop" rivets. It looks as if there will not be too much more work on the Renault until the New Year. I did manage to do some work on the running boards but this too has ground to a stop until I purchase some black ribbed rubber sheeting. 

Bj

12-15-2015

Having an hour or so to spare yesterday I managed to buy the 1 metre length of ribbed rubber matting. It is already cut to size and glued to the top of the running boards. I have started cutting the aluminium edging, two or three weeks ago I purchased a box ot chrome plated-brass escutcheon pins so there should be no delay in completing the job.

Bj

12-16-2015

Whoa there! I can hear some of you saying, What the heck is an "escutcheon"? According to my biggest dictionary among other things it is the plate surrounding a key-hole or light switch. so an "escutcheon pin is a neat method of securing one of these. They also come in handy for securing the aluminium edging for the running boards. I the past I have used counter-sunk, raised head, sloted as opposed to Phillips head, screws but these are tiresome to fit, time consuming and never seem to look as good as they should. The one problem is that these days the local hardware store has gone up-market and only stock fast moving items. Having finally tracked down a supplier of Chrome plated, brass escutcheon pins I have found that they are strictly whole-sale only. This means buying a pack of 1,000.  Oh well! 

12-18-2015

For those interested in our activities in 2015 go to http://forums.aaca.org/topic/183184-lagonda-rapiers/page-16. 

Bj.

12-24-2015

As Santa makes his first landing in Australia, due to our very advanced world timing arrangement, I will take this opportunity to wish all the "oldcar' enthusiasts who pop in here every so often "A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Cheers

Bernie j.

12-25-2015

Thank you Ben and Spinneyhill.

There really is a Santa after all!

Two or three days ago I placed a request on the VSCC UK Forum regarding Part 2 and 3 June/July 1930, Autocar magazine articles on the care and Maintenance of the Renault 12.5hp (Monasix RY 1 & 2) Less than 48hours later I have copies of both making my set complete. These were sent to me by Greg Wrapson who is the Chairman of the Alvis Register in the UK. I find it quite remarkable that someone whom I have never met and who has never owned a Renault could respond so promptly.

While I have been a Member of the VSCC (UK) since 1983 I have only attended one or two events every five years and have never met Greg and have never owned an Alvis. Perhaps even more remarkable here I am living in Australia posting this on an American Forum.

It is indeed a small world.

Bernie j.

12-26-2015

One interesting thing to have come out as a result of reading the Autocar article is that my Renault is not one the common or garden variety Mona-six but the far more exotic and rare Mona-stella. This is verified by the presence of the brake servo attached to the rear of the gearbox.

Bernie j.

12-27-2015

While the humour of this little piece stolen from the Renault Freres UK magazine may go over the head of many looking at this, I will post it in the hope that it may appeal to some readers of a certain age.

I felt that it was worth sharing.

Bernie j.

You will need to "click" on the photo to bring it up to size.

When I showed it to my elder sister and suggested that she may like to share it some of her "facebook
friends" she replied with a completely straight face. "None of my friends own large dogs".

Another reason why I have never bothered with "facebook"!

1-4-2016

The more you look the less you see! One small step at a time I am learning more and more about the Renault brake servo.....

It seems that the servo on the 1929 MonaSix/Stella is unique to that model. Due to the  complete lack of parts or information the servo on my car has been modified to permit the brakes to work by by-passing the servo. I am collecting a pile of service sheets etc on every other model but almost nothing on the 1929 model. Hopefully at some time in the not too distant future something will turn up.

In the meantime I will now start work on the engine having the new valve guides and valves fitted as a starting point.

Bj.

1-5-2016

The attached photo shows cylinder block and the box containing 12 new valves and twelve new valve guides. The guides need to be machined to fit and the valves will require shortening slightly. Rather than split collets the valve stems need to be cross drilled to receive a hardened cross pin to retain the valve spring. First task is to remove all the head studs. There are three or four broken studs that attach the water gallery on the side of the block, these will have to be drilled out and the threads cleaned up.

Bj.

No sooner said than done! All the studs came out cleanly, after a dose of penetrating oil. There is always some concern that one will break but my stud remover used in conjunction with a torque wrench keeps this to a minimum. The studs wil now be wire brushed and coated with light oil prior to putting them away safely until needed. Once I have sorted out the original domed head nuts they can be put aside to go to the platers.

Bj.

1-6-2016

Having made a New Year's resolution and the holidays officially over work has re-commenced on the Renault with the running board/tool lockers being next item on the agenda. These still need some detail work, latches fitted and some sort of prop for the lids worked out. Finally another coat of paint.

Bj.