FYI The flexible wiring in thin plastic on the back of the instrument panel is called a wiring membrane.

Roy

No idea how these parts are called so no idea what to search for. Both the big block connector as well as that blue plastic flexible wiring print thing of the dashboard instrument cluster thingy look in terrible shape. Now I could probably bodge something together with actual wire and faston terminals as it looks fairly basic but if there's new parts at a reasonable price available still I don't see the point in going through all that trouble.
Any tips?
I technically have a spare cluster but that still leaves the block and I kind of prefer to repair and if possible improve the old one.

Oh my, that's quite alarming! It's supposed to be a very low mileage car but wear is wear. The discrepancies were around .1 and .2 off (some less if I remember correctly) from what they were supposed to be in the manual and I don't reckon they have ever been set by the previous owner though but I also don't know if that's allarmingly off or not. Regardless I will have to start putting some extra funds aside and see if I can befriend someone who's willing and has the time and knowledge to pull the engine apart.

Oh and I have the car running again but only on a temporary fix. I'm currently running a wire directly from the fuseplate to the coil as I didn't want to spend the summer not driving the Murena. A local fellow Murena owner (Murowner?) told me the engine bay loom is often the culprit. I guess this is the one? https://www.simon-auto-shop.de/08032

Hi, I've recently bought a 2.2 murena that needs some love and renovation. As far it's going quite good, although I've encountered a few problems:
1. I am not sure where exactly to mount the radiator and can't find anything in manual, part list and pictures on google. If someone could provide some info or pictures about I would be really grateful.
2. Taking out rear brakes is shown only with some special tool that I don't have, is it possible to do it same as the front ones just using longer screws to push the hub out?

Yay, what a beauty - happy Wednesday too

Happy Sunday all!

Welcome to the forum. I believe Simon ships to Spain https://www.simon-auto-shop.de/epages/Simon-Auto-Anlasser-Lichtmaschinen.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/Simon-Auto-Anlasser-Lichtmaschinen/Products/06015

Buenas , soy de España y busco donde comprar los tubos de refrigeracion inox del murena 1.6. Alguien sabe de algun sitio donde los vendan y puedan mandarlos ??. he mirado en varios pero no los mandan. gracias

If the valve clearances were really large as you state, then you should look very carefully at the cam lobes as it suggests they are badly worn and any that are will keep wearing quickly as the surfaces are worn passed the case hardening.  Look for ridges, and the edges being higher as the rocker arms do not rub that area, (as on this example, on the right lobe here) so the edges of the cams will still have the original shape. Also look how bad the pitting is on the lobe on the left on this example.

It is only by excessive wear you get large valve clearances, so I'm pretty sure your cam will be badly worn, and the pads of the rocker arms too.  And all the metal material that has worn off, will have got into the oil and create more wear everywhere.  It suggests this engine will need a full overhaul.  Resetting the clearances will not help much, especially over time.  The longer you run the engine in this state, the worse will be the internal damage, and the more the overhaul will cost.

Roy

Took me a while. I installed it two weeks ago or something and then I had to reinstall the dizzy which was a bit of a challenge as finding TDC was not easy for me (in between I adjusted the valves which were all as wide as barn doors) but I had some help and today I finally had the murena alive again... for a minute or so... then it stalled again, fired up again with a bit more trouble and now it's dead again -.-
Still the fuse plate seems to have done wonders as at least I had spark again and that was what initially stranded it. More adventures soon. I hope to have it running before the weekend (fingers crossed)