Recent content by Polynesian

And the fan kicked in. Wish me luck for the MOT tomorrow 🙏

The fastest I could get hold of an expansion tank was an eBay mahle one… made in China… it’s in and I’m running the car, no leaks. I’m waiting for the fan to kick in but it’s taking ages- is that normal?

Haven’t had time to even look at this until today. Started it up and I could immediately see a small drip coming from the new expansion tank. It’s a Febi one, has done about 5 miles… I’ve ordered another and booked an MOT. I did take the opportunity to replace some relays with new ones, cleaning...

Ok, I got everything sorted and dealt with all of the MOT fails, and the car went in today for another go. I had a call about 20 minutes later and they sent a video- it pissed its coolant all over the place! The tester stopped the test so it wouldn’t get another fail and we took a look in the...

Thanks everyone. I’ll get it done tomorrow and I appreciate the tips. At least I’ll have a badass tool for all kinds of jobs I can f**k up in future now!

Ordered- THANK YOU!!!

I wish I had either an ugga dugga gun, or an actual gun… have neither

Sure enough… got the nearside damper and spring on, relatively straightforward. So what, another 10-15 mins to finish the job and be ready for Friday's MOT? No. Look at the threaded top of the damper piston where it comes through the top mount. How the f**k am I going to get that out now? The...

MOT retest on Friday- headlight: sorted, indicator: sorted, brake caliper pins: sorted, wheel bearing: on the basis that they are brand new oem, I’m going to guess this was an effect from the spacer, so removing them for the retest, leaking dampers: have spring compressors and will have the new...

I’m in no rush, except to do the retest. I have spring compressors coming tomorrow and hopefully can then be easily done. With a second pair of hands I could probably have finished it today. No big deal, just annoying!

I love when people on here say “10 minute job” and “just do it there’s nothing complicated”… it doesn’t work like that for me. I’m working through the MOT fails and just have sticking caliper- hoping a hard drive might sort that??? And new front dampers. All the guides say you don’t need spring...

I need to replace my front subframe (and the rear axle but that’s for another day)- there are about 5-6 brands of new subframe for the 172 ph2 on eBay- are any of them any good, or to be avoided like the plague? Thanks

Just a thought- front wheel bearings were done, I then added spacers- wonder if a spacer is giving the effect of a loose wheel bearing???

Yeah, seems to make sense as I would want to do it at some point anyway. The headlamp aim is a pretty obvious one-I have a bulb dangling in the holder! I'll need to talk to two techs about the wheel bearing as they literally just changed them both! The rest is all fine for me, not real...

Wheel bearings were changed about 200 miles ago at two techs, so I think that advisory might actually be for the clicking shagged driveshaft. My front subframe is a mess, if I’m changing the suspension arms, dampers and bushes anyway, should I just go ahead and do it all with a new subframe...