Recent content by 16v_paddy

Unfortunately not, I need it for my Williams plus I still need to find another one for my other Valver 🫣🤣

A smack with a hammer & punch usually does the trick to remove it as the heat from the powder coating oven will ruin it It needs to be pressed in fully before going on the car, a big bolt, nut, socket and washer to wind it in will do the trick

MK1 and MK2 subframes are completely different so you can't really use them to compare Yes that bush is supposed to be there, god knows why Renault did it but it is kind of important - causes an annoying knock when it's knackered but is an absolute ball ache to diagnose - so you deffo need to...

I can't remember who it was but I vaguely remember talking to someone on here that owned it as I knew the bloke who originally built it 🤔

That actually looks surprisingly decent, I've not seen any of the ally rads that have got the holes drilled into it for fitting the standard fan brackets to before. Williams & Valver rads are the exact same part

That sounds normal to me tbh, they're only going to be doing internal hydraulic stuff on the rack and cleaning up the outside to refurb it so stuff attached to the outside of it is only going to end up in the bin

Gear linkage - Remove the whole thing, it's only connected at the bottom of the gearstick by a single 13mm nut. It's also really easy to damage when you're fiddling with the subframe as it's only a thin walled hollow tube, plus you'll have a good opportunity to fit new bushes to the bottom of...

It's when you don't see rust like that on a Mk1 you ought to be more suspicious that it's rotten as fcuk

Does it have a MAP sensor? Only ask as it's a fairly common thing on the 16v/Williams to have a similar issue if the MAP sensor is faulty, unplugged or has a leak in the vacuum hose for it

I don't know anything about it apart from it would have been worth around £1,000 - £1,500 at absolute max in 2008 so the damage to make it a Cat D will be pretty minor. My Valver was written off as Cat D in 2008 & the cost to fix & make it mint again was £600 so there's no need to be too...

Not sure if it's what you're after but I found these for sale https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EEj8UYgf7/

Depends what wishbones you're using tbh, if they're Williams, new ones don't really exist so refreshing them is certainly the best option. If they're Valver arms then I'd personally just get new ones as they're readily available & not obscenely priced as they were also used on the lower spec...

That'll be Peter, him & his Mrs are both Clio freaks and they're in Newport plus there's @RichValver a bit further along the M4 in Swansea