Recent content by demon_dald

yeh its a whole new head thanks to the tensionner being abliterated bending 6 valves lol tappets will be done too, yeh it was a decision between scrapping and me having a play....i went for the latter and hopefully will be back on the road for next to nothing ;)

nice action mate :eek: yeh so it is 2 decanewtons = 20 newtons, it just diddnt sound very much to me, il have to borrow a smaller wrench from work then, the one i was going to use....starts at 40nm :mad: i would say i owe ya a beer but theres a few complications :cool:

can anyone tell me the torque settings for clio 1.4 rt (energy engine) cylinder head bolts please?!? i know the tightening sequence etc and ive even got the torque.........but in decanewtons, a modern day equivalent would be gratefully appreciated (lbft, nm or kgm) im assuming 1 decanewton is...

same here on my mk1, good bit of elbow grease ;) would be safer though if your a worrying kinda person......

Re: Horns!!! take tips off hornblaster.com ;) where do you get these piaa horns from? think il stick with a truck horn though :-P

my mk1s got a after market cobra cat1 alarm/immob, the alarm goes off every other night (normally between the hours of 1am and 6am) ive disconnected the bonnet switch etc all windows are closed, locks and unlocks fine, although i have noticed occasionally after locking the car sometimes the...

i would have thought theyd run through a relay, maybe the master switct for the drivers side is playing up as thats got to work for the passenger side to operate correctly....on mine it has anyway lol

its normal for a car of that age...mines always done it since i bought it, i expect theres a seal somewhere that you could replace but i havent bothered.....mines always "damp" but it doesnt pour out......

its only the drivers side that this is fitted. not got any wiring diagrams for them though, when mine went awol i just traced the looms etc and fault found from there on......sorry matey!!

did it again last night.....now its only doing it if i dont use the car during the day....if i use it earlier in the evening its fine....:S another thing thats baffling me is the fact it goes off for a couple of minutes then without doing anything at all it stops and never goes off again...

it will work but it sounds like a bit of a bodge tbh, just go to an electrical store place, even somewhere like maplins where you can buy lengths of cable however long you want, get the right guage cable and youl be fine, id suggest doing it (or getting someone) to do it properly and soldering...

i reckon its a headlight washer dnt know about anyone else...!! pmsl

yeh ive already come to that conclusion but its been fine up until now and theres always been cats around so unless theyve just suddenly taken a liking to the car.....who knows!! it wasnt windy.....god knows

but then that wont work if he uses the same switch and it that thats faulty? lol

right now this is starting to wee me off to put it politely.......my cars currently fitted with a cobra cat one alarm and immob...all fitted professionally and with the certificates just before i bought the car(about 18months ago)....now its been fine up until the beginning of this week....every...