Recent content by G Hut

Glad its gone to a good home Pete and likewise a pleasure, was sad to see her roll off the drive yesterday evening! Enjoy and looking forward to seeing it once you have had the arches done, always got a good few comments at cars and coffee, just not that many about anymore

Few people on eBay offer a repair service for the MK2 Example here https://ebay.us/m/vIN6DU

Anker are great, just replaced my original one with a foldable one, little less bulky and 2 X ports few more watts One charger for phone laptop and headphones etc all I carry now https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C4Y1FFQH/?tag=cliospnet01-21

From memory you removed the pin and then I jammed the flywheel with a pry bar to torque

I have found if you don't have the locking cogs well placed and then really tightened up along with removing the slack from the backing plate as you go to undo the exhaust pulley bolt the bracket moves and then the pulley gets away from the locking assembly and all moves. Try and place and then...

Plus one on the relay issue, just swap them around it may well start then you know

Must use the same as this one, would have minimised my aux belt catastrophic fail

I got one of these seems pretty well made and snug fit https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334176018603

I have a Mitsubishi L200 poly type on my 172 as also struggled to get one, fitted a treat albeit being bright orange, perfect dimensions Not sure if it was an inner or an outer but for sure was a L200 one like this, sure widely available down in SA...

The superhuman strength needed to compress the aux belt tensioner, normally have to compress that with a jubilee clip or similar, then roll the belt back on Run with caution with that alternator bolt out as if the aux belt strips will likely take the cambelt out or at least jump a few teeth

@Brigsy is correct, if really only 2 teeth out will have just glanced the pistons when the dephaser advanced, I got lucky as mine jumped 2 teeth on the bottom pulley while breaking into a harpin due to a aux belt stripping and I worked out in a few seconds what had happened as was still running...

I reckon your resistor pack may have gone under the scuttle on drivers side not too bad to get to and cheaper than fan motor, can test the resistance of your old one first 515136 valeo part no. few on eBay goes in here https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/373871786714

PH1 172 I assume?

Do you have this sequence of lights and hear a pump prime and stop?

Hi @Colink You are in the right place for the relays see your pic below I have marked it up red arrows, they are sat on a vertical holder that clips out, Mk2 Ph1 do have them there as I have an early one and sure both early and late version both had relays down there (alu bonnet and non alu...