Recent content by Gaverick

They are building new houses on a road I travel every day. Road is covered in mud and when it rains it might as well be a rally stage. I'd spent all bank holiday weekend trying to fix a misfire on a disastra and was flying to Dublin first thing Wednesday so was rushing round the Metro buying...

Sounds like it was mine! Spot on about needing a wash haha.

I just used chemical metal to blank mine off as it's never going to need to go back to hydraulic. I did mine off the car but should manage with it on especially once all the PAS pipes are out of the way.

Sorry got the colours the wrong way round lol. Loop blue and block yellow.

Not a great picture but block all the ports in blue. Connect together the two ports in yellow. I just used the original fittings and piece of brake pipe

I've had both a DCI rack and looped rack on mine. I much prefer the looped rack, it has a better feel to it and feels stronger too.

I seem to remember the bloke from PMS saying the bearings are Teflon lined and you shouldn't use petroleum based lubricants on them.

Knocking sounds like the rack bolts arent tight and letting the rack shift side to side.

If the valve timing is off this could cause low compression on all cylinders. Not sure if it would cause the smoke you mentioned though. Wrong timing is also quite common on these engines due to the fully floating cam pulleys.

I got 3 of the 4 bolts out by levering and turning at the same time. 4th was going nowhere though, had to chop it out and replace the bolt.

I had big issues trying to get mine to seal. The flange on the cat had warped. I ended up cutting the flange off the cat and making a sleeve join with the centre section.

I'd make a thread on the car detailing it's current condition and any work you do to it. Then when/if you come to sell you can show people that although it's had a chequered history it's now just as good as any other RS. Plus it is in LY and has sat nav. As long as the car drives well I dont...

Bigg Red should have them.

I just used metal putty to plug the holes and made the loop with a bit of brake pipe.

I've had the subframe off today so while I was there I checked the steering rack bolts, which is much easier off the car! Despite doing them as tight as I could when I orginally fitted the rack they still took another half a turn off the car. We will see what difference this makes with sticky...