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Literally the leak is so slow I didnt even notice it. I changed the oil about 7 months ago but it just started making a slight whine so I look and it appears to be leaking from the selector. I just wanted to open the fill hole ans check if its lost much. Juat cant get in to undo it

Yea thats what im worried of. Its just a pain to get too aswell which doesnt help

Helpful thanks lol

Hi guys. My gearbox on my 172 has the tiniest leak ever from the gear selector seal. However This isnt my problem. Ive just got home and went to check the oil/top it up if needed and the butterfly plug in the fill hole is stupidly tight. Any tips on how to undo them? Thanks James

What do you mean fred? What have i got to do to sort this? Thanks for the advice

Ill have to strip it all down and go again!

No i used the slimline nut of the original shock. Dont understand why it will only go down this far!

Hi guys. I recently fitted a set of Ktecs coilovers to my 172 (ph2) flamer. I put everything back together as i think it should be. but the thread on the top doesnt come throught the top of the top mount. it is absolutely b0ll0ck tight though but i have this problem. there is a gap between the...

The work was done before i had the car thats the only problem :/

Hi guys. I have had my 172 (flamer) a little over a year now. When i bought it i knew it had been relaired for sone light damage to the drivers side rear quarter. Now the paint has started blistering pretty bad and it seems to be spreading further towards the door and into the bumper. Any idea...

Always coilovers for me :) depending on your budget, but you can generally get at least one decent set within each price range :)

Hi guys, joined here last week so its about time i posted something about the car i think! please click on the pictures to enlarge :) I bought it completely standard in january for £2000 (bargain!)...85k, FSH, cambelt and dephaser change 10k ago (at the time). just needed a bit of tidying up...

Yea thats how my front looked on mine before coilovers, although the rear of yours looks a tad lower id say, which is why the front would look so high

Can't really say for 1.2's... Although I had a mk2 ph2 1.2 16v as my first car, I had v-maxx on it, I used to think they were great until I recently bought some decent coilovers for my 172. The handling was improved and they wasn't to hard but with my 1.2 I think the shocks were tired anyway as...

Roughly between 26-36 in my 172 depending on how I'm driving it/traffic etc