Recent content by kaosiow

Surprisingly I ended up with two missing nuts, And having my nose glued back together after the breaker bar I was levering the exhaust manifold off with twatted me in the face.

Thanks!

As the post says, I'm in the process of putting the car back together after changing the gearbox, and having been weeks since i stripped it down I cannot for the life of me remember where this parts goes, and I didn't take a photo of this part unlike everything else. Help.

It has cruise control, traction control and abs, if that helps.

As above , having first thought it was a circlip failure, I'm led to believe by those in the know on here that it's actually a fubar'd diff, so I need a new gearbox, So it's a 2003 172 with the bolt on diff plate instead of the circlip. So what's the best gearbox to look out for? Can I fit...

Yep drive shaft is fine, So should the drive shaft just pull out with no resistance? So how will I know if it's the diff without removing the gearbox, don't wanna buy a new box before I know I need it. The outer part with the t30 torx screws can also be spun independently from the middle part.

So finally stripped it down, to my surprise it has the bolt on cover, however there was no circlip present and the drive shaft was loose, is it just a case of undoing the cover put the new circlip and spacer on and bolt bag together?

Can I just replace the circlip thing ? As a temporary measure

Fancy a trip to the Isle of Wight lol so how hard is it to fit the bolt on plate, accessible without much hassle?

Wait just saw the post about the circlip, so is welding the only option?

Yep jacked it up checked all gears wheels roll fine, put a little pressure on the passenger side wheel and the grinding starts. It has traction control and cruise control. Anyone selling a suitable second hand drive shaft?

Sorry forgot to add this is my second 172 and it's not a cup this time.

So I've just pulled out from a roundabout on my way home, at 10mph tops, as I turned there was a loud bang and I lost all drive to the wheels. If i put the car in gear you can hear spinning but the wheels don't move and the car doesn't stall, I was towed home by the AA, and the car made no weird...

Anyone??

So I've had a look online but cannot find a solution, My traction control light doesn't illuminate when in use or if I turn the switch off, however it is still working and so is the switch. When I activate the test mode for the dials it light's up. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Kirk.