Recent content by Mertin

Well built but I'd at least be expecting ITB's on it for that money

With the ball ache that accessing the starter motor is, I would be replacing with new item so that your not changing it again in a hurry

Alot of good points made, quite often a misconception that stainless is best

Be careful of using stainless bolts on carbon steel parts, can often cause further issues due to galvanic corrosion and dissimilar metals. Especially in a corrosive atmosphere or where theres lots of moisture / salty roads

Screwfix do sets of nuts and bolts in a tray but can't comment on quality as never used. Something Iv always meant to get myself but I always seem to get by without purchasing a set

I fitted the Aico ones to my home this year as per the new scottish law where they all have to be interlinked. 10 year battery life iirc and they all interlink via radio frerquency so if one goes off in the garage, they will all go off around the house I didn't fit one to the garage but its a...

Thanks, someone else just pointed that out to be aswell and they seem to do alot of good work. Didnt think to check koni site as just thought they wont bother with that but good to see they have two indy specialists for the work

Got a set of new koni (kw) rear dampers to fit my 172 running kw v2 coilovers, want to go for a stiffer rear spring also What companies have members used for revalving dampers?

Forgot to mention I had 3 spare lambdas sitting, threw one of them in and checked and graph seemed to be the same. That isnt to say they were both faulty or past their best like you say Just ordered a new one anyway and be keen to throw it onto the tester out of curiousity and see what...

Just got my 172 running a sports cat through MOT, just. 0.200 CO allowed and scraped by at 0.199 red hot I have checked lambda using rs tuner and it seems to graph ok on idle, could it still be knackered and worth a change? Also checked coolant sensor and is reading true so shouldnt be running...

I would say filter, as thats after its left the pump Sump will be cooler and oil may pick up some heat in the pump so truer reading

Pretty sure interstate are no more. I was looking into them few months back as their on the MSA tyre list and not one Id heard much about

Standard 172 manifold can be removed via top. 182 manifold from below and requires subframe to be lowered

To describe the noise, it is a light knock every few seconds

Just replaced the gearbox, flywheel, clutch and release bearing last week and have a noise on idle which disappears when clutch is depressed which leads me to think its the release bearing. Unless gripper diff's can be noisy on idle (unsure if they see any rotation in neutral? Maybe a daft...