Recent content by Polynesian

Good luck for Friday…

Yeah, nothing like working on old clios in less than ideal conditions. Weirdly I actually prefer working on the Clio to my alpina, the engine bay is less crowded with s**t. But it is rustier. We all need a Sreten (M539 restorations) setup really, don’t we. Good luck with the ballache you no...

Wish I could offer some advice. I’m in a similar position to you, rust, snapping bolts and occasional bits that are beyond me. You did make something click for me though- the mystery brackets I painted and prepped last year are arb brackets. Checked my PMS invoices and sure enough, I bought...

Interesting how many of us have gone back for seconds (or more). They’re just such good cars.

Any chance that a UCH refurb could help with some of the issues?

Love it. Great colour. Nice to see one you can just get in and drive and not have to tinker with.

s**t that’s not nice, can’t imagine working on a Clio in this weather and feeling unwell on top of it! Good luck with the work. Hope it’s dry this weekend (for all of us driveway technicians!) Way back you wrote, “All in all it’s costing me a fortune and makes no rational sense whatsoever.” -...

Sure enough, under the paint inside the arch, there’s a captive nut and the end of the broken bolt that was never going to move working on it from inside the engine bay. I want to be mad at the french for such a s**t design, but also it’s a simple and lightweight solution, so I’ll forgive them...

Keep talking out of your arse then, seems you’re both right! Seems I have a trip to the wheelarch after all. It’s being a real ballache at the moment, and it doesn’t help that it’s raining every day and it’s only under a gazebo roof.

Ah, gotcha, sorry. Yep have used wurth rost off, heat and a couple of different extractor tools. ETA- actually, I’m really not sure there is a captive nut. The other fixing bolts have threads directly in the metal of the chassis…

Because it’s the end of a bolt- the head sheared off. So there’s nothing to grind in the wheelarch.

Arghhh. Arghhh. Arghhh. This car. I’m losing the will. I could do with some help… 1. The f**king vibratechnics gearbox mount. A curse upon their house for making such a poorly fitting part at such a premium price. At least have the decency to say “this fits like s**t. Dremel it and smack it...

I hear you on the rust. I have all that work ahead of me. One thing about yours, it’s going to look absolutely unreal when it’s finished. It’s a brilliant colour. Nice skills to be able to do the work yourself, impressive.

Who did you use for the bodywork? And you’d recommend them?

Thanks, that’s the plan. One step forward and two steps back with this car!