3,304 days ago since I owned a Renault ..

andybond

ClioSport Club Member

  Lotus Exige

• Jan 25, 2025

• #41

Finally the nearside light was frustrating me. It was cloudy as heck. I purchased a cheap "wipe" kit on Amazon and had a go. Nothing to lose really!

Its only gone and worked!

Before

What it should look like

After

 

Krarl

ClioSport Club Member

  535d & Monaco 172

• Jan 25, 2025

• #42

andybond said:

I have had a busy day!

I found some spare part treasure including :

1) TDC sensor
2) HT leads
3) Coilpack

Guess that should save me having to invest in these as apparently these were changed over 10mo ago

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I am not sure what the part that resembles a kazoo is ( top , right ) though?

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Gearbox speedo sensor

 

andybond

ClioSport Club Member

  Lotus Exige

• Jan 25, 2025

• #43

Krarl said:

Gearbox speedo sensor

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Ithankyouverymuch!

 

andybond

ClioSport Club Member

  Lotus Exige

• Jan 25, 2025

• #44

O2 sensor ordered. Cannot wait to try and get under the clio.

 

andybond

ClioSport Club Member

  Lotus Exige

• Feb 2, 2025

• #45

The third brake light didnt work and looking at previous MOT hadnt for some time
I removed the cup spoiler via the 6 torx screws and then measured with the multimeter across the now disconnected connector - 12V.

Must be the light then. Fortunately I had pre-empted this and bought a new LCD strip. I ever so carefully removed the top light and went about changing over the LCD strip. Fairly straightfoward TBH but I took extreme car not to crack the plastic light. These are NLA and I have seen upwards of £100 for them on ebay. Sod that!

Before

During

Some corrosion here but cleaned it up and it made absolutely zero difference

After. It didnt actually take me that long but I went out and forgot to get a pic!

 

andybond

ClioSport Club Member

  Lotus Exige

• Feb 5, 2025

• #46

Took my youngest to football ..

 

andybond

ClioSport Club Member

  Lotus Exige

• Feb 10, 2025

• #47

Post paint I had to get some new decals.

I appear to have slightly nudged the number 2 when fitting but its nigh on identical to the other side. Both passed Renault QC I am sure ..

 

Matt Cup

ClioSport Club Member

  Leon Cupra

• Feb 11, 2025

• #48

andybond said:

Post paint I had to get some new decals.

I appear to have slightly nudged the number 2 when fitting but its nigh on identical to the other side. Both passed Renault QC I am sure ..

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I bought some of those decals as back ups, managed to get two sets for the price of one from the seller which didn’t seem that bad.

Still waiting for Christian Pickering to finalise his reproductions so I can get a set of his too.

 

andybond

ClioSport Club Member

  Lotus Exige

• Feb 13, 2025

• #49

My wiper pump has stopped working.

First things first I’ll check the fuse. I have grabbed some Renault documentation and …

The fuse box is located in the passenger compartment on the drivers side.

You what now?

Ah , it means on the passenger side end of dash!

Just been out and flicked a known working fuse over ( F3 with F7 ) and no joy. Must be a dead pump.

 

andybond

ClioSport Club Member

  Lotus Exige

• Feb 14, 2025

• #50

@Brigsy was right! I must admit I did wince a bit at the angle of bend and the force I needed to remove the existing pump but new febi item is in place and working fine!

 

Brigsy

ClioSport Club Member

  T.Turbo

• Feb 14, 2025

• #51

Usually need a puller for the wipers so saved you some aggro

 

andybond

ClioSport Club Member

  Lotus Exige

• Sunday at 3:18 PM

• #52

Next up on the to do list - clock / radio cluster.

The one I had was failing. The digits weren't working never mind the backlight.

Paul from Diamond-Performance donated a cluster to the cause and I purchased a pack of 10 bulbs. Of the first 6 , 4 did not fit too well. Awesome quality control there.

So, I took the dash apart and what a simple yet painful in terms of what you are trying to achieve job that is.

Dash back together

Sadly this picture highlights the soft to touch plastic thats now tacky and will be ace in summer to double up as a fly trap.

Lastly , is this a OE radio? I dont get any display on the cluster when powered on if it is ...

Rear wiper blade also changed ...

 

andybond

ClioSport Club Member

  Lotus Exige

• Sunday at 3:22 PM

• #53

Jobs to do list
Validate if radio is OE or not
Checkstraps - replace
Interior clean
Soft touch plastic de fly trap
Touch up the exterior plastics that have gone grey
Bodywork - few dents
Bodywork - few scratches
Near side front wheel has gone milky in places.
Offside driveshaft swap
O2 sensor change but mysteriously car has been running fine.

 

Matt Cup

ClioSport Club Member

  Leon Cupra

• Sunday at 3:22 PM

• #54

I need to do my radio cluster lights. Any tips to get the dash top off?

 

Krarl

ClioSport Club Member

  535d & Monaco 172

• Sunday at 3:33 PM

• #55

That radio is the wrong one but quite rare. You need a TunerList radio for anything pre 2004

 

andybond

ClioSport Club Member

  Lotus Exige

• Sunday at 3:35 PM

• #56

Matt Cup said:

I need to do my radio cluster lights. Any tips to get the dash top off?

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There is an excellent guide in here. Take your time and dont force anything.

https://cliosport.net/content/guides/fubar/ph2_dashboard.pdf

 

andybond

ClioSport Club Member

  Lotus Exige

• Sunday at 3:35 PM

• #57

Krarl said:

That radio is the wrong one but quite rare. You need a TunerList radio for anything pre 2004

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Thanks @Krarl.

Ebay here I come! - something like this? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17683081...VCLqUwI+Q2do+51NQZ52OLvobw==|tkp:BFBMnrHD9qFl

Anyone interested in my wrong, rare one? ( story of my life right there )

 

Krarl

ClioSport Club Member

  535d & Monaco 172

• Sunday at 3:44 PM

• #58

andybond said:

Thanks @Krarl.

Ebay here I come! - something like this? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176830812410?_skw=renault+clio+radio+2003&epid=653461374&itmmeta=01JM7PGV24DBWJP1TYAF8NZ5V2&hash=item292bf010fa:g:WLIAAOSwNlJnp2Gq&itmprp=enc:AQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1e69a+SPTONeV+AiWNR/1clAYT1znwHoQuK2PaM2cxQOkSi2MGaxDnUOfkEe42ICvpTp4xC3T538TJ5HW+upHuzy/LWiOoC0YYkZj6bD0xUcq0kdTCxcmvtfQ0H6MoRUFoJjPymlWEpBQ1mCSfJ0oIqf7wQt27T+VI4+Gu2EO/arbtx7ZeR2NlH9cNhkl2OzyKHepgsJtTBRBxvycpkpiLyYZdX0pyz5foDaGzGZTQYV+x0PPws7gH47AiV4KULYplPYEQfjv0AcGhzMsXsVCLqUwI+Q2do+51NQZ52OLvobw==|tkp:BFBMnrHD9qFl

Anyone interested in my wrong, rare one? ( story of my life right there )

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The laguna one wont fit mate, needs to be a clio one. I've tried interchanging Megane ones but they don't work

Rare because it's an UpdateList so post 2005 and it has the screen. Not many cars had them so I suspect it's from a Laguna/Megane too

 

Matt Cup

ClioSport Club Member

  Leon Cupra

• Sunday at 3:46 PM

• #59

Twingo’s had that radio too.

 

andybond

ClioSport Club Member

  Lotus Exige

• Sunday at 3:51 PM

• #60

So looking for a twingo clio tunerlist. Got it.

Thanks.

 

Krarl

ClioSport Club Member

  535d & Monaco 172

• Sunday at 4:03 PM

• #61

Nah just Clio, I've tried most of them, save yourself a headache Andy and just buy a clio one 😂

 

Matt Cup

ClioSport Club Member

  Leon Cupra

• Sunday at 4:04 PM

• #62

No what I meant was the radio you already have is out of a Twingo (& Kangoo) too as well as the other models mentioned above.

 

andybond

ClioSport Club Member

  Lotus Exige

• Sunday at 5:01 PM

• #63

Krarl said:

Nah just Clio, I've tried most of them, save yourself a headache Andy and just buy a clio one 😂

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Clio. Got it.

Not a saxo then?

 

andybond

ClioSport Club Member

  Lotus Exige

• Thursday at 11:06 AM

• #64

Delighted with that.