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First Car Project - Clio 172 PH1

Louis said:
Have you tried using the renault method rather than a jubilee?
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yes-ish, I used a step down to fit in the hole, then a 1/4 ratchet with the bar of my jack shoved in the end of it to give me more leverage. Not exactly the Renault tool I guess but it did work just didn’t give me enough slack as it was right up to the engine mount.
 
Me and my mechanic mate, who’s better than me, wrestled with the aux belt prior to my driving lesson tonight and he someone managed to get the thing on. He walked it on the crank I’m guessing I wasn’t exactly paying attention to what he was doing. I’m definitely sending this thing off to someone else when it needs one again, I can’t be bothered with this faff again.

Once that was done, new radiator and AC condenser was fitted but I then had to go off and do my lessons. Hopefully this car will be ‘done’ by tomorrow. It’ll never be truly done I don’t think but it’s definitely in a MOTable state once I’ve done the backbox, coolant and fitted the body work back to it. Sadly, my JMRS intake is delayed so It’ll be a week or two before it wears that
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Apart from the backbox and front bumper this car is ready for an MOT. It gets up to temp and stays there, the heaters work inside, there’s no issues whatsoever apart from the fact the radio has magically lost its code. Annoyingly I had to ring Renault for the code as it’s not the original radio but is an OE and I wrote it on the radio itself so I’ve got to take that out again as I’ve got no idea what it could be.

I did think the throttle pedal was broken but it’s normal so thank god for that, means it’s not taking even more money out of my bank for the time being.
 
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The throttle pedal is lower than the others as standard in cars

If you accidentally jab a pedal they'd rather you hit the brakes than the accelerator, so you don't stove it into someones living room
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YorkshireKyle said:
The throttle pedal is lower than the others as standard in cars

If you accidentally jab a pedal they'd rather you hit the brakes than the accelerator, so you don't stove it into someones living room
😂
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😂, it’s something I never really noticed about pedals at all, never exactly had a good look at them. Just seemed a bit lower than I’d imagine it being.

My mate pointed it out too me so I had a look and there was stuff about issues with the cable so I thought it’s best to ask. I was expecting another issue with this bloody thing, everything I seem to look at has something I’ve not noticed or broken.
 
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