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I've purchased a plumbed in fire extinguisher but want to check where's best for the nozzles? I've had a look at a couple of the race car builds. I'm guessing two along the bulkhead area and two at the front with one of these aiming at the fuel rail?
Also with the ones on the plate at...
Had a nice evening with the car tonight. I've managed to build a few bits up but the nice bit is I wasn't covered in rust, crap or paint when I finished!
First up I fitted the bulkhead cover plate. I've adapted this to cover the old AC lines which I've cut back. I'll be changing a lot of the...
Cheers for the comments (y)
I try my best , sometimes it goes well and sometimes it doesn’t! I’m no mechanic and I don’t have the budgets of the fancy race cars.
This cars definitely become a labour of love
Big day today - first bits went back in! Also painted the last few bits. Only posted as we’ll see how long it takes from today to getting it started and getting it running....
Daunted as in there’s a lot to do and I don’t have much spare time, it’s hard to work in a single garage, there’s a lot of new bits going in that are different to before, I don’t want to forget one part and have to remove bits again to fit them, I want it back up together soon, I’ve been here...
With the upcoming COVID-19 isolation I've done my best to stock up...………………………………. on Clio parts to fit!
Firstly the powder coating is back. Most is grey but there's a couple of cleaned up cast items. Looks smart but to be honest I haven't taken the bubble wrap off as I don't want to damage...
Had the call today to say the sub frame etc is ready at the powder coaters. I’m looking forward to getting the bits back as that signals the start of the rebuild.
Most of the other bits I’ve painted are now ready. Made a bit of a mistake with the wishbones. Thought they were dry when I turned...
This weekend I managed to complete the wishbone strengthening.
I was going to send this away for powder coating but I couldn’t get the camber bushes out of the wishbones without bending them so decides to tape them up and paints them in house. Of to my trusty mate for the welding. Today I...
Last weekend I managed to clearcoat the engine bay ready to start bolting some bits back in
Found a bit of time at the weekend to run up and pick up the gearbox. On the way up I stopped at the Silverstone experience. It was nice to see one of the cars that got me into ‘cars’ again...
Cheers, I’m unsure on the EPAS as i’m still to drive one with it on. But there’s definatly a lot of bits that get removed!
As for the paint, I used a grinder with a knotted wire wheel brush on it. I must have taken over 75% of the paint off. All the chassis legs, turrets etc. The bulk head was...
Cheers for the comments 👍
Went and checked on it today, it’s still looking good! There’s one bit I wanted to keep so I covered it in masking tape before I painted it .........
Many many hours have gone into getting to today but at last the rebuild begins!
Over the past couple of weeks every spare moment has gone into removing rust and crappy paint. As I don’t want to do it again I ended up doing the whole engine bay and both wheel arches. I etch primered everything...
I’ve made a start on the rust removal. Although I have zero time for this in a weird way it’s actually enjoyable. I’m looking forward to the end results.
Gearbox update - turns out it’s not to bad which was unsurprising as its worked fine since I’ve had it. It’s going to have -
Selector...
I’ve been ruining Brembo 4 pots on my 182 for 4 years with no issues. I’ve never had a soft peddle after prolonged use (on track) and have never had the pedal go to the floor but................... the pedal travel can be relatively long. Consistent from cold but long.
I’m sure I’ve read...
More ‘progress’! I think. I removed the subframe and then all the bits that bolt to it ready for cleaning/painting.
I then got carried away again and removed as much as possible from the engine bay so it can be tidied up as best as possible before paint. I think I'm at the paint prep stage...
Today we finally removed the engine and gearbox from the car. I’ve never done this before so it was interesting. Shame it’s so cold outside today the frost never went away!
The gearbox is off to Mark to work his magic on it. It’s a bit wet inside but apart from that seams fine.
The gearbox...
Sad news - the gearbox is in the car due to illness :(
Good news - I’ve invested in an engine hoist.................... to remove the engine and gearbox this weekend :oops:
The more I looked at it the more I wanted to do so taking the engine out seems the simplest solution. I’m not going...
I've had time today to remove some more bits ready for the gearbox to come out. Hopefully this is happening tomorrow but I think my mate/mechanic has got the man flue so we'll see.
The cars up in the air now so I've removed the front wheels, arch liners, radiator and ECU bracketry. To be...
If you’re talking about the hard lines across the beam then they’re both still available from Renault. I had to get the OSR one and it was with me the follow day.
https://www.renaultpartsdirect.co.uk/parts/brake-parts/renault-clio-172-182-brake-pipe-osr/...
Just watched the video, fair play a lot of time and effort has clearly gone into the the rebuild 👏👍
I’ve driven Bedford a lot, I don’t think i’ve seen a 182 go past so many cars in a straight line 😬
Off to Google/dream about Clio turbo engines........