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hi guys had someone look at my car recently when looking at my knocking rack he says the soon i may need new power steering as a bearing has gone iirc would this be a case of just buying a new pulley or just buy a new pump if its a new pump how much is it going to cost its ok for now but i need...

Yeah passed me today such a nice colour would love a ly I see the 197 everyday I just keep forgetting to put it up

Just passed the liquid yellow at the Rayleigh weir and I see the 197 every night on my way home anyone on here

Had some trouble with my iPad I do have some more pictures to come soon :) Paris peach came round last night bought a set of 182 wheels and we thought we would have a go at trying to refurb them ourselves :) tbh they went well we gave them a spray up to hide some of the curbing we didn't expect...

Update * so I still really haven't had the chance to keep this up to date atm :( been working a lot recently so here is all the pictures I have taken recently and the stuff that I've been up to with the clio (she has a name but I will be killed if I say it ) lol anyways I finally managed to...

haha next time i see ya ill give ya a beep :)

so my car was looked at yesterday and the problem has been found it was as said in here the cam seals apparently as told by my mechanic the guy who did the work on my car orignally had put the wrong seal in the inlet hole he had used an exhaust seal in there and apparently when my guy stripped...

yeah Theres me :) haha i live opposite the pub in cold norton always use see your car ages ago before i had my 172 i use to have a little black seat :)

1. Kyle86 2. AlexW 3. Scattle 4.Terrydb Only 2 mins from work :) im there

my friend replaced them before Christmas the do look fairly clean but tbh it's hard to tell atm cz I do have a oil leak

guys been having a problem with this knocking noise from my driverside suspension had a play last night and when i put my hand on the track rod inner i can feel the knocking noise through that would this be the cul prate as i9 have recently had these done could have not been done properly or...

Hmm see I have just had gearbox out so they would of checked shafts I just went out side and tried mine and if I hold the track or inner I can feel knock so I think it looks like a new rack for me

UPDATE: so few things to update ive been so busy with work recently i havent had the time to update on here as some people know sadly My gearbox died in the 172 its believed the clips that hold the drive shaft in where missing and the killed the box i did buy another box which was in the car...

hi guys when my car is stationery and i quickly move my steering from full left to right lock i get a creek/knock noise from my driver side i had lowering springs put on yesterday but the car was doing this before i had them put on i have also had new ball joints track rod ends and inners...

yeah thats why i was thinking of doing it i think it looks really good as well is just a case of changing it from in side the car ? thanks

hey guys could anyone tell how hard it is to switch my ph2 gear stick to ph1 metal ball gear stick Thanks Terry

Yeah dan you are right that was / is my car that was being done at the time I don't want to go in to much on here as there was a row the other night and I don't want to bring any of that up or names but unfortunalty for me this is goin to be an expensive fix :( I will you all the advice you...

ok so move of using just the bite a few times ? ill give that a try

small update which may help just drove my car when you don't use the accelerator and you move on the clutch bite there is no juddering however if you move off using the accelorator the juddering happens again

local garage in Chelmsford he did offer a warranty on it it only really started judering last night so i have not called yet did look on here and a few people who seem to have the same problem have said mounts i just wanted to get a second opinion before i called the garage

no your right it probably didnt i admit that but at the end of the day i am only human

ive literally just had a gearbox rebuilt last week tho

no since then i have had to have a new gearbox rebuilt

its booked with engine dynamics fred i have heard from a few people on here are good and know what there doing it goes in tomorrow so fingers crossed its not to bad

guys when i pull of in 1st at slow speeds in my 172 the car jerks and then goes as normal also every now and then it wont go in to 1st or wont let me go in to reverse i have had the coil pack just done btw i have also had a new gearbox and clutch and when im slowing down the car jerks then as...

unfortunately I can't Fred it was a friend of mine who did it who is quite an active user on here this has all happend and he will not do anything and is not admitting to anything so best I can do is get a recommended local garage to do it so do you reckon it those / cam seals because it's...

I have this same problem with mine guys if it is the de phaser seal does that mean new de phaser ? I was told that it sounds like the cam seals on my car I've just had a top end rebuild thanks terry

hi guys i need to find my alarm siren for my car as it no longer wants to work ive looked under the scuttle and its not there but there is a square box that says cobra on it behind my headlight on the passenger side is this it ? also how much to replace it Thanks terry

seen this go past my house a few times saw you last night was in my iceberg 172 looks a nice car :)

na kyle it didnt not sure what colour they call it but it was metallic blue