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Yeah much appreciated that mate!

Cheers buddy - it has been a very long wait! Got the car ready in March this year so taken 8 months! 6 of those wasted with 519 and 2 needed to sort the f**k ups!

Post office wouldn't take it and needed it sharpish for MOT. That's definitely above and beyond service!!

UPDATE........SHE LIVES!!! Mike got the engine back in and fired her up, idles fine and all seems well. He said its a bit tappy, but probably due to the lifters being empty. It's going for an MOT this week then going up to Will Pedley Racing to be mapped at the weekend. I'll hopefully get...

Such a shame, only saving grace for me was that I didn't pay. Looking forward to hearing the progress though matey, fingers crossed its not 'too' bad

Long story short - my turbo went in for mapping, needed crank seal replacing. 5 months later I pick up a half finished car, covered in dust and s**t, half the engine missing and in a box in the boot. Took it to Mike Woodford to finish off and asked him to rip it apart again to make sure it was...

Gutted to hear of another clio being completely ruined by the same cowboy as mine! Glad to see its in good hands now though!

We'll looks like Dan 519 was kind enough to leave quite a few hidden gems for Mike to deal with! Loom cut in more places than I thought! But more serious than that, flywheel bolts loose, bell housing bolts missing and turbo bolts missing! f**king mugged me right off and if we hadn't of taken...

Cheers matey! Looking forward to getting out and meeting the peeps who have been offering help etc! Not much to report apart from Mike is working his way through the many bodged jobs that he's come across! He said the crank seal/cap looks like it's been fitted by putting the bloke on some...

MAC boost solenoid has arrived along with my new ITG foam air filter. When I dropped my car off to Mike he mentioned the generic unbranded filter was cack and letting in some dust, I also forgot to take my front bumper with me (DOH!) and obviously need that for it to go through the MOT. So...

Parked up outside my office with owner inside - looking very clean!

Could have been mine! I was on my way to Mike Woodford's on Saturday morning. Was it missing its front bumper? If so, was deffo mine! What was towing it?

Dropped the car off with Mike and discussed a game plan on Saturday. Properly nice bloke, spent a good hour chatting about plans etc. Plan is to take the engine and box back out to check the crank seal and other bits that were supposedly done before. I'd rather it be double checked to save...

Hope it's not too serious mate! it'll be worth it when it's sorted.

Cheers buddy, may still call on that help at some point tho! Yep! Never a better feeling that mate! I made the mistake of when I did the engine swap of not putting the cup shafts back on, instead put the 172 ones on. So not muller end, just putting the write ones back on! I would swap...

Couple of small updates.. 2 cup driveshafts arrived today to replace the very tired ones. Thought it was good timing as they're off the car anyway. Car is also booked in on the 20th to be looked after by Mike Woodford. Plan is to rip it apart, check everything that has been done previously...

Exactly mate, positive thoughts and all that! Got it from ebay, Think the shop is called Torques. Its a universal fit m20 one. If you cant find it I'll look back through my items

Haha! Cheers! the only reason it was so restrained is because I want to keep the thread open.

It was indeed, the one under the flywheel and all the gubbins He sent me pics of the leaks etc and engine looks as though it's out I literally pushed it 5 metres onto the trailer, then rolled it off. Done. Would that gave caused much? Cheers mate, much appreciated

He had a Monaco blue 172 there and said he had 1 more customer car, don't know if he was referring to the same car or had 2 there. I mock fitted to boost pipes and hoses to make sure they were all there, which they are. Driveshafts are there and look as though they are the same, but seeing...

Lost interest in it all. His words. Would have appreciated him telling me that 3 months ago, but hey ho. Ended amicably, so onwards and upwards.

Thanks Alex, I might just take you up on that... UPDATE...... So today was the day, after nearly 5 months of waiting, I got to pick up my car. Should of been a day filled with excitement, but unfortunately it was filled with disappointment and a little bit of anger thrown in for good...

Thanks mate, it's on the trailer and on my way home as we speak! Cars in bits, got a few boxes in the boot with all the unfitted parts. I'll stick some picks up soon. Just glad to have it pack in my possession

Cheers guys! I've managed to sort a trailer now and all set to get the car back on Saturday!

Ideally mate, only reason is it's taken me so long to pin him down and get a date, it'll only be more agg trying to contact him again cheers buddy

Unfortunately it was a poor choice (hindsight being a great thing!)but saying I cut corners was a low blow lol! I will take it wherever it needs to go yo get done properly Thanks, I'm hoping so when it's fine!

How have I cut corners so far?! Lol! I'm trying to avoid hiring a trailer twice, if the option isn't there for a one stop shop, then I will be doing exactly as you say. 1 place for mechanical, another for mapping. I'm merely asking for options

Cheers, left a voicemail so look forward to a reply. Any other recommendations?

Thanks Neil but I'm running a gen90 ecu and ED don't map them. Good shout, I'll give him a call, any idea if he opens Saturdays?

Could do but still need it mapped. I'm trying to avoid hiring a trailer twice really, so in my head thought I could pick the car up, and take it straight to a place that could finish the mechanicals and then map it! As I'm already travelling from Kent to Bedford, going from Bedford to Leeds...