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Don't buy a cheap clutch! I made that mistake in the past.

The point if a van is that I can drive it anywhere, bump it up the kerbs, chuck engines etc in the back. I can do none if this things to this car as it's really low, is rock hard an far too clean inside.

This gives me a proper Rocco Siffredi hardon. Loving your work steve, LOVING it!

So I've finally put it back on the road! Mot, tax and insurance so I'm all good again. I had a spare hour at work today so I washed it, fitted my new wheels thanks to Wick and TheEvilGiraffe for those! I also painted my rusty copper coloured nuts. Still loving it but I really need a van...

I bought some ages ago, they're brilliant! I use them for polishing, waxing and I've got a couple for dedicated bumper/trim dressing. You can wash them out too. Bear in mind I clean at least two cars a day, every day, they've lasted bloody ages!

That's good to hear. Cheers.

Yes, when I bought it. :S

If it was me, i'd fit a set of coilovers and a set of 16 inch sport wheels. Oh and a better stereo because Renault ones are shite. Other than that, I really don't see the point in exhausts/air filters etc. It's a 75bhp clio.

Van customers need to be kept on the road so will tend to drop the van off, collect a courtesy van and collect theirs after a couple of days. Price wise, I was only going by what we used to charge for Trafic cambelts back in 2003 so I may be a little out of touch.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-5-Ton-Low-Entry-Aluminium-Quick-Lift-Racing-Jack-/180832164601?pt=UK_Lifting_Moving_Equipment&hash=item2a1a6fdaf9 I have this one, it's bloody brilliant...

Chip, slightly off topic, is your van a 2.5 or 1.9? How good is it at towing??

I think it's pretty bad that a commercial vehicle uses a belt driven engine in this day and age. Some vans do upwards of 100k a year and manufacturers expect people to have the van off the road for 2 days every 8 months for a £5/6/700 cambelt replacement?? No wonder Mercedes sprinters sell so...

I just googled it, up to 2010, 2.5 diesel masters are belts.

I've answered my own question, it seems they are belt driven if it's the 2.5. Also, on your invoices, there will be some of the generic writing at the bottom, usually generated by the service advisor, that states ''Cambelts due every xxx miles or xxx years, ask us for a quote'' or similar.

Ultimately, you were given a book pack which states servicing intervals and procedures. at 230,000 miles you'll be lucky to get £10 out of them i'd have thought. You sure it's not train driven? I thought the newer masters had chains.

Jack it up on the sill with a block of wood to protect the sill, then put the axle stand under the bolts that bolt the back of the subframe to the chassis? The front of my car has been sat like that for over a year. The back wheels haven't even got any bolts in them! lol

As nice as those cars are (Some of them are stunning particularly the caddy!) VW shows are more or less identical all over the country year after year.

Do you think this is Karma for being a cantankerous old c**t?

Stupidly. I had a one box decatted 2.75 inch system on my ph1 years ago and it was deafening at 60-90mph. With no boxes it would be horrific. It's a clio ffs, why do you want it stupidly loud??

I buy 5 litres every 8 weeks so you could say I get through a fair bit! Lol.

My mate at the time put £6000 worth of JL audio, MTX and Kenwood gear into his G reg 1.4 Merit Astra. He got it from Sextons and did it on a 4 year finance deal! Looking back at it now, it was utter lunacy!!

If ever i've seen a man trying (and failing!) to hold on to his youth, that was him. I do love Dimma stuff though. Used to dream of owning one when i was 12/13! lol .

Please say you're still going to keep racing though??

Autoglym super resin polish.

A dremel?! Flol! I think he assumes everyone is as handy as he is.

He's just sent me a list of broken bits, it's long...

Barnett Ring Vince at Bristol auto care, based in St George. (You'll have to google his number) Very helpful bloke that has his own machine shop. If he can't do it, he'll know where to send you for sure.

Oh I didn't see those issues, the advert was gone , I was too late to the party!

When you sell a car for a quarter of its market value, they tend to sell fast.

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