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Steering rack on the sunflower has popped, can they be refurbished or anybody have a rack sitting around?

Couldn't believe my eyes on Saturday, on the Gc-1, passing the airport on Gran Canaria, spotted a Sunflower Ph1 with a burbling exhaust buzzing down the fast lane, unfortunately missed it with the camera....had to give it a double take...

Was the clutch release bearing changed when the clutch was fitted ? If not then it should have been, they can get very noisy and a change can be heard when going onto the pedal

while the belt is off check the crank pulley, i had a problem with the pulley separating, damper has perished away

I did this in the summer ( not actually the clutch but the release bearing, it failed prematurely ) and the biggest pain was the removal of the subframe bolts as they arent captive and tend to spin in the chassis legs, held in by steel clips which snap off. I cut the bolts out with a cutting...

What looked like 3 track based Clios passing kettering in the evening, I passed you in my Sunflower....

thats quite the project !

after seeing your thread it stirred a memory of seeing the Renault 21 turbo radio controlled cars at mallory park in the 80s. i think they were there as a support to the GT Cup ? i wonder if any of those models still exist ?

looks like my r11 turbo died

very good car, my father ran a Renault dealership for many years and i remember him having a red R9 Turbo as a demonstrator, i had a le car 2 5 turbo in white and a year later a red mk1 11 turbo (quad headlights) which is probably the car i had most fun in ever

would that of been a R9 turbo that was kicked out ?

In my 15th year of ownership of the Ph1 Sunflower, anybody had their 172/182 longer ?

The loctite stuff must be used, it stays liquid so if you over do it then it doesn't block oil ways

I'm in the middle of a 172 gearbox removal, everything is out and I'm ready to drop the box off the engine, seems I may have missed some nuts/bolts but can't find anything, I can see it moving . Are there any hidden bolts/nuts that I may have missed? These are what I have removed so far, facing...

I did it myself and it took 10 days 😆

Too many YouTubers doing crap rebuild videos !

'Noisy engine' - never seen that recorded on an MOT before

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Phase 1 172. I cant get the mpg on the instruments to read over 12mpg ( struggle to get it close to double figures ) and of course the range is also miles out. I have run from full to full and the car is returning 32mpg which im happy with, it has donen this consistently recently. What could...

Called Renault today and they list 75, 82 and 89 against my car ! Should i go for 89 ? Waiting for advice from Renault !

Temperature on 172 not moving above 81, what is normal running temperature?

It's the twin lambda, double barrel ph1 cat. I think it has collapsed on one side. Can a ph2 172 fit straight on as a direct replacement?

Will a PH2 cat direct fit a PH1 ?

spring moving ?

Having issues getting the PH1 through the MOT on emissions. Got to take a look today and im quite sure everything is as it should be apart from the cat, measured the temperatures at each end and the left hand side is quite a bit cooler than on the right hand side. If i tap each side with a...

I do hope it comes back, did plenty of bike track days there and its right on my doorstep. To be honest the last time I rode there it was apparent how much circuit maintenance was required, lots of sunken tarmac.

The land isnt suitable to build housing on, site of the old steel works, its full of nasty s**t!

Do the feeler gauge trick to take the tension off the inlet side

Consider also changing the crank pulley, some are old and coming apart

One of four on the road and still loving it after all these years, 14th year of ownership!