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Both of you come down to London we'll get both of yours done in an afternoon ;) Jokes aside, I watched the very same video even before buying the car (ease of maintenance was a key parameter) and when it was time to do it myself I managed in three hours, including some moments of random cocking...

I've only had a couple of non-start situation with the dCi, all sorted after a colleague found a big white connector next to the battery (wires coming from engine relay box) that had lost its locking clip. Cable tied that together, all fine since then. Worth having a look!

Pleased to read that your killed the judder with the new dogbone. I fitted the same exact part and it did nothing :(

found it on ebay at the end of november, the guy had 3 for sale ! paid £25

Sorry, I'm an immigrant lol

Time for a quick update, During the whole of January the Clio has been fine, I'm still chasing a weird vibration at speed, and a weird clunk while doing the first 2/3 meters in reverse, almost like something is moving on the front end, will have to investigate.. Big news though, she broke...

This is how my carpets looked when brand new And now after a year and a half I don't mind them black. Excuse the iPhone 5 pics..

Where about are you Austin ? You can get expression carpets on eBay or on RPD, got mines from there, as I said about £30. I'd rather have them black, light colored stuff always shows the dirt more easily.

As for the carpets I'd go for brand new ones, you can get expression carpets which are black, brand new genuine for less than £30 iirc.

Personally Austin I'd go for good part worns off eBay. Buy from trusted sellers and you can get proper bargains for nice branded tires. I spent around 100 for 4 summer goodyears and 80 for some continental winters. I do have the advantage of being able to do the work myself but I still think...

oh man I'm so envious !!! 100hp initiale, in the best color imho, and if that's not enough... for £200 !!! Makes my £360 purchase seem like a rip off ! Mine is also a Cat C.. I definitely got ripped off ! Top buy man, you've got the best spec ever being a phase 3 with electric rear windows...

Thanks Austin! An initiale 100 would probably be a phase 3 so you might just have the ultimate mk2 dCi in my opinion !!

I am loving your project threads. Top work.

quality read, love your vans !

Thank you @20vKarlos! Oh hello, a whole year rolled by and we're in 2019 already.. that didn't take long! What went down then? Last time you saw my beloved pile she was alive and happy after some track abuse and a suspect gearbox fault that turned out to be a loose wheel. With not much time...

I like this, good work !!

a couple of proper shots from saturday:

this is what bad influence does.. Let's rewind a couple of weeks It was all going so well with my rusty red shed, now driving how a car should, a little on the harsh side but nothing I couldn't cope with at 28. The big annual Christmas trip is closing in, I though I'd do some prep work by...

what a legend Martin! I was trying to spot my car in all the video but you did all the work for me! Nice to meet you too, hopefully this won't be the last time!

Another Saturday, a little bit more work on the poor red clio. Last week I found some eibach sportlines from a guy on fb that was breaking a 182. Jumped on them and today they finally got fitted. I took pictures of the whole car and of front and rear axle purely to see the difference in...

more little fixes in the last week and today. Wednesday a new glow plug relay went in. I decided to just whack one in without any sort of diagnosis on my smokey cold starts. It's either injectors or leaky turbo, but hey the pre-heating circuit as all new now! Second was a little fix for which...

back to boring stuff for today. I had a couple of maintenance tasks that I wanted to get done, time wasn't on my side thanks to an unexpectedly long GP visit.. First thing was to quieten down the brake pads. The brakes work fine, but at As most of the items in the conversion they're old, but...

You'll have to excuse the quality of my pictures. I've only got an iPhone 5, and autofocus has recently decided to go on holiday. part of the reason why I drive around in a £300 Clio i guess !

Thanks @william.. for the input, these things are waay beyond my understandings of car electronics! Back to the oxide red beast. Got a whiteline 19mm ARB from Mark Corsa on FB. Black bushings, the good ones from what I've read, and in fairly good condition. I took it apart and gave it a...

Better than nothing! Cheers !!

Thank you !

Ye boi!

Thanks William I did have the magnetic ring on the old drums I remember. I'm now looking for dCi 100 (or even 1.6 16v) rear abs sensors that I'm told will solve the problem. They're almost not available as I've been trying with cash in hand for over 3 months !

172 rear springs and dampers are also on, the sport conversion can be considered completed now. I've also bled the brakes one more time, but still have a brake warning light on, will look into it. Feels a lot stiffer with the whole sport setup on, I need to get some people in it to check if...