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Spotted you this morning on the A46 heading out of Coventry

We had a dodgy batch a while ago, was a change in their production method if I remember. Obviously that chipping you see isn't ideal, but with an eye kept on it, it should be ok, and the bonus with the compount is you can run the material right down to near the backplate without any noticable...

Exactly. Coming out the wheel end, as he says, unless I'm reading it wrong, is slightly more worrying

It has popped out wheel end?

Genuine renault kit about £27+VAT I believe, worth paying the slight more over a non-genuine kit

CL RC5+ by any chance? Always do it on the lotus's at work. Pretty normal

Wasn't thinking properly about the exhaust, it's worth looking at as a possibility. If your that close to him, might even be worth taking it over to him to check it over and identify the problem. I drove 90+ miles each way in March for Fred to do my cambelt, and can't recommend him enough!

Definitely stick with NGK's, it's the "NGK PFR6E-10" ones you want

Can't comment on the exhaust tbh, but the manifold finishes after the subframe, so I wouldn't have thought it could hit. I'm not sure where you are based but just remembered this from Fred@ BTM at the moment. Price of the dephaser change + the discount he is running at the moment. Obviously, it...

Price of a cambelt change+ dephaser (£150ish i think)/ Labour. (And I believe the oil and filter need changing at the same time)

WOW! Thats stunning! A lot of work gone into that! Looks brilliant!

2-3 seconds of cranking sounds very much like the immobiliser. The immobiliser dash light operating correcting?

Can't see why Dawns would be on the back of a lorry though?

Surely that is the bigger problem here?haha No problem

Haha! If it worked before, it can't be anything too serious surely! (All your tools make it back into your toolbox?;) If you lived slightly closer I would offer to help you sort it, used to have one myself

Thats not good. Do you know where they think it is stuck? If they think it's in the bore, to save some time and money, it would be a good idea to get a bore camera in there and check it out. Should be able to look at the valves as well. Would just maybe shed some light on the possibilities...

I had this and i just adjusted my brake pedal switch. Problem sorted. There is a how to guide on here. If you look under where the pedals are you will see the switch

I'm no expert but the obvious things to me would be: -Look from a distance for colour match -Look down the panels for any ripples to make sure they smooth -Check for any overspray on mouldings and rubbers. -Check for runs/ orange peel (Was it you who had the run in with the lorry?)

Would definitely be worth getting the spark plugs out and looking down into the cylinders to have a look.

I had this on my old one. Never really looked into it much, but I believe it is to do with a bad earth somewhere! Normally near the rear light clusters

On a side note, great work Frenchthing. You got a link to your 106 build?

Someone will correct me, but I had this and it turned out to be the diff circlip I believe. It could however be a number of other things maybe

Have you tested the new battery just to check? Could possibly have a drain on the battery!?

I have a massive soft spot for these too, and with 430bhp, thats going to be a weapon! Very nice!

I can't comment on these particular ones, but Hi-Spec quality from what I have dealt with has been poor. I'v dealt with them for lotus's, and the ones I dealt with I sent back 3 times due to poor quality when I inspected them before fitting. Having said that, that was on rear callipers which had...

Where are you based? Someone might be local to you?

Is it a 172 engine put into a non-RS. With a replacement 172 loom fitted? Which plugs do you need help with? Plugs onto the engine? Just asking questions to try pin-point exactly you need? (Also where abouts are you, someone might be able to pop round and help?)

Spotted parked up out the front of National Tyres today. James

Pure p**n! Lovely cars!

It's still going to be cheaper to get one in standard spec, and in better condition. I know you said you are a trained mechanic, but look around the forum about the cambelt replaced procedure. It's not the easiest of cars to do, and a lot of people screw it up. What mileage is this one?