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Personally the corrosion on the alloys would bother me more! But as others have said, paint the brakes in situ.

I think F4R A8P8 is the F4R 832 engine, which is the Clio 200 engine I think. Should go in the 197 though, but I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will be along soon.

It's a 2.0 diesel according to the DVLA

A few spots from Cromford steam rally at the weekend

11k from new Z3 owned by an old chap around the corner from me, its extremely clean as you would expect on that few miles!

The system needs a specific weight of refrigerant in to function, not pressure (yes it relies on pressure to function but pressure alone won't make it work properly) Those kits shouldn't be sold in my opinion. £40-60 to get it vacuumed and refilled with the correct amount.

Brush on silver Hammerite. Lasts for ages, goes on easily and doesn't mind if you haven't done a great job of prepping them.

My understanding is that the issue with fitting a 197/200 engine is that the gearbox bolt holes on the block are different, so folk tend to use a 182 block with 197/200 head.

Definitely get some heat on it, ideally a proper plumbers torch if you have access to one.

1 - Dave 2 - Cub 3 - Luke 4 - Stefan 5 - Cookie 6 - Chrisgti6 - MR2 Roadster

So what use would a new one be? :confused:

Depending what's wrong with yours, could you not just have a machine shop resurface it?

Nice clean Nova GSI parked Infront of me when I came out of Smyth's Toys with my daughter last Sunday

No 🤣

I can probably help with that if you wanted....

I might be wrong, but every driveshaft I've ever bought already has CV boots on it?

Insuring it will be interesting too I'd imagine, wouldn't it essentially be a modified 1.2?

Decided to treat myself to a new 200 piece set from Halfords. My previous set has lasted me approx 15 years but I've retired it as spares.

Unfortunately not seen by me, but my brother while in Edinburgh I believe. Gorgeous thing and a rare site these days!

Curve ball - save a shed load of cash and get 80-90% of the fun with a MK3 MR2. (Yes, suggesting my own car in typical CS fashion)

You were never 'in the game' to start with then! ;)

If you don't know what crossovers are then I'd say it's a whole lot more than 14 years since you left the 'game'! :p

Just live in a less dodgy area?

You are very welcome (it wasn't me btw)

I've heard of going balls deep, but never nuts only, sounds painful!

Wow, almost a 14 year thread revival!

Maybe just see what they are like first, before assuming they are fucked? If you use the right tools they will come out. Torx bit in an impact driver and I'm sure they will come out. Failing that vice grips as already suggested. Shouldn't be any need to drill them out if done properly.

Does the engine turn over, or does it just click when you turn the key? As already asked, were you with him at the time? Sounds like he could have money shifted it 3rd to 2nd instead of 3rd to 4th!

Ahh fair enough

I've never used it, but the Litchi app offers this function I think. I use Litchi with my Mini SE to get some more features (follow me mode etc) but I've not tried using the Litchi Vue app yet.