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None of them will officially fit, you have to buy the whole metal bracket from Renault which includes the rubber. You could make one to fit and hold it in with cable ties, but not recommended if you have a renault exhaust.

Looks smart.

Does it hang low because its not hooked in the mount? Im sure the mount will stretch to hold it in, you'd be suprised how much they will stretch. Might even be worth seeing if your engine mounts will allow for any movement forward (although unlikely). If it still doesnt fit you can try moving...

Make sure the pads are on the right way round, the pad towards the piston has a bit that sticks out which rests in the slot on the piston. Carefully peel back the rubber seals and stick a bit of grease on the sliders, careful not to get any mud in there.

As edde says it sounds like the release bearing to me, does it especially do it when its damp?

I know a place near worcester that did a good job of mine. They normally charge £60 but had to charge a bit more for mine as they "wernt normal".

It doesnt look that far out in the pic, did they definatly send the right one? As there are 2 centre section sizes for 172s. the 172mk1 centre section is about 5cm longer.

Get some good pics of the car, see phreebones car for sale in the section, see the 172mk1 buyers guide in the guides section.

cat to centre Gasket 7700823540 £1.75 cat to manifold kit (with gasket) 6000073668 £12.20 Back box 6000073740 £100.81 Centre section (assuming you have a 172ph2 as the ph1 centre section is longer) 8200332139 £186.66 Bolt 7703034258 £2.41 Nut 7703002115 91p

Its a fairly common problem mike, take the connectors out of the black block and clean them all up, make sure they are straight and not touching any other connectors. Clean the pins in the light cluster with a wire brush. Spray some wd40 but not too much, clean up any thats on the plastic with...

The cambelt, aux and tensioners is a big job and normally costs around £750-850. If the car doesnt get it done asap it will be a ticking time bomb, the plugs, filters and oil is easy enought to do yourself/cheaply. Have you got any pics of the Celica? always been a fan..

Dave have a look at my buyers guide in the guides section, theres a lot of info in there from the renault brochure.

Any pics? 25mm is quite a lot, I trust you have longer bolts?

IIRC the dialogies shows it as 2 parts but its not, its 1 part with 2 bits stuck together. The dialogies shows the standard non rs wheel arch, then it looks like the 172 part is a seperate piece but its not, that seperate piece is a whole wheel arch but extended. Hope that makes sense!

Flat bladed screw driver should do it.

It could be the steering rack mounts, get under the car and try tightening the 4 bolts, see if it gets any better.

Do you mean starting the engine while in 1st gear?

Welcome to CS. Sounds like a good deal, make sure the garage do the cambelt, auxbelt and tensioners. thats a good number too 171.

I dont think theres a way you can make the fan come on earlier, it is controlled by the ecu. iirc it comes on at 99C and stays on until the water reaches 96C. I suppose you could disconnect it and wire up some sort of manual switch for it, that you can control.

Im not sure on a mk1, it wont make any difference putting them on the rear really.

The camera brings out the colour really well.

As above the abs ring will lever off. The bearing will be destryed if your trying to remove them. Best to buy some and pay a mechanic a tenner to press them in. Are the mintex ones anygood as I get mintex stuff for free too!?

They look right to me, the pads on the top row in that pic are rears but not included.

Yeah it was about 4-5 cars behind you, looked like an old couple driving it!! Do you travel over hinckley way often?

You can access it from the top, remove the airbox and look down the front of the gearbox. There is a plastic plug (mine is black) carefully unscrew and and make sure you dont loose the little rubber washer. It should be topped up intil the oil reaches the plug and pours out.

172mk1 and 172mk2 have 54mm spacing.

Cant go wrong with any of those really. White wheels look good on red. Tyres are more expensive for 16".

Do you mean handbrake cables or braided brake lines?? What model clio is it as theres different drums, bendix, lucas etc.

Mine lasted 48k, the pads only have 8mm in them to start off with.

I had the same thing daz, it was a little stone caught in the brake caliper/disc.