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this is for the straight dogbone, no twisties here i am having a real problem pressing in the smaller bush i can push the bush in by hand, but then as soon as i press the metal insert in it puts massive strain on them, deforming them badly, meaning when i release the pressure one of the...

......does the steering wheel try and rip out of your hands the opposite way at low speed? dont know if its just because the decarbon's are so damned hard? i think my cup racer is around 2.5 to 3 deg negative

right, just doing the last bits to mine before its ready for some track outings i have a sparky friend who last night started tidying up all my wiring basically i would like to know: a) is there any way of getting the standard valver coolant gauge to work without tapping the mk1 sender...

not my usual sort of thinking.... but is there any sort of clear tubing that could replace the coolant hoses on a 172 (or any car for that matter) obv it would need the same heat resistant properties etc im just thinking it would be pretty cool to have clear hoses everywhere filled with...

anything i need to do/know before changing number 4 i seem to have damaged the connector plug (its hanging on by a thread!) when removing/refitting the engine and now it's misfiring, i removed the HT lead on 4 just to check and it made sod all difference so thats what i'm going with cheers

right basically my old tv (crappy sanyo thing) had a very good picture and no reception problems i recently bought a samsung 32" flat screen jobbie with built in freeview i plugged in the aerial (there is a feed throughout the house to the main aerial, this also means you can watch whatever...

or whatever it's called how hard is it to replace just one pin i'm pretty sure i have a loose connection so it's either a) the actual pin that connects to the ecu or b) the connection between the wire and the pin i have resided on this being one of the problems, as over the weekend my car...

right, when the cambelt was first done we checked it time and time again by turning it over by hand, checking the tensioner and checking the locking tools slotted in, which they did it ran and idled without any problems in that car since then i have moved the engine into another car, the...

couple of questions for anyone in the know, basically at the weekend i got the F4R fired up in the mk1 shell, it had been sat for around 8 months since last being run, i left it idling for 5 to 10 mins as it was running a bit lumpy at first, eventually it settled down. but.... my oil temp...

i was in the wee pug (silver 106 with anthracite wheels, lowered etc) and you let me out of halfords onto knaresborough road looks like you have a headlight out when you flashed me ;)

if anyone can help me here i will be forever grateful! i need a part number for the manual aux belt/alternator adjuster bolt setup (not the brackets, just the bolt and bits that go with it) i've managed to lose mine when swapping the engine over :rolleyes: the current aux setup i am using is...

looking to buy a new home system, been on superfi and richer sounds so far anyone got any recommendations for online shops? looking to spend about £400 all in (less if i can without compromising looks/quality) oh and it needs an ipod dock/usb

8 or 10mm?

anyone else who has bought this, did it come with a main long bolt supplied? if not what length/size does it need to be?

on a phase1 172 with abs removed, which outlet goes to the front brakes and which goes to the rear or does it not matter?

yes i know, yet ANOTHER harness mounting question! basically i just want to know if it is all good to mount them on this rear brace bar now i assume that renault sport put that there when they installed the cage? and it has the right hole in it for the seat belt bolt, so it should be...

Anyone using one? Anyone fitted one? Do you have to use the alcon clutch cover in conjunction with the alcon clutch plate? or can a standard cover be used? anyone know a price for the cover? i can find the plate price but only found the cover price from the US ta muchly

anyone got any reviews of them? namely their slicks? i've personally never heard of them

right these calipers http://www.wilwood.com/PDF/fl104.pdf will these pads fit? http://www.carbonelorraine-motorsport.com/marques_etriers/e_wilwood_wilwood_dynalite_center_287.htm from what i am reading the carbone lorraine pads are 1mm taller and 0.9mm less in width (not thickness) ...

the thread about the ariel atom got me thinking about this last weekend was over at the gf's parents house, the guy next door has a thing for cars, has helped me do some work on the clio in the past he currently has an mgb midget, a spartan kit car (both of which he bought in pretty good...

the interior brackets people use for the pull cables, are they brake resorvoir mountings/brackets? like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=130011638454&Category=23013&_trksid=p3907.m29&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D2

awesomeness :evil: little bit of an insight for the track boys who choose not to run a demister aswell :rasp: oe1Hcqt7698

is it only cups that come in white? on the bypass into selby, i was in the silver pug in front. went round the roundabout then i let you passed on the straight (i say let you past, i just moved over a bit for you lol, only an intervention from god would make my little daily runner as fast as a...

i suppose this falls under this category more than any other... trying to choose between a plumbed in mechanical extinguisher by either lifeline or SPA, not sure what size i should be going for? anybody got experience? also should i be buying a hand held aswell, as i have heard the plumbed...

i know most of you will prob say get R888's, and i may well end up doing that but other than those lucky people who have contact with race teams to get hold of slicks, is there anywhere on the net (or other) that i can order them from? used or new, don't mind 15" btw

considering the current market..... http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/824635.htm i have valued it on glass's guide which comes out at £13100, is this still a tad high? i'm on the lookout for one, in either liquid yellow or white :cool:

right so far i have a water temp gauge, oil pressure gauge and am about to order my oil temp gauge out of this choice, what other would you monitor, or would you not bother and just go with what i have already? choice is: fuel pressure air/fuel ratio exhaust gas temp comments please :)

is this a pink wire with the sender coming out of the block at a right angle just above the oil filter? (green connector iirc) if i wire this up to my mk1 clocks will it bring the oil light on on ignition and then put it out again? (obviously it will stay on if there is a pressure problem?)...

is there an easy way to do it? i'm only talking something like 1cm ish?

right tried wiring up my windcreen wipers and washer last night, took the feeds straight from the stalk (as far as i understand only the intermittent wiper works off the relay??) i got the 2nd and 3rd speed working on the wipers, then when i went back to test it again it would move really...