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You doing the charity Autosolo in the Volvo? It'll be a good laugh no matter what. You'll be getting a Clio next!

No rear ARB as yet. An area to discuss with K-Tec next week when we go through the suspension set up. I really want to focus on turn in and braking - I'm getting too much understaeer and am scrubbing the edges of front tyres, plus I was having trouble braking on the Sprint due to weight transfer...

My quickest run. A small moment under braking.

The last sprint at Hullavington today - it's being sold to be built on. Shame, it's a great venue. I was in the slightly modified standard class due to my poly bushes and air box. I didn't realise that "standard" as defined in the Blue Book means that you can run throttle bodies and other quick...

Excellent. Good luck with the bidding.

A used K-Tec Racing carbon rear strut brace for Clio 172/182. In good condition with a few marks. When new were sold at £104.58 inc VAT so grab a bargain. Now listed on ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152020521770?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Your old 15s are doing sterling work, clothed with ex - Ginetta PS3s and Federal 595 RSRs. I want more!

Round 4 of the BTRDA Autosolo Championship at Ross on Wye yesterday. I used some old Exalto tyres, big mistake, they had gone hard so I had a LOT of understeer as rubber fell off the tyres. I had to fit some very old S.Drive tyres (which I'd originally taken to create less rear end grip). They...

Round three of the National BTRDA Autosolo Championship yesterday at Chepstow Race Course, run by Bristol Motor Club. Tried some 15" wheels and the car felt so much better. They're clearly much lighter than the 16" and a lot cheaper to replace the tyres as well. Second overall after the first...

Just found this. Again, I thought I was suffering from French electrics, but two flicks, a beep, and the lights are coming on automatically again on my 172. Great thanks for posting the solution.

So new power steering pump, offside driveshaft and a pair of handbrake cables. Today I headed off to Kemble airfield near Cirencester for round 2 of the BTRDA Autosolo Championship, my favourite Autosolo venue as it has a mixture of surfaces and mud normally appears. It was amazing how the grip...

After the suspension mount problem I headed off to Demon Tweeks at Wrexham for round one of the BTRDA Autosolo Championship. The car park was small, I've never competed on such a tight Autosolo. I had to resort to the handbrake to get round some of the turns. My handbrake isn't good so I was...

There looks like a picture in this thread of side mounts attached to sliders to an OMP base: http://www.cliosport.net/threads/omp-bases.788398/ Looking at various threads, there are loads of examples of side mount seats being attached to sliders.

The side mounts could bolt to sliders. I have a sliding Sparco bucket in my Autosolo Micra so my daughter and I can both drive it, she has short legs. When locked in place with the standard mechanism in any position, the seat is solid so there's been no problem at scrutineering for Autosolos...

I've run rally cars with winged seats firmly fitted to the floor or welded in seat rails for years. No MOT issues, not even questions asked. One car was log booked for stage rallying and I also used it on Endurance Road Rallies. While the wings undoubtedly can stop your head moving around in an...

It looks like I'm going to have to go through every connection, it will probably be really easy to fix when I find the problem. Any indication of where to start appreciated. I was hoping that there would be a common problem area, such as the wiring under the passenger seat for the air bag light...

And the SERV/Airbag warning light was due to the connection under the passenger seat, as you all said, thanks. Now to discover why the door open warning light is on all the time, but I haven't a clue where to start. Thoughts appreciated.

Found the starting problem, a simple thing - exciter wire had been touching the exhaust manifold, melted through and was shorting out.

Back home now. A good sleep in the recovery truck, I did have a 4am start after all. Could this happen again? When I acquired the car the PS reservoir cap had fluid on the outside and the level was low. I topped it up, cleaned the outside of the cap but there was still PS fluid appearing on the...

Those connections were under the driver's seat, I haven't looked under the passenger seat as yet. But more fundamental problems anyway - I'm typing this in Demon Tweeks after the power steering pump failed and blew oil everywhere. I'm assuming the pump as the pulley looks to be wobbling from...

That's what I'm assuming - whatever has been done to the wiring has been to cater for the removed steering wheel air bag. I haven't checked to see if the passenger air bag is still there but there's not an air bag on the driver's side. Does the passenger side need the resistor soldering in as...

The battery should have been fine - I'd just driven 150 miles and had stopped for fuel. Having said that, I have had a battery fail internally on a rally, sometimes it worked, others nothing. I'm carrying my jump starter, if the car fails to start again I'll throw it on and if it works then...

I'm assuming so as the airbag light wasn't coming on and it has an aftermarket wheel with no airbag. I've read the resistors can be soldered in or plugged in. I'm not sure what to look for, I'll take a look under the seat right now and retrieve half a bottle of red (which slipped under the seat...

1. Boot sensor checked out ok. Has to be a break somewhere else. 2. Didn't notice, I'll watch the lights if it happens again. I could hear a relay click under the dash, just as when the car does start properly. 3. Has to be, I'll have a wiggle, but a basic question - I've searched but can't find...

And I was just going to take it easy! Hate to think what could have happened. Still, fixed now, shouldn't happen again. But did find a split CV boot!

Just going through sorting the issues with my "new" 172. To date I've hit the following electrical problems: - door open light on all the time, all sensors seem fine, nothing on CLIP, - a week ago, the starter wouldn't turn over intermittently, but started in the end. I'm tempting fate, but that...

The NSF felt very imprecise so went for a change to Powerflex black bushes (only black are available now). Horror when the lower wishbone was removed - the previous bushes had worn away the chassis mounts with their metal outer - we're sure there should have been washers between the bush and the...

I've just driven over 100 miles in my 172, stopped to fill up with fuel and the engine won't turn over. This started happening for the first time on Friday, was fine before that. The car has a cut out switch fitted which will kill all the electrical power. At first I thought I'd partially...

Cam belt, defuser, etc changed by Mike and the team at Rentech on Friday. She now seems a bit more frisky but moreover hopefully reliable. Nut had come off top on upper gearbox mount and the Ktec mount had ovalised so a standard mount now fitted. NS anti roll bar clamp had disappeared, will...

@McGherkin sorry I was packing up when you appeared, my sessions were done. Hope you enjoyed the other cars you had rides in. The Fiat 500 695 was fun. I set second fastest time to an instructor (two tenths) on my second run on the test they had round the back. I would have been quicker in my...