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I'd hope so anyway!

This. You'd want something along these lines, then someone to active with VCDS. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-VW-Cruise-control-kit-Golf-MK5-Touran-Eos-NEW-/160592287679?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item25640bd7bf

Thats a good shout I forgot about that, never seen one personally on a 172 mind.

Unfortuantely I don't think you've got much choice really, far more options for getting it off when you can get round it properly.

Well I work at one so it best get used to it!

Untitled by bmh.01, on Flickr That was changed at the service last year, errrrm yeah ok.

Guessing that cv joint has got seriously hot at some point? Hence it now being thermally siezed to the diff. You can't really do anymore than you already have been doing, i'd say careful heat and shock is about all you can do without removing the box from the car as you can't really get...

Crank sensor all day long.

Yeh I really can't understand why someone said yes to a set of £2k seats but no to £80 cruise control :S. Having had it in the 172 and 225 I won't be without it! MPS is my old mans, great drive for a barge just wish it wouldn't feel so flat post 5k :(. Proper Q-car though nobody ever seems to...

Well after 4 years with my old 225 it was time to change for something else and after a fruitless 3 month search for the right spec 250 so come along I decided to try something else and was very suprised. Took a little longer to find a decent spec one again but here it is, only option missing is...

I did hold you in higher regard than this :(. Ignoring the driver side of things, a fresh 7 install on a decent machine is what 15-20mins tops? edit: Ouch Vista, why would you even consider reinstalling bloody vista.

They are loosing their way rapidly imo.

Got a multimeter? Test the continuity of the sensor as the wiring can/does break internally.

Its not that you can't get insurance its that its a rediculous price no? Otherwise you've done something very naughty to be refused outright. IMO, the longer you play the fronting game (which is illegal btw) the more you will pay in the long run. NCB is golddust initially, you've got to take...

And don't just unblock the drain and be done with it, you need to get the carpet and the undercarpet foam out else it'll go mouldly.

Easy enough imo, but as said its not an idiotproof straightforward process and the effort you put in is very proportional to the result you get out.

Skuttle panel drain pipe, put it back. Goes in the middle behind the carpet.

Sold up pretty much, 4 years is a long time. Not that there was anything wrong with it, just felt it was time for a change. They're pretty cheapish to be fair from Renault.

Lights and milltek are going with the car, can't be done with taking both of them off. Plans, none really barring a few little odds and sods. Stripping the megane back to standard served as a great reminder as to why i'm not bothering with modding again. Maybe a cheeky remap in time possibly...

Ah got ya! Made £1200 back pretty much so done well, covered the insurance difference, genuine vcds cable and some in the back pocket :D.

Finance? Lost me there. Most of the bits are gone now, was suprised how easy it all went really.

Well 4 years on this time next week we will have parted company, and should be picking this contraversial number up. Will most probably return to tin can ownership with a 250 in a couple of years when they've lost more of their depreciative value, just couldn't find one in the right spec...

Made it that far, i'm impressed.

As said Renault Type D isn't expensive enough not to use.

You can't swap ECU over like that, i'd bet theres nothing wrong with your present one tbh. Are all the ECU supplies present and correct? Does the immobiliser light go out with the original ECU fitted? Where are you located?

Wouldn't say thats too far off really. £30-50 for the bearing and the rest labour.

Being a 197 there is a decent chance the manifold has cracked by the sounds of it.

The other trouble you will run into is as the cover has the top half of the cam bearings cast into it the head and cover are machined as one, you cannot swap covers over between heads. You'd have to get a good head+cover set complete and swap the lot.

Assuming you just had the aux belt changed and not the tensioner or idler?

Working till about 2 then should be.