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not a prob :) I'm still reeling at renault wanting what amounts to £400 labour for 2 hours work

lifting eye. not needed unless you plan to pull the engine out any time soon

sounds lambda ish. Needs plugging in to see what's happening from live data

you'll struggle to find a non-rotten, standard, used 172 system. I'd go for a new, off the shelf system. There are so many available for most tastes, there's not much point in having one-off's made

I'd leave it a few extra days. You'll effectively be back dating 25 days unless you wait

starter motors can mostly be revived for a fair period of time by stripping down and cleaning out the solenoid. It's normally due to heat that the grease becomes very sticky and stops free movement

lol, you found the same one as me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFXfEhTi8VU

oh those ones are really hard :( There is a tool for it however, attaches to an impact wrench and as you hammer it on it bites into the face of the bolt rather than the sides. Borrowed one before from a mate who worked at Honda

answered on valver ;)

I'll be away that weekend, doing a bit of work on my car ;) and visiting family at the same time. Have fun though, might make it next time

just re-thread the belt

Glad you said that, dont feel like I missed anything by not going. FCS just lacks anything i want from a show tbh, If it was a weekender with camping and barbeques I'd be all over it. Anyone that's done a JAE (japanese Auto Extraviganza) will know what i mean

blatantly just wanted more for it, and wasn't prepared to take what you bid

there's a funny glitch on the very early mk3 105 with the road tax. It didn't meet the lower emissions so the tax is higher than all the others. Not the end of the workd, but worth asking so you dont get a surprise

it's going to be wiring loom related on a 1.2 16v. Worth plugging in to diagnostics which i can do

function of the VVT will make near enough 10 bhp difference

can be around that yes. Needs a good ECU remap to make the most of it

I was outside a mates house and saw a flash of blue and orange go past on the A422 (bedford-MK) on wednesday afternoon. Pretty sure it was you :)

he PM'd me the other day actually :) The low price is new though, definitely wont be the correct platinum plugs for that price, I pay significantly more than that at trade. Removing the plenum isn't too hard really. Someone wrote a step by step the other day, so i wont repeat it all.

my pleasure :) love to have a good look at your car :)

phase 1's make the most gain from matched inlets as they're the worst casting as standard. I'd use APDevelopments inlets, they're the best i've seen for a mail-order item. I'll be doing them myself again, in-house, once i'm in my workshop, but fitted only.

not noticed multi-taking slowing down the desire, just rapes battery. I'd expect similar from iP4

have compared a few cars now and DD always seems to read 5-6bhp lower than the superflow around this level of output. Swings and roundabouts, every dyno is different etc, blah blah blah. I'd pick a Superflow if i was buying a dyno though

carbon canister solenoid. only way you'll stop it ticking is to unplug it, and if you do that you may aswell get rid of it

medium strip down to check timing. Need the proper tools, there are no marks to line up

the top mount bracket is the only cover you'll get off with ease. The others will require the aux belt to come off which makes it a big job. I'd look at the condition of the aux belt before anything else, I can't think of a belt failure that i've seen which hasn't been down to the aux belt in...

different type of shaft on yours mate (which is why i had the kit i sold on to you). There's 3 different types in all IIRC

used to be, come down a fair old whack since then

dont see how they can possibly be fitted wrong, they wont go on the adjustable seat the wrong way up