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cheers schwepp, any more luck on saturday? no worries if not...
hopefully it should all be done for combe / trax...
look into grayston engineering stuff schwepp, very good
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indeed at least something was done...i was taking positives from all the negatives today...lol
will let you know on the mounts bomber..the car is getting a fair bit more hardcore now with those and the cage...
hope so gray, cheers for the pointer on the...
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those who are following the thread will kind of know the problems i have had with the alternator, and then in the previous posts, the dogbone powerflex bushes too....but today was not a total waste
alternator - will hopefully be 3rd time lucky, this time i...
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lol...good good, glad we have have decided i have the wrong thing....bad times...
back to the drawing board...another job for when i next attempt to get the car moving again
i think my next mod will be a new car to run around in
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they really don't look like they fit in....
they look massively wide and to thick to fit in the dogbone...
the powerflex bushes that should fit in the smaller end of the dogbone look massively wide compared to the size of the dogbone mount itself
any pics...
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ordered the above...
another load of money out my account, still have the mint one from before aswell still
turns out the powerflex bushes for the dogbone are wrong too, must be the later 172 / 182 one and not the phase 1 bushes
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we need a 172 cup alternator, i have had enough tbh and think i am just going for a 172 cup alternator brand new from renault
phase 1 172 alternator came off
another of the same tried going back on (was sold it as 172 cup alternator - it was the same as...
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wrong bloody alternator again....
its still sitting slightly squiff and i can't locate the bottom mount bolt on the alternator to the mount....
i am fastly loosing patience with this build
I went up to silverstone today with my Art Editor for a VXR Masterclass day.
We were met by Matt Neal and Andrew Jordon of the BTCC VXR team. both very nice guys, good to chat to and had time for us.
The plan was to go out as passenger with one of the drivers do a few laps getting an idea...
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so attack set for tomorrow
again thanks to this man below, a massive help...sorted me out with pics of what i need to do etc
7700857873 i think is my new one...bit faided though, could be wrong
can't see a part number on the other one.....check the pics of all of them in my project thread.....you should be able to tell from pics
checked on my original phase 1 alternator and yes its the same code as yours above