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Go to the adaptonic website for the wiring and instruction manuals, and the software installer, it all comes as one download package https://adaptronicecu.com/ EFI Parts is the UK dealer for them, you can get sales and service through him. Sales @ EFI Parts <sales@efi-parts.co.uk> is his...

Number 1 is always next to the flywheel, whatever the orientation.

After assessing options I decided i'd just replace the OE ones. Whatever you do its a faff around tbh, shocking design from Renault.

Thats foreign object damage, something has found its way into the cylinder and been smashed around.

I turned it from a running car into a disabled spastic heap of steel and iron oxide.

Made this out of my scrap bin, for locking up the crank pulley on my Volvo S60 D5 when doing the cambelt. Service interval is 96,000 miles so i've used it once when I made it, got another 64k to go before its needed again lol!

Service time. No wonder these things cost a fortune at garages, access sucks balls. Anyway, it was a nice day so I pulled it out of the garage to work on it in the sun, plugs, oil, oil filter, air filter, fuel filter, then I changed the wheels to my rough roll-around wheels and put camber...

I would not field any costs for a faulty repair like that. The garage subcontracted the work out by choice so the cost of labour is theirs to argue over with the gearbox subcontractor.

Its still on my workbench, so next time I pull the scuttle apart ill check it out. Thanks!

The Clifford on the car loves to scoff the battery. At best I get 2 weeks before it drains it flat, common trait for em it seems as my 172 was the same. I have a trickle charger but the battery sits under the front luggage liner and removing that every time I wanna hook it up is a pain. The...

Yes you can replace them, just remove the shaft and if you're lazy stick a stretch boot on it, otherwise pull the outer CV off and fit a normal one.

Whats it worth? For insurance purposes, not for sale. Just passed the MOT, 80k, Trophy wheels and a set of Phase 2 18's, fresh paint job in original iceberg, Recaro Pole Positions and new Sablet RS steering wheel (the blue trim one). Trophy spoiler (replica). Due belts soon on time but not...

This, 100% replace. It'll never be right, once they're gone they're gone.

197 cup, 70k miles. When shifting up a gear, or lifting off the power from harder acceleration, I get a wierd "flapping" noise from the front drivers side. It happens pretty much exactly when you would expect wastegate chatter noise on a turbo car. Its coming from around the belt/driveshaft/hub...

Had mixed feedback on the plates but I like them, I know they are questionable so they're velcro mounted and I carry the normal ones in the boot (its basically all you can fit in there lol). 260 miles and no probs yet, pretty sure I wont get too much further though!

Years Driving: 22 Test Passed: Jan 1998 Cars Owned: probably around 150-ish, maybe more. Total CC: A lot. Current ownership is just over 12,000. Total Miles Driven: Probably around the cool mil' Most Miles in One Car: 105k Money Spent buying cars: Depressingly high, well into six figures...

My 197 competes with my V6 for shittest fuel economy. Both low 20's. Ironically my modded 21 Turbo would 1)dust both of them on speed and 2)returns 30% better mpg for equivalent driving despite being heavier AND 17 / 12 years older respectively. Also why my daily driver is a diesel Volvo

In a nutshell, the Clio is doing what the R5 GTT did back in the day. Currently plentiful and cheap as chips. Watch what happens in ten years time.

Scuttle drains blocking and wipers failing (test the wipers on a test drive even if its not raining, I did on mine and they didnt work, he fixed them before I bought) Keyless lock button failing on the door Exhaust flexis, listen for a blow - itll be more evident at cold start Engine mounts...

Cleaned it for the first time after paint. Bricking it, tippy toe-ing around it like a ballet dancer fretting about finding damage. Drove it. Which is an event in itself, and a novelty still as its only the third time out on the road, still bricking it and keeping a massive gap to cars in...

Made it to CSS :-D even got the whole car underbody sealed as well. Its now completely filthy and at the detailing Antichrist I have no idea what to do about it lol

MOT passed Saturday after changing a rear driveshaft boot :D the hub nut was tight as you like and I snapped my breaker bar! Took the time while I was in there with a lift to remove and free off all four track rod arms and ends and adjusty bits. Last thing you want when doing Geo is a fight...

The seats look great but also serve a purpose of actually making it viable for me to drive. I'm 6'6" with a 36" inside leg, so the OE seats make the seating position untenable for more than short drives especially without cruise. The much thinner Pole Positions mounted right back against the...

One fog light and trim fitted Went to fit the other fog and found that where the hooky clips go over the lip in the bumper, the fibreglass of the bumper had frayed a bit, and wouldnt hold the fog light at the top properly. It has a bolt in the bottom too, but still, wanted the light unit...

More checked off the jobs list. Seats hoovered and fitted in. Yum. Sexy. I went about refitting the undertrays and found that some of the old bolts had broken and previously bodged with a self tapper, so I whipped the bar off holding the broken fitting and drilled it out and put a rivnut...

I very much hope we can park my virgin, just painted silver Phase 1 next to yours and have a yin/yang moment! Took next week off to try and finish reassembling it :)

Its a right of passage, I almost broke my own nose when a rear diff refill plug cracked off suddenly under my Renault 21. Needless to say I don't double-hand-pull spanners toward my face any more

Carried on reassembling the front end today, lots of trims and stuff going back in. Put new rivnuts in to hold the big trim across the front too, with a bunch of new spire clips and stainless bolts and fir trees. Also bolted the seat runners back in too. More on the seats later... i'm a 6'6"...

Trying to get it done for CSS at the end of the month. I want some use out of it this year before the winter closes in, i'll probably tackle the cambelt service while the weather sucks, its due on time soon. The clutch and water pump have been done though so might have a bash at doing it with...

Yukky brake discs from standing around resolved with a good old flap-disc-ing Refitted inner arch liners and stuff and put the first proper wheel on as that corner was sorted (I think!) More tinkering tomorrow. Only got a few hours today as I picked up a free Nissan Micra (ewww) first...