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The tweeks one looks the best option to me mate. I'll fire them over in a pm.

Wasted humour! It's a Peter Kay line! You should know this as he's from your neck of the woods!!

For that sort of mileage mate, once a year is fine.

You listen to ya dad. He knows. 😂

The standard gear oil can't work at the operating temperatures your box will be seeing mate, so you will need a rebuild quicker using the renault oil. I'll have a look at the specs for that oil you're running now mate too. I'll have a better idea of what's what.

I've seen people running it before without issue mate tbh, but it's definitely something to consider. @Martin. redline mtl or mt90 are my go to oils for reference.

Thanks mate. Yeah too right!

Remember what I told you about the lad and the competition pack m3? Watch this space!! :wink:

I'll message James and ask him if he can remember when it was refreshed and by who. No mate don't go back to standard oil as you'll need a rebuild a lot sooner than you'd appreciate. With any gearbox fitted with brass synchros and a plate diff, you need to use the best oil for the gearbox, not...

Yeah put it in gear with the engine off, then press the start button. You'll be stuck with only 1 gear, but it would get you out the s**t.

Grab the engine and try and pull it out the bay. If there's any movement it's time to replace the bushes. Or you could get someone to put the handbrake on, then put it in gear and let the clutch up to put strain on the engine/box mounts. If they're quite violent with the on/off of the clutch...

Where the oil returns to the reservoir is a low pressure line. Get a small cheap oil cooler and bang it in the airflow somewhere. You'd only need a few fittings, rubber pipe and jubilee clips. Job jobbed! Or go epas and forget about any fluid overheating problems. If you need the tightening...

That's either the engine and box moving under heavy braking (dog bone is the most likely candidate) or the synchro ring is on its way out as it's unable to do its job of slowing the gear down for the change. What oil is in the box?

Cheers Paul! Yeah good news all round in that respect. Ah that's s**t mate. You got anything else to go to? Or are you still looking? Those rear discs will be off in a weeks time if you're still wanting them? Not the best of timing I guess! Yeah PMA has definitely worked this time around. :up:

It is mate, 7 miles away in fact! Lol! I'm venturing slightly further out though. Yeah they appear to be a company that cares about their employees, and they look after them. That's something quite rare in this day and age! They also have Porsche and Ferrari dealerships, so who knows where this...

Ah ok. I always thought the NDO could handle a fair bit of power tbh.

Looks great! What's the confidence issue with the box out of interest? I thought it's been rebuilt?

Cheers mate. Nah travelling a bit further afield. I take it you know someone at Tamworth then?

Cheers mate. Believe me, this has been a long time coming.

Yeah it definitely is mate, so thank you.

Lol! Not my department mate. 😂

You on about the ones in the wing mirrors?

Cheers mate. It's quite nerve wracking as I've worked in the same part of the industry (trucks) since I was 17, and the company I work at now for 12yrs. Now I'm moving on to a different way of doing things, so I anticipate I'll be like a fish out of water until I get settled in.

You could always use the gen90? Bastardise parts of the 225 loom that the ph1 doesn't have and job done. No need to f**k about piggybacking ecus and also future proofs the car should you wish to upgrade. Scoff mapped mine on a gen90, so it's no drama for him either. Or rs tuning come to think...

I'm going to work as a technician for Sytner BMW gents. They've done me a really good package, so I'm off! No more nightshifts, no more heavy lifting or beating the s**t out of stuff with a hammer. I've been unhappy in my current job for quite some time now, and it was having a negative effect...

Lol! Sorry mate!

Looks like brakes to me! Anyone who's looking for a set of hc brembos and ds1.11's for a 197/200/225/230 - Kam racing are the go to guys. They've got them in stock ready to go at a awesome price! In other news: I'm going to work for BMW. :cool:

Nice to see you too mate! I would've been in the 200 if it hadn't been for that battery! 🙈

Ah right ok, well that makes it all become much clearer! You're just bleeding the brakes the old fashioned way. :up:

Yeah you could do, although it's not that difficult to put it in reverse from under the car.