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New rings on the pistons yesterday, clocked and fitted to new liners. Bought a wiseco tapered piston ring compressor which works awesome compared to my old clamp round one. Painted the rocker cover vht wrinkle black. Turned out ok could do with another coat though, will revisit when i order...

Lube her up never go in dry;)

Eibachs have made a massive difference to ride quality. Clutch next weekend, not really looking forward to it however have put it off for last 12 months :cautious:

Take it to a decent mechanic/renault specialist who knows what they are doing, otherwise replacing parts at random will run into money.

Boot/bush needs lubricating on the lower part of the steering column by the sounds of it, get some grease on it

Extra van update. My old rocker bar is quite knackered after years of high rpm so have decided to try out some upgrades this time round. I had seen phosphur bronze rocker bar spacers to replace oem springs, for less friction and less chance of rocker moving at high rpm..cheap too so took a...

Cheers mate (y) mrs is quite keen to get stuck in on the new engine build. Ill teach her how to do it then i can get my feet up in the future whilst she does the graft ;) Kangoo update. Rear doors have had a bit of rust above the plastic trim, which was not too bad but let it down a bit. Ive...

Great vid, Tiff Needell can certainly peddle it, was watching the old 1989 top gear episode where he was driving the rs500 cosworth the other day.

The ds1:11 are awesome on the megane, i bet you can stand it on its nose with them on the clio

Looks great in the pics, sounds like an honest gtt from the previous couple of owners.

What about something like this to replace oem aerial, will do both normal radio and dab https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/323566414237

Injector as said a load of times above, one will be knackered with flashing eml

Looks like a tidy dci? That hole is blank in the dci65 pipe, the sensor is in the boost hose from memory. Egr looks as clean as they get wouldnt have bothered cleaning it, they usually stay like that with a good thrashing once a week ?

Get a new key programmed mate, only delaying the inevitable lol

Swapped the springs for 172 Eibach sportlines today. Its slightly higher than before but still acceptable, the ride is night and day compared to the old Apex spinebreakers. Ive just had a new job offer which will press this into daily duties again, going to do the clutch asap as its on its last...

I always change all 4 heater plugs when doing them. Mine must be soldiering on with 2 or 3 working properly ?

I might do them one day, ive done loads of sets on other engines no issues, just a bit put off doing these as they look like they have never been out and 143k. Not had any starting problems always fires first go any temperature even -6 recently, its just a bit chuggy on idle when cold...

Good to hear the heater plugs came out ok. I might attempt to do mine now after reading these success stories, always been concerned about them snapping. Eml off now ?

I would get the key changed and see if that sorts it, its fairly common for them to fail and with it working better briefly when you messed about with it its pointing at it.

You can belt them in and out on problem but its easy to damage new bearing when fitting if not careful. Its far easier with a press though just slip a garage a few quid to press the bearing in when drum is off