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4 of the supposedly crap AD08RS fitted, so that’s the tread depth handled. Probably going to get the driveshafts, bushes and things done along with the tie rods and track rod ends. The good thing is, I never got to drive it on track on the AR1, so I won’t know any different from however these...

Cheers, worth doing it all. And get the bloody pass!

Thanks Ben. I think so much of this tired car can do with replacing that I’m happy to throw track rod ends and inner tie rods and steering rack bushes at it, because it’s likely all very tired. But FFS, it would be nice to have it mot’d. I went to chat to another place today and they’ll do the...

Guys, help me out with this. I obviously won’t be taking the car back to kwikfit for the mot- guy failed it on two things that weren’t fails 2 miles ago. FFS. Tyres are easy. What am I going to need to do to sort the other new issue- shown below. He said tie rod ends. What does all of your...

And the fan kicked in. Wish me luck for the MOT tomorrow 🙏

The fastest I could get hold of an expansion tank was an eBay mahle one… made in China… it’s in and I’m running the car, no leaks. I’m waiting for the fan to kick in but it’s taking ages- is that normal?

Haven’t had time to even look at this until today. Started it up and I could immediately see a small drip coming from the new expansion tank. It’s a Febi one, has done about 5 miles… I’ve ordered another and booked an MOT. I did take the opportunity to replace some relays with new ones, cleaning...

Ok, I got everything sorted and dealt with all of the MOT fails, and the car went in today for another go. I had a call about 20 minutes later and they sent a video- it pissed its coolant all over the place! The tester stopped the test so it wouldn’t get another fail and we took a look in the...

Thanks everyone. I’ll get it done tomorrow and I appreciate the tips. At least I’ll have a badass tool for all kinds of jobs I can f**k up in future now!

Ordered- THANK YOU!!!

I wish I had either an ugga dugga gun, or an actual gun… have neither

Sure enough… got the nearside damper and spring on, relatively straightforward. So what, another 10-15 mins to finish the job and be ready for Friday's MOT? No. Look at the threaded top of the damper piston where it comes through the top mount. How the f**k am I going to get that out now? The...

MOT retest on Friday- headlight: sorted, indicator: sorted, brake caliper pins: sorted, wheel bearing: on the basis that they are brand new oem, I’m going to guess this was an effect from the spacer, so removing them for the retest, leaking dampers: have spring compressors and will have the new...

I’m in no rush, except to do the retest. I have spring compressors coming tomorrow and hopefully can then be easily done. With a second pair of hands I could probably have finished it today. No big deal, just annoying!

I love when people on here say “10 minute job” and “just do it there’s nothing complicated”… it doesn’t work like that for me. I’m working through the MOT fails and just have sticking caliper- hoping a hard drive might sort that??? And new front dampers. All the guides say you don’t need spring...

I need to replace my front subframe (and the rear axle but that’s for another day)- there are about 5-6 brands of new subframe for the 172 ph2 on eBay- are any of them any good, or to be avoided like the plague? Thanks

Just a thought- front wheel bearings were done, I then added spacers- wonder if a spacer is giving the effect of a loose wheel bearing???

Yeah, seems to make sense as I would want to do it at some point anyway. The headlamp aim is a pretty obvious one-I have a bulb dangling in the holder! I'll need to talk to two techs about the wheel bearing as they literally just changed them both! The rest is all fine for me, not real...

Wheel bearings were changed about 200 miles ago at two techs, so I think that advisory might actually be for the clicking shagged driveshaft. My front subframe is a mess, if I’m changing the suspension arms, dampers and bushes anyway, should I just go ahead and do it all with a new subframe...

I forgot to mention the insane flooding. I think I have it finally dried out but it was a long process. Don’t want to ever do that again. It looked like it was down to my centre drain- not blocked but the insert was lifted up and I guess preventing water draining. Litres of it in the car…

This hasn’t been a great winter/spring for the Cup. And it’s MOT day tomorrow… I finally got the gearbox mount refitted, and then realised that for an MOT, any seatbelts need to be secure and the airbag light off etc etc. never mind the rust. Whacked some 3.3 ohm resistors in the airbag...

I’m stuck getting the upper gearbox mount bolted up. I changed it for the vibra technics one and ended up having to remove the original metal bracket the vibratech sits in to get at a broken bolt (bolt for the mount bracket into the inner wing). It should be an easy job from here, but I can’t...

I’m struggling to make progress on this, having spent days drying it out from a big leak (seems that the central drain rubber insert was stood proud of its hole and flooding) and the MOT is coming around. I need to fit the gearbox mount, check the seats and refits seatbelt. On that note, does...

Hope that works for you. I just had to go and read up on dowty washers, what a brilliant idea. As pressure increases, the seal gets better. Sounds like it should sort the problem. I love when someone who really knows a subject sees a simple solution to a problem, and invents something like this.

Nice one! Had my MX5 mot’d today- no advisories! That’s an achievement. The underside was all dinitrol treated and I was able to give it a careful look over- it was very well done and looks properly protected. One less thing to worry about! Get that car on a proper policy, and on a fun road!

Impressive work on the side windows, mad that there is no better solution.

Good luck for Friday…

Yeah, nothing like working on old clios in less than ideal conditions. Weirdly I actually prefer working on the Clio to my alpina, the engine bay is less crowded with s**t. But it is rustier. We all need a Sreten (M539 restorations) setup really, don’t we. Good luck with the ballache you no...

Wish I could offer some advice. I’m in a similar position to you, rust, snapping bolts and occasional bits that are beyond me. You did make something click for me though- the mystery brackets I painted and prepped last year are arb brackets. Checked my PMS invoices and sure enough, I bought...