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Took about 30 mins to do the backs and about 1 1/2 hours for the fronts - after muchos swearing at one of the suspension nuts which was locked solid. I stood on it....sorted.
Top marks to Fred for the guide...found on here somewhere. Spot on...Even got the spanner sizes right !
Measured it...
A mate of mine has been offered an imported 172. Apart from checking the warrenty is valid with Renault UK - is there anything else he should be aware of before diving in ?
Private sale BTW.
I think it was around 3pm ??
Sat Nav had busted and I was in unfamiliar territory so had no idea where the camera's were. So there I was pootling along in the inside lane !
Exchanged thumbs up and listened to the nice exhaust note as you went past :D
Hi chaps and chapesses,
While fitting my air filter, I noticed the thingy pointed out in the photo was loose. I'm sure it's not supposed to be. Can anyone confirm this ?
If it's supposed to be tight, I can't be bothered with the whole booking it in with Renault thing. It should be easy to...
Came back from a bit of shopping to find a nice Silver 182 parked next to me.
Also saw a Black 182 with 4 people driving through freeport car park and a Black 172 (possibly 182) just past Great Notley Tesco's. Maybe I missed out on a mini-meet ?? !!
Drivers side seat just started squeaking. From previous experience, it'll only get worse once it's started. It's not the mechanism, it's more like the springs or something. I've tried WD40ing what I can see, but I have just ended up gassing myself !
Does anyone have any old wives home...
Greetings all.
Found some footage of my old MK1 on my PC, so I knocked it into a video and posted onto putfile. (Hope i've done it right !)
PS. Apologies for the stupid noises coming from the cameraman....he's not used to it. He threw up after 1 hour of staring into a viewfinder...
Hi Chaps and Chappesses !
It's the first time i've posted so go gentle !!
I've got a problem with 5th gear. It started to crunch as I changed at pace, and the revs at which I can change into 5th without it crunching have got slowly lower and lower.
It's booked into Renault under warranty on...