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yeh its a whole new head thanks to the tensionner being abliterated bending 6 valves lol tappets will be done too, yeh it was a decision between scrapping and me having a play....i went for the latter and hopefully will be back on the road for next to nothing ;)

nice action mate :eek: yeh so it is 2 decanewtons = 20 newtons, it just diddnt sound very much to me, il have to borrow a smaller wrench from work then, the one i was going to use....starts at 40nm :mad: i would say i owe ya a beer but theres a few complications :cool:

can anyone tell me the torque settings for clio 1.4 rt (energy engine) cylinder head bolts please?!? i know the tightening sequence etc and ive even got the torque.........but in decanewtons, a modern day equivalent would be gratefully appreciated (lbft, nm or kgm) im assuming 1 decanewton is...

same here on my mk1, good bit of elbow grease ;) would be safer though if your a worrying kinda person......

Re: Horns!!! take tips off hornblaster.com ;) where do you get these piaa horns from? think il stick with a truck horn though :-P

my mk1s got a after market cobra cat1 alarm/immob, the alarm goes off every other night (normally between the hours of 1am and 6am) ive disconnected the bonnet switch etc all windows are closed, locks and unlocks fine, although i have noticed occasionally after locking the car sometimes the...

i would have thought theyd run through a relay, maybe the master switct for the drivers side is playing up as thats got to work for the passenger side to operate correctly....on mine it has anyway lol

its normal for a car of that age...mines always done it since i bought it, i expect theres a seal somewhere that you could replace but i havent bothered.....mines always "damp" but it doesnt pour out......

its only the drivers side that this is fitted. not got any wiring diagrams for them though, when mine went awol i just traced the looms etc and fault found from there on......sorry matey!!

did it again last night.....now its only doing it if i dont use the car during the day....if i use it earlier in the evening its fine....:S another thing thats baffling me is the fact it goes off for a couple of minutes then without doing anything at all it stops and never goes off again...

it will work but it sounds like a bit of a bodge tbh, just go to an electrical store place, even somewhere like maplins where you can buy lengths of cable however long you want, get the right guage cable and youl be fine, id suggest doing it (or getting someone) to do it properly and soldering...

i reckon its a headlight washer dnt know about anyone else...!! pmsl

yeh ive already come to that conclusion but its been fine up until now and theres always been cats around so unless theyve just suddenly taken a liking to the car.....who knows!! it wasnt windy.....god knows

but then that wont work if he uses the same switch and it that thats faulty? lol

right now this is starting to wee me off to put it politely.......my cars currently fitted with a cobra cat one alarm and immob...all fitted professionally and with the certificates just before i bought the car(about 18months ago)....now its been fine up until the beginning of this week....every...

probably cos theres less movement in the suspension it (if you think about it the cars not going to rock back and forth as much and is going to spread the weight more evenly.......your probably not imagining it dude....just an idea

cheers matey, thought thats what i did last time but couldnt remember for the life of me, plus a circlip type thing holding it on.....on the inside!!

how easily do these come off? got to do them in the next few days but remember when i last did them i had trouble getting them off as they wernt held on with the usual two countersunk bolts......whats the easiest way of getting them off..?? cheers!:cool:

yeh 99% agree with that one, just needs adjusting nothing major

maybe its been made to look like a scoob?

i thought my sunroof wa leaking on my 92 clio, but took everything off cleaned it out and re sealed it, ive since sealed the whole lot with silicone as it was pissing me off! and it still does it! arse! its got loads of condensation all over the roof...i cant find a way of getting rid of it :-(...

theres nothing wrong with a reconned alternator, itl do exactly the same job and last just as long (if no cutting corners have been used!). the diode packs (rectifiers) are the most common failure. id go with re-conned, save urself some dollar :)

anyone got any idea what a mk1 rsi should rev up to?!?!? it mainly sounds tappy when its just sat ticking over hence why i ddnt think it could be anything other than the tappets... oh and my limiter does work as i found out lol at 6100rpm...... tbh im going with its an old engine thats...

throttle control valve? hit mine sorry "tapped" mine with a hammer and it controlled it and brought it back down, took it all off and cleaned out all the carbon crap, along with dirt in the throttle body and shes been fine since, jus use brake cleaner or something (if it turns out this is the...

just out of interest how the hell did you find this out?? cant say ive ever thought about changing gear at 30 with no clutch lol

whats this smashed roller part mate? mines ive always assumed "tappy" and it was the tappets at fault.....its always been serviced etc.....just wondering what this smashed roller is all about no ones mentionned it to me before today....??? il check where she limits now...got an excuse to go out ;)

when mine was shaking like yours i discovered it was the engine stabiliser at the rear/base of the engine, the rubbers were nakered jus went got another one from the scrappy. as for the woodpecker noise......mine does it....ahhh dnt worry bout it til it goes bang lol

earth cable is in no way expensive, or even an earth strap would do the trick, at the end of the day as long as it works thats all that matters ;)

i found it easier to take the drivers seat out completely to get underneath lol very fifddly but doesnt take a genious to work out what to do

im going with the same power just a little bit lighter...lol tbh rear seats and trim dont really weigh that much...especially if your one who cant live without a stereo.... ;) how much you an about stripping out?!