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You get the box into reverse by pushing the selector up/in and back. Stop your mates from touching your car 😂, it's good to get into the habit of putting any fasteners you remove into small zip lock bags that you can label, or into plastic meal prep trays. It'll save you major headaches in future

You're jumping in two feet first for probably no reason at all, it seems like your 'mechanic' friend is selling you down the river. Whatever state of unnecessarily dismantled it currently is, it's going to be significantly quicker, cheaper and easier to do as we all have recommended which is...

So the gearbox was fine, and the only thing that's happened is your brother was rowing the gearstick about while stationary with the engine off and that's what's leading you to believe there's a complete failure of the box? And you haven't yet disconnected the linkage from the box and...

Stop their PIP now.

I didn't take it that way mate, TBH it's piqued my interest, I was in the garage last night looking at it. With the axle level you can pick up the edge of two of the four stub axle bolts holes at a time with a laser level, and the laser passes through and picks up the edge of the corresponding...

Camber and Toe.. not caster, obviously 🙄

The OEM manual only has specs for camber and caster which can be set with shims. If you mean has the centre point of the stub axle moved in the X or Y axis relative to eachother or the centre point of their axle pivot bush, that definitely can be measured, but I doubt it will have shifted...

Thanks, I had planned on pumping it full of cavity wax, great suggestion with the plastic caps 👍

Nah, I was intending to take it to them but the fabricator offered to get them done for me, saved me the hassle of running it all to a different place, it was about the same sort of money though, maybe a little cheaper

Picked up the rear beam this afternoon, really happy with how it's turned out. If I get time before I go back to work I'll get the bushes in, there's some bits of powder coat to take off - inside the holes for the stub axle bolts, counter sink areas on the caliper mounting brackets etc I also...

Fairy difficult checking the stub axle mounting faces relative to eachother without a jig, I've got a couple of laser tools for aligning motorcycle sprockets so I can check it when I get it back.. but in reality it's just going to be a case of fitting the beam, getting it aligned and shimming...

The Clio has sat outside collecting dust and cobwebs since I had the alignment checked and found out the axle was pointing in the wrong direction, I had a message off the fabricator yesterday to say the rear beam is nearly done, he's just got the shock mounts to do then I need to call over there...

Have you boiled fluid previously? I've not used them, but I'm sceptical, I'm my mind they're snake oil trinkets. the backing plate of pads doesn't get as hot as disc or friction material. You could work out how much it would make a difference to heat transfer into the piston based off the...

It doesn't matter, once it's annealed it's fine, it would only need doing again after it's been work hardened (I.e crushed between the two mounting faces) and you wanted to re-use it again.

Copper gaskets need to be annealed (heat treated) to soften them so they conform to the faces they're between, or they don't work, it involves heating them to a dull cherry red and quenching in water But nothing is sealing on that manifold flange the way it is, get the studs out and clean it...

Was the copper gasket properly annealed? I would give it another go using better nuts, inconel studs and either tab washers or NordLock washers before going to the expense/hassle of getting the manifold and turbine housing ground perfectly flat to be able to run without a gasket. Looking at...

Picked up this 182 rear beam today, which is a bonus as it's got the thicker/wider stub axles and the additional factory bracing under the spring pans I've got it all stripped down and bushes out already, hopefully I can 'wfh' on Friday and get it over to the blasters before getting the gussets...

Spotted at woodall services this morning, I'm 99% certain it's a 33 rather than a 32, cool AF either way

Congratulations, frustrating that you had to pull it out and do it again but you've ended up with something much better 👍

Had the car in for a check over and alignment this morning, front only needed minor adjustment but the rear beam is bent and/or moved over on it's mounts. NSR is toeing out 0.38' and OSR is toeing in 0.19', I was planning on getting the beam blasted and powder coated over winter anyway so I'm...

There is an additional cam pulley locking cog with different offset for the dephaser pulley, the set on eBay for sale doesn't look to have it This is the part you need for a dephaser pulley My timing tools are out with another CS member at the moment, so I can't help you out this time

The advocult kit comes out of the rack and runs along the subframe Then along the front of the subframe where I've secured it properly Then the unnecessarily long hose loops up behind the rad fan and back down into a Tee piece for the PAS sensor, then into the pump, you can make out the...

I have the advocult kit fitted, pics in my project thread. Honest opinion, it's ok. Just that, not amazing. I put a rivnut in my subframe to hold the hose with a P clip as their solution of a big cable tie is a bit s**t. When I first fitted it it leaked on the PAS pump and only stopped when...

It doesn't fit, as above, it's for the wrong engine. Genuine tools or nothing, they don't lose value second hand so you might as well buy a set and either keep them for next time or sell them on when you're finished. If you ask nicely you might find someone local to you who will rent/loan...

Looking good mate, have you got any other 'while you're in there' jobs planned?

That's the dilemma, I'll definitely get at least the side painted. I do want to get it on track again but It's 99% a road car and I want it to look nice and be something I can be proud of at a meet/show. I wouldn't want to take it anywhere like that the way it is now

Had the day at home today so did a bit more with the car, when I was checking it over last Sunday I spotted a little split in the outer CV boot on the passenger side. I ordered a Febi one from partsinmotion during the week, which turned out to be as much use as tits on a fish, incorrect in...

I've got a Magnaflow sports cat welded into my milltek downpipe, the Magnaflow P/N is #59956. It passed an MOT fine and didn't have an issue with the secondary O2 sensor, however when Chris at EFI mapped it (500 miles post MOT) he turned off the post cat O2 just incase it flashed up and EML in...

Take it back to them and get them to sort it if they've removed them

Car looked great at Kenwick park when I was collecting my lodge keys, and when I followed you for a lap. I had similar scrubbing/buzzing noises, my front tyres have been eating the arch liners near the front bumper/wing fastening and the inside of the liner on the rear of the car so that might...