182 Titanium Yorkshire B Road Project

[Mr Underhill]

Slowly working my way through the list.

New earth done speedo still not working so ordered a set of clocks out a breaker to see if they work.

Have you checked the ABS sensors? Poor connection or broken wires can affect the speedo.

 

[Speedo Gonzales]

Check the reluctor rings on the driveshafts and the rear discs. That's where the speedo signal comes from and I've had crudded up rings (ooh err) and sensors covered in swarf cause all kinds of weirdness

What a pain, I know the feeling of getting your car back and it still not being right. It happened pretty much every time I did anything to my old Megane

Let me know if you need any bits, I'm only in Leeds and always have parts on hand

 

[Rskennedy]

Have you checked the ABS sensors? Poor connection or broken wires can affect the speedo.

Yeah all the rings and sensors are now new and connections been cleaned. reading normal on live data when I have it plugged in on the OBD reader. The needle on the speedo looks like it gets stuck and judders so I’m hoping it’s the motor on the clock itself.

Check the reluctor rings on the driveshafts and the rear discs. That's where the speedo signal comes from and I've had crudded up rings (ooh err) and sensors covered in swarf cause all kinds of weirdness

What a pain, I know the feeling of getting your car back and it still not being right. It happened pretty much every time I did anything to my old Megane

Let me know if you need any bits, I'm only in Leeds and always have parts on hand

Appreciate it. Don’t suppose you have rstuner or clip for the airbag light? Happy to pay obvs.

Thank you both for your support in my pain here! Now I’ve driven it today I remember why I’ve bothered!

 

[Speedo Gonzales]

Appreciate it. Don’t suppose you have rstuner or clip for the airbag light? Happy to pay obvs.

Thank you both for your support in my pain here! Now I’ve driven it today I remember why I’ve bothered!

Yeah I've got both. If you're ever close let me know and I'd be happy to turn the airbag lights off and do a scan of your car too mate

 

[Rskennedy]

Yeah I've got both. If you're ever close let me know and I'd be happy to turn the airbag lights off and do a scan of your car too mate

Legend, I will send you a private message when I know I am going to be free. Really appreciate it.

 

[Rskennedy]

When I took the car in to get the tyres swapped over I didn’t think to tell them not to overtighten the nuts. Anyway they may as well have welded them on it was so tight.

Frogjam to the rescue again and some fresh studs and nuts for peace of mind.

I’ve been chasing this wobble and turns out it wasn’t the wheels, £400 down the swanny!

and think I’ve found the culprit which is this 50p shaped spacer that looked like someone’s been playing frisbee with. Ordered a couple of new ones from pure and will fit next weekend to see if that solves it once and for all.

Anyway drove 300 miles to Newcastle and back yesterday and sans wobble over 70 it was great. The speedo even came back to life on the drive there. Then decided to stick at 70mph the whole way back.

 

[Rskennedy]

New/used dash clocks arrived today so got straight on fitting them to see if my speedo issue was resolved.

BAM!! Sorted! I have unfortunately now added 15k miles to the car. Who thought the mileage built into the cluster was a good idea?

Also fitted new suede gaiter with blue stitching because. Oh and cracked the dash leaning on it so will have to glue that back together. I hate the flocked dash anyway. Might buy a spare one and cover it in Alcantara instead to match the roof and A pillars.

Took it for a drive to check everything over and I’m not sure if it’s the placebo effect knowing everything is working for once but the car seemed much faster.😅

 

[Speedo Gonzales]

Just stick your old clocks back in for now and see if you can find some closer to the mileage mate

Saves ruining your cars history

 

[Matt Cup]

Can the clocks mileage be altered?

 

[Rskennedy]

Just stick your old clocks back in for now and see if you can find some closer to the mileage mate

Saves ruining your cars history

I’m planning to send the originals off to get reconditioned. Found someone on fleabay. Interesting that it’s that easy to manipulate the mileage though.

 

[Rskennedy]

Fresh spacers arrived so got them fired on.

Also spotted that the scabby sill has now got dramatically worse since the MOT, so that is going to need to be cut out and welded. Should be fine until winter though right?

 

[Mr Underhill]

Should be fine until winter though right?

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[Rskennedy]

Cracking weather today so escaped my desk for a blast in the dales this afternoon

 

[Rskennedy]

Castle Combe was a blast. Drove 350 miles there via London for work and no issues.

First outlap and the whole thing cut out and lost power for a millisecond. @Myfanwyi took all of 7 minutes and 34 seconds to fix it. I left the go pro on by accident so timed it…

Engine cover had been pressing on the plug that goes onto the coil pack, a sensor had unplugged itself by the oil filter and id sandwiched the maf sensor at a weird angle when I did the coil pack. Anyway one of them of all of them were causing it. No issues the rest of the day

Car felt great on track, was pretty tentative myself knowing I had to get it back 250 miles but watching the footage from the GoPros I went from 1:37’s down to 1:33’s by the end of the day

@Speedo Gonzales also coded my airbag light out being the top man he is. But they came back on during the drive home. Will see if they turn back off when I’m next in the car.

Was debating sacking the whole thing off and selling but car has been so good this trip so next up is welding up the cill and undercoating for winter. Will need to get that plug seen to as well.

 

[Rskennedy]

ALL THE LIGHTS ARE OFF THE DASH FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE IVE HAD THE CAR