R29TJR
ClioSport Club Member
2005 RB 182 Cup
February 2018 - Broken Again!
After the car was up and running last week, this weekend I set about replacing the steering column to enable me to run EPAS, I wish I hadn't!
However before I started on the column I wanted to remove all the AC junk from the scuttle.
Firstly I have no idea how you guys manage to remove all this from the scuttle? I spent hours trying to work it out (yes all the bolts from the drivers footwell were removed) but I just couldn't work out how to get it out the gap. This is what I started with:
As you can see I removed the inlet but this still didn't help!
Eventually I accidentally snapped off a part of the casing so I just went and snapped of a few other parts!
Even like this I was unable to remove it, so I kept on snapping off parts until it fitted out the gap, this is what I ended up with:
Although I now have a nice clean scuttle I now have no heating! I therefore sourced a 172 Cup heater blower but now I'm not sure if it'll fit? Any advice/tips would be great.
Pic of said 172 Cup blower:
So I'm not sure if my solution will work, but I really hope I have!
To cheer me up I decided to paint a few parts (something I'm ok at). I painted the bulkhead panel, fuel rail guard & ECU cover):
Feeling slightly upbeat I decided to try and removed the steering column which again was hard work IMO.
I've managed to free to the column with some help from @Stuiemc but I can't get the steering wheel boss off, so i've sprayed it with some WD40 in the hope it'll free it.
I also can't work out how to disconnect this connection:
It goes in behind the steering wheel into the steering angle sensor (I think). Again any help on this would be great.
The main issue is 3 weeks until Isle of Man...
Tom
After the car was up and running last week, this weekend I set about replacing the steering column to enable me to run EPAS, I wish I hadn't!
However before I started on the column I wanted to remove all the AC junk from the scuttle.
Firstly I have no idea how you guys manage to remove all this from the scuttle? I spent hours trying to work it out (yes all the bolts from the drivers footwell were removed) but I just couldn't work out how to get it out the gap. This is what I started with:
As you can see I removed the inlet but this still didn't help!
Eventually I accidentally snapped off a part of the casing so I just went and snapped of a few other parts!
Even like this I was unable to remove it, so I kept on snapping off parts until it fitted out the gap, this is what I ended up with:
Although I now have a nice clean scuttle I now have no heating! I therefore sourced a 172 Cup heater blower but now I'm not sure if it'll fit? Any advice/tips would be great.
Pic of said 172 Cup blower:
So I'm not sure if my solution will work, but I really hope I have!
To cheer me up I decided to paint a few parts (something I'm ok at). I painted the bulkhead panel, fuel rail guard & ECU cover):
Feeling slightly upbeat I decided to try and removed the steering column which again was hard work IMO.
I've managed to free to the column with some help from @Stuiemc but I can't get the steering wheel boss off, so i've sprayed it with some WD40 in the hope it'll free it.
I also can't work out how to disconnect this connection:
It goes in behind the steering wheel into the steering angle sensor (I think). Again any help on this would be great.
The main issue is 3 weeks until Isle of Man...
Tom