no comment on 39 hours ?
have you glued the clip back on the heatshield?
Tell me about it, I stopped counting after that but probably close to 60... everything that could’ve went wrong or have been awkward, was. Not being Clio familiar didn’t help but it got beyond ridiculous. It’s like oh it’s only so many bolts, you do this you do that, subframes off, drop the box and fire it back together. I get that and it should be a half day or maybe a day at most. But yeah I know how obscene the hour count is but every aspect of it turned out to be “one of those jobs” in itself. So relieved it’s done.
And yeah I superglued it on haha and got it squeezed into place under the manifold somehow with needlenose vice grips. I doubt it’ll break free but if it does I’ll hear it in about the driveshaft pretty quickly I’d imagine and panic at the noise. It’s underestimated just how strong it is.
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But yeah the cars been back together for a few days and has done About 200 mile of mixed aggression. Box seems sound ??Feels like it’s pulling much harder too, likely part down to knackered mounts getting replaced.
Think I’ll need to tweak the selector rod again as it needs a reeeeaaaaal wriggle to select reverse right now. Sometimes easier than others.
Clutch feels dead fussy as the biting points at that point of the lever where it really springs up. It’s fine though.
Shifts are so much crisper and concise but still inherently Clio’ey. Powerflex dogbone done and the nylon bush has been replaced.
The steering wheel is off to the left slightly (11ish) even though the column wasn’t disconnected from the rack. Going to try slacken the rack bolts and see if it’ll move on the subframe before looking at getting tracking done as it was fine before and hasn’t been messed with, was just left to hang when the subframe dropped and supported with cableties.
Steering pump seems to be making a bit of noise when turning now. Most so at full lock.
Throttlebody started whining with the ignition on in the cars down time.
Front camber needs setup properly once I get some new tyres on it and the new springs settle. I’ve got a wee gauge but the angle shifts on one side when I do the opposite hub after having it bang on. It’s close enough, just annoying.
Left hand front calliper is bound up slightly so I’ll need to clean and free the slider or rebuild it if needs be.
Noticed the two front cup shocks were oily and not returning although very firm. So they need done.
There’s always something but I’m slowly bringing it back to better health not that it’s by any stretch bad yet. Nothing major other than the dephaser starting to go.
Once I’ve rectified the recent issues, I’ll get some fresh summer rubber. Probably t1rs as there decent value for money at £130 a set right now 195/50/15. Rear disks are about done so I’ll upgrade the lot, decent pads and get camber shims for the rear. Braided lines at some point too, get those blue monzas painted, very likely strip it out too. Ac delete is on the cards when I do the belts and reseal the rocker. Got some 182 headers sitting which I’ll grab a ktec link for. So yeah going to get the foundations right and then look at getting it mapped. The cars a long term, fun daily b-road basher to me and will see a bit of light track work when the time comes. Albeit very good, It’s not a mint car and won’t be getting ruined by being stripped, will be looking for a decent used cage as well. I’m all about a lightweight and buzzy b-road basher.
Massive post but yeah that’s what’s going on and the Long term plans as well.
