Erm hi..... Since my laptop died and the Clio died, I've not been about that much. So much catching up has to be done. Are the retards still joining thick and fast, and what comedy gold have I missed?
Since the end of May I've done around 800 miles in the car, I've been constantly trying to get to the bottom of a loud whine that won't go away. Poor thing's sat on axle stands with spiders webs all over it.
So far in this epic saga, I've had the gearbox out twice, clutch and release bearing replaced, gearbox refurbed, offside drive shaft replaced and now onto the wheel bearings. Crashing into a curb after I'd done the drive shaft didn't help my cause, but I hope once it's back together, it'll finally work again.
Basically I've got an assortment of pictures for your amusement documenting the last 6 months, car wise.
Off to work, taking it apart, again. This coming from the man with the mechanical knowledge of 3 year old.
Plank tech y0
Box out finally. This was around July I think
Garage well and truly full of crap
Space where the box used to be
Then it came to putting it all back together, after bolting the TDC sensor inside the bell housing and having to take the box off for a third time, I managed to get it working again, but 2 weeks later the whine came back.<br><br>So the drive shaft was done. By this point I was getting into ever more extravagant ways of documenting what I had done.
With the noise still there, I decided the wheel bearings would be my next point of call, which timed in nicely with me sliding sideways up a curb, so the car went back to it's home (2ft in the air)
The damage
The nice straight wheel
The beginning of hub removal.
....and just as I was starting to think my bad luck was limited to the clio, I was driven into in my fiesta by a woman in a volvo, who thought driving on the right hand side of the road was cool.
£10 mirror from the scrappies sorted that one out though.<br><br>So here's hoping the Clio is working this time next week.
Since the end of May I've done around 800 miles in the car, I've been constantly trying to get to the bottom of a loud whine that won't go away. Poor thing's sat on axle stands with spiders webs all over it.
So far in this epic saga, I've had the gearbox out twice, clutch and release bearing replaced, gearbox refurbed, offside drive shaft replaced and now onto the wheel bearings. Crashing into a curb after I'd done the drive shaft didn't help my cause, but I hope once it's back together, it'll finally work again.
Basically I've got an assortment of pictures for your amusement documenting the last 6 months, car wise.
Off to work, taking it apart, again. This coming from the man with the mechanical knowledge of 3 year old.
Plank tech y0
Box out finally. This was around July I think
Garage well and truly full of crap
Space where the box used to be
Then it came to putting it all back together, after bolting the TDC sensor inside the bell housing and having to take the box off for a third time, I managed to get it working again, but 2 weeks later the whine came back.<br><br>So the drive shaft was done. By this point I was getting into ever more extravagant ways of documenting what I had done.
With the noise still there, I decided the wheel bearings would be my next point of call, which timed in nicely with me sliding sideways up a curb, so the car went back to it's home (2ft in the air)
The damage
The nice straight wheel
The beginning of hub removal.
....and just as I was starting to think my bad luck was limited to the clio, I was driven into in my fiesta by a woman in a volvo, who thought driving on the right hand side of the road was cool.
£10 mirror from the scrappies sorted that one out though.<br><br>So here's hoping the Clio is working this time next week.
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