Martin's Clio DCi Van

[Martin_172]

Back bumper has a crack in it, been trying to find a replacement in white but it isn't easy! This ended up a cheaper way of going about it...

200k, MOT failure

 

[Martin_172]

Went to the scrappies today, Grabbed a set of genuine mats as you can see the 3 of us were staring at them in excitement (well I was), gave them a clean after this photo and they came up like nee

Also got a set of genuine mud flaps lol

 

[aldo_87]

This thread requires more updates!

 

[Martin_172]

Getting there slowly, rear beam and fuel tank are off the 182

Shell is gone

 

[Martin_172]

Cracked on with this yesterday as I've not had much time recently with everything going on in the world!

Finally got time to drop the old rusty, drum wearing rear beam off!

Spent all day rubbing down the 182 rear beam and painted it black and forgot to take any photos DOH!!!

Fitted a set of Powerflex polyurethane rear beam bushes, what an easy job, I've been dreading it!

Cleaned up the 182 fuel tank and swapped it over (removing the diesel tank obviously!)

got it back down on all 4 wheels and filled the gearbox oil back up with some ELF gearbox oil

turned the key and...…… It fired straight up! I cant order an exhaust with Ktec currently being shut so I only ran it for 5/10 seconds but she runs! I still need to order a pure motorsport AC and PAS delete kit and the eBay epas controller to get the epas working and waiting on a new rear brake line coming as the one that runs across the rear of the beam has seen better days so once that is all fitted i can bleed the brakes, fill and bleed the coolant and take it a test drive!

Ive still got 100 little jobs I want to do to tidy it up but in the meantime I pulled it out and gave it a quick, wash...

 

[Martin_172]

PMS air con and HPAS delete kit arrived today so got that fired on. Really nice, well made piece of kit, doddle to fit!

 

[RustyMojo]

Looks like a lovely solution that PMS kit

 

[Mickb]

Good kit, same as I have on the mpv. Better than the old kit.

 

[aldo_87]

You'll need more than that crotch rocket...

 

[Martin_172]

You'll need more than that crotch rocket...

No replacement for displacement

 

[Martin_172]

More progress today!
The rear bumper has always had a crack and missing arch liner etc since I had it

So I set about swapping it with the doner car I bought for its bumpers

Removed the bumper from the 2004 and the brackets behind it were rotten!...

Dreaded to think what I'd find behind my 2001 bumper! But actually it was perfect...

Also fitted the rear mud guards to match the fronts i fitted a while back, Much better...

Ktec link pipe arrived, that's tomorrow's job

 

[Mazz]

top stuff here, well done on the latest jobs !

Please leave it on the equation style wheels !

 

[Martin_172]

top stuff here, well done on the latest jobs !

Please leave it on the equation style wheels !

They are getting a fresh refurb in silver soon!

 

[Mazz]

I'd leave them grubby, that's just me

 

[Brigsy]

Looks mint for a 51plate

 

[Martin_172]

For £96 delivered, brand new, this doesn't look too bad haha

 

[Martin_172]

Had a bit of surface rust on the O/s suspension turret so I treated it and painted it today, much better. Turned out well so plan is to paint the bay next winter when the engines back out! I've got new top mounts on order hence the overspray lol

Also my ktec bend arrived so just need a smaller battery and a big filter!

Was a few bits of surface rust under the bonnet so sorted that out too

 

[Brigsy]

Looks nice and clean under the bonnet. My orange dci has exactly the same rust, paint is so thin.

 

[Martin_172]

An absolute legend @d19wood sorted me out with good condition brake lines, hopefully get an MOT this week!

 

[d19wood]

No worries, good luck with the MOT 👍

 

[Martin_172]

Really happy with how the cheap pattern part exhaust sits!

Also sounds alright with the 182 manifold, Ktec Decat and a K-Tec style induction kit setup

 

[Brigsy]

Sounds alright that, my Kangoo had a similar system on it when i got it, was proper cobbled together though. Was fast and discreet with stock airbox.

 

[d19wood]

Nice!
Just had a look through the thread and really like the van parcel shelf over the usual full rear carpet but I guess they're a like hen's teeth to find now.

 

[Martin_172]

Nice!
Just had a look through the thread and really like the van parcel shelf over the usual full rear carpet but I guess they're a like hen's teeth to find now.

yeah its pretty cool, most of them seem to get removed and lost it would seem as hardly any of them have one, I had to buy another van to get one 😂

 

[Martin_172]

Bits for the new induction setup arrived!

 

[Martin_172]

Well just ripped it round the scheme, she drives! It's running a little rough with a slight missfire so more investigation required tomorrow. But I'll sleep easy tonight knowing she works haha

 

[Martin_172]

code read on it is showing this...

when bleeding the brakes via RS tuner when you select the abs pump activation I cant hear or feel anything through the pedal im sure I should hear the pump cycle?

 

[Martin_172]

Delivery from Kam racing today.
182 cup dampers and grams springs.

Ordered a pair of genuine front dust covers/bump stops and powerflex rear upper mounts. waiting on fresh front top mounts and they are good to fit

 

[Martin_172]

Looking quite the sleeper 😂

 

[Mazz]

Love it like this, top work.

 

[Brigsy]

Looks bang on.

 

[MattRS182]

First dibs if you want to sell

 

[Martin_172]

Fitted new genuine 182 cup dampers all round today with grams springs. Also fitted new top mount kits and new spring top hats so it's all fresh!

 

[Krarl]

Let me know what the Grams are like. I bought a set to swap over from my Cooksports but not got round to fitting them yet

 

[Martin_172]

Let me know what the Grams are like. I bought a set to swap over from my Cooksports but not got round to fitting them yet

Should have it MOT next week at some point and get some road miles on it so will let you know!

 

[Martin_172]

Well she went for an MOT and sailed through without an advisory!!! (I would have been disappointed if it didn't given its pretty much been fully rebuilt and every bush and mount replaced lol)

then promptly on the way home from the MOT station threw an abs fault again and lit the dash up like an xmas tree and the speedo was reading wrong. not had time to look into it but that's this weekends job

however she goes well!

 

[Mazz]

Excellent. Looks on point, could do with maybe a subtle sign of a local plumbing firm [emoji38]?

 

[Martin_172]

Van got some grip today!!! ive heard mixed reviews about the AD08RS but we will see!

 

[Martin_172]

rear callipers were past there best so stuck a pair of rear callipers on it and some braided rear brake pipes:

been out doing a bit of visiting in it, started doing some easy miles to come across any teething problems, luckily nothing major its been sweet

ive started winding it up now and she goes well! ive done about 150 miles in it over the last week now, the look on a surprized Fiesta ST180 drivers face when he tried to overtake me on a long slip road when i held onto 4th and let that big ram air filter breath, needless to say he had to pull back in behind lol

 

[Boldi]

Sleeper life begins