Megane 225 powered 172 cup.

[Mash.]

Loads of shitty updates really no biggens with the lack of time after work to get on with proper stuff..

Just need to await aome new bearings then we can get the box in bits and fit the gripper!

Some aeroquip bulkhead fittings ready for the fuel lines aling with the longacre bulkhead through.

Started getting all the fuel filter, pumps etx ready so they all drop down to an6 fittings, as it was a right jumble between different threads.

s**t picture, but the fuel rail with aeroquip fittings..

Fitted the CMC dash pod and started mocking up a dash panel like in the previous 182 that supports and acts as a guage panel etc

Also going to make some brackets from the bulkhead to support the dash, especially if the fire extinguisher is gonna be mounted from there...

Bought a new riv nut gun, my other ebay special broke yesterday, so went for a more expensive one, only time will tell

Finalized locition for shifter, gonna rivnut where the holes are and put threaded bar up to support and adjust tilt of shifter. Then will make up an alloy housing to hide all the plastic and what I can mount bias valve too.

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[Mash.]

Inteior is starting to feel like an interior again.

Made some support stands for the dash which some alloy sheet will be folded around...

Fitted electrical cut off and wired that into the earth cable - putting the live wires behind the dash like that scares me a little so earth is much much safer and means you dont have to run the alternator discharge resistor thing.

Realised I had a ctek battery charger lying around so made up sone terminals to go into the battery.

Started mocking up positions for the fuel pumps and lines etc

Set up will be:
25litre internal tank - lift pump - 1 litre swirl pot - 30 micron filter - bosche 044 - check valve (keeps pressure in the system) - sytec automotive filter 100 micron - 630ccs - pressure regulator - return to swirl pot.

Most of this is getting put in the wheel well, just need to make up some tank straps and make a alloy cover for it all to keep it msa compliant.

Picked up these tonight also! Love a new set of asts!

Little engine picture to finish.

Hopefully over the weekend the gripper will go in, and the engine fitted with a new cambelt and water pump.... meaning I can start bolting stuff back in! Wooo



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[Mash.]

Productive saturday!

Fuel set up is nearly complete, got the new riv nut gun working, so mounted all the brackets bar one in place.

All I have to do now is plumb in the fuel rail to bulkhead and run to and from the bulkhead to the swirlpot!

And make a fire wall for it..

Secondly.. bit bloody messy but that cannot be changed at the moment mounted a few more switches to dash panel

Really happy with the position of everything! Just gotta rivet some alloy to the support bars and put a few more switches on.

Finished the loom for the heater just gotta throw a live and fuse to the switch.

Thirdly - shifter is nearly mounted, just gotta make a spreader plate that goes across the shifter gap to bolt the front 2 bolts too but its strong enough for the moment.

Single mass ready to go on,

Gonna replace crank seal as its here

Anyway the big part of the day - Gripper! Thanks to the help of stephen venning and @NorthloopCup over the phone to guide me in place I got stuck

Cover off

After removing all the pinions and ball bearings (well those and some really small roll pins falling out along with what i think is the reverse fork coming out) you give the input shaft a little tap to raise everything up a little, which meant enough room to squeeze the diff out

Gripper is awaiting bearings been pressed on so next weekend we should have the box back together, little nervous on putting it back together but its just remembering which pinion slides in to lock the rods in place before doing the other rods etc should be reet!



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[Matt555]

How hard was it to do? Never opened a gearbox before and picked a diff up today

 

[Mash.]

How hard was it to do? Never opened a gearbox before and picked a diff up today

Yeah pretty tricky, but that was going in blind!

I had a mate with me whos stripped his clio box and knows what hes doing so its not something id do if i couldnt learn from someone

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[Matt555]

Yeah pretty tricky, but that was going in blind!

I had a mate with me whos stripped his clio box and knows what hes doing so its not something id do if i couldnt learn from someone

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Fair enough, I'll take it somewhere to get it fitted. Ta

 

[NorthloopCup]

Fair enough, I'll take it somewhere to get it fitted. Ta

Where you based? I can fit it mate.

 

[Matt555]

Where you based? I can fit it mate.

I'll drop you a pm in a sec

 

[Mash.]

Aye Mark knows his stuff

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[JKING3008]

Are you running the gripper at 10% locking to start to bed the plates in?
We did that with mine, only done 1 day session so far so after next session (or maybe before) will increase it to 50%.

 

[Mash.]

Are you running the gripper at 10% locking to start to bed the plates in?
We did that with mine, only done 1 day session so far so after next session (or maybe before) will increase it to 50%.

I have no idea, if you run it at 10% would that mean further down the line splitting the box and changing it again?

Im not really aware i thought all the ramp angles etc were set in the factory and couldnt be changed...

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[Mash.]

Finally got round to sorting out the epas, the seller for the epas column didnt provide the plugs for live so just got some bigger terminals and insulated them and thats seems to work perfectly!

Also mounted the variabke resistor on the dash, loving the position of everything currently well within reach.

Recycling at its finest using old plugs from redundant looms to make it easily removable from the main loom, if dash/loom needs to come out quickly etc

Should of prethought about that one and covered it in heatshrink first, but bit of leccy tape will sort it hha

Aswell with fitting some aerocatches to a mates 197 that was how sunday was spent...

The curse of @Matt555 struck me also went to get up from soldering and palmed my hand directly on the soldering iron outting full weight on it, and also got a bit grinder happy and went straight into my finger... just a deap scuff haha

This week I will do the cambelt and water pump on the engine and get it all timed up, clean out the bottom of the engine oil pump etc give it a check over.

And finish off fitting the gripper!





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[barnesautos]

This is flying along - full steam ahead @Mash. , the dash looks the mutts , and your custom bits to.

 

[Mash.]

This is flying along - full steam ahead @Mash. , the dash looks the mutts , and your custom bits to.

Cheers bud, yeah dash isnt finished yet will look even better

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[Mash.]

Ey up, so as always come home from work try and make the most of the fading light...

First job, steering rack looped. Was a quick 5 minute job so not perfeto but itll do for what use it does.

2nd job, sort centre console/dash panel out.

Pretty happy with it, gonna wrap it black so it blends in, and then obviously get drilling to mount some guages on etc

3rd job, subframe on. Not sure if ove put it on to early and will need to take it off later on, but i think itll be ok. New pf black steering rack bushes put on, all the other pf bushes look ok so left them.

Jobs a gooden, hopefuly sort brake lines out tomorrow evening

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[Matt555]

Don't forget to put your exhaust in through the subframe / transmission tunnel gap. I did the first time around and had to drop the subframe to get the link pipe in as engine was in and definitely not coming out when I realised I couldn't squeeze it through the gap :disrelieved:

 

[Mash.]

Don't forget to put your exhaust in through the subframe / transmission tunnel gap. I did the first time around and had to drop the subframe to get the link pipe in as engine was in and definitely not coming out when I realised I couldn't squeeze it through the gap :disrelieved:

Yep its all in using a clio down pipe so it should fit straight in

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[Mash.]

Check strap for fiberglass doors, check..

Custom brake lines, check

Forum update, check

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[Mash.]

Todays job after a quick morning trip to renault parts direct, fuel lines!

Crank seal fitted as it makes sense to fit it while im here...

Bias valve fitted to the shifter..

And the last job of the day, fitting the sunstrip which went well, no bubbles, creases etc youd think id have the hang of it by now!

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[dann2707]

Nice work mate! When will it be done?

 

[Mash.]

Nice work mate! When will it be done?

Should be hopefully, ready to get mapped next weekend bud.

Just timing engine back up now, and then gonna gearbox back together after wards, then hopefully engine in.

Main jobs to go
- diff back in
- engine in, gearbox mount
- engine wiring loom
- re do coolant hoses
- intercooler pipes
- hubs/suspension
- string it
- mapped

Something like that


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[Chambers_RS]

Do you still have to use the Renault tool to fit the crank seal on the meg lump like the Clio engines

 

[Mash.]

Do you still have to use the Renault tool to fit the crank seal on the meg lump like the Clio engines

Nah ply them out with a small screwdriver, hammer them back on with the old seal

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[Chambers_RS]

Nah ply them out with a small screwdriver, hammer them back on with the old seal

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So it won't leak like the Clio seals do then. Lol

 

[Mash.]

So it won't leak like the Clio seals do then. Lol

I hope not, thats how most people put them in on a meg so Im happy with it.

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[Mash.]

Today was uneventful but eventful.

Went to finish of the gearbox and ended up taking more bits off.

Where the selector rods enter the gearbox and use the retaining pins to act as the "clunk" and to make sure you dont select 2 gears at the same time. Basically wouldnt go far enough in like something was blocking it

The holw gearbox assembly is full of moving pins around to locate the rods but it turns out number 20 had found itself under one of the selector rods number 11. Meaning nothing would sit properly.

In the end this mean completey taking apart the selctor rods punching out the retaining pins to seperate forks from rods.

That meant progress stopped as more pins and circlips were needed.

Hey ho another day

The rest of the day was spent getting the cambelt sorted. This was the first time ive done one on my own and i can safely say its a eaiser job on a f4rt than an f4r.

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There we go, 2 things id thought id never be able to do, with a bit of time researching and asking a lot of questions possibilities for learning are endless! Onwards and upwards

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[barnesautos]

Love you breezy attitude , nothing seems to phase you . The end is near [emoji1303].

Cracking job @Mash.

 

[Mash.]

Love you breezy attitude , nothing seems to phase you . The end is near [emoji1303].

Cracking job @Mash.

Haha yeah it used to dont get me wrong but with knowledge comes confidence and all that s**t... so no idea where the confidence is coming from looool

But yeah just have to understand that most things can be put right if you make a mess first time round, everythings designed for a purpose and by a person so once you understand that you'll understand how most things are put together

"Matthew Ashmore - 2016" haha


But yeah happy days isnt it, im worried about little things like swarf in fuel lines etc so just gonna run a fuel sampling kit to flush the fuel through once etc but yeah im excited mate, will have to take you out in it once done!

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[Mash.]

Driveshafts are done!

Anyone know of any good aftermarket inner cv boots? And outer for that matter...

But cannot find any aftermarket inners.

Renault do them at £40 but x 4 becomes a bit pricey.

Old girl

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[RMDavis]

If they do them, you can't go wrong with 'GKN Lobro' boots mate.

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[bloke]

Yup,gkn.

 

[Mash.]

If they do them, you can't go wrong with 'GKN Lobro' boots mate.

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Alright bud ill have a look!

I guess you didnt know it was me in the e46 coupe that you passed yesteday going past basingstoke college? Gave a nice lil pop for the underage girls

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[RMDavis]

Alright bud ill have a look!

I guess you didnt know it was me in the e46 coupe that you passed yesteday going past basingstoke college? Gave a nice lil pop for the underage girls :wink:

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Haha that wasn't my intention... (They love the Clio though! 😂)

I didn't see you bud, the garage I work at is just round the corner. Did you hear about the poor bloke that got knocked off the bridge!?

 

[Mash.]

Haha that wasn't my intention... (They love the Clio though! 😂)

I didn't see you bud, the garage I work at is just round the corner. Did you hear about the poor bloke that got knocked off the bridge!?

Haha i bet!

I kinda thought you didnt, oh right yeah i go ti college there 1 day a week as part of my job!

I did mate proper bad that!

Just ordered these from euros should be good for inners

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[RMDavis]

Haha i bet!

I kinda thought you didnt, oh right yeah i go ti college there 1 day a week as part of my job!

I did mate proper bad that!

Just ordered these from euros should be good for inners

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I can get those though work for £11.76 inc VAT bud if your'e interested? Every little helps and all that!

 

[Mash.]

I can get those though work for £11.76 inc VAT bud if your'e interested? Every little helps and all that!

Dont worry mate already paid for them at £27 for both, but will bare you in mind next time! Cant seem to find any outer boots though on their site?!

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[Mash.]

Ooooooosh

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[Mash.]

God im happy with how its coming together!

Boost pipes are a right c**t!

Should be getting there with it now ive finnaly realised how things go, although header tank will need to be moved for space.

Pass side driveshaft fits, didnt have the cv boots for the drivers side so no progress on that side

Lost my heatshield for starter

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[Mash.]

Few updates, loom is grtting there, throttle body loom has been modified, just map sensor and cranks sensor to go.

The engine turns over and i have ignition and lights, not much else though due to no speedo or fuel guage - the dash is pretty useless now haha

There we go, throttle body isnt responding when ignition is on so i dont know whether it needs some sort of calibration with the ecu... or i have wired it in wrong or something, but we'll get to that stage later on...

Still gotta finish off boost pipes and as above map sensor and crank sensor, sort a bracket for coilpack, and when the fuel line arrives plumb the engine bay return line in.

Then look at getting base map on it so it can be started...



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[Mash.]

Oh also the trip computer or anything isnt lighting up? Not sure if thats related to the throttle body?

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