mintno1's PH1 172 Progress Thread

182_steve · Jan 3, 2017

Yeah it's been 'nippy' here too to say the least, crazy the shapes and stuff the frost creates on a car lol!

DerbyDan · Jan 4, 2017

mintno1 said:
Have been up North for Christmas and New Year, always good to come back and see the Clio where it's supposed to be, it's obviously been nice and cold while I have been away will see how happy it is when I fire it up in the morning!! Have been buying bit's for it over Christmas will update once they all arrive :smile:

That's a great photo.... possible shot for next year's calendar?

Been enjoying reading through your thread mintno1! Seems like we are going down very similar paths with our phase1s .... finding niggly problems but having fun solving & fixing them... the only problem with that 'list' is that for every job that gets ticked off at least other two get added to the bottom!

PS; loving the E36 M3 - not as 'hardcore' as some of the other M3s that there's been, but I think they were the 'sharpest' looking whilst still being quite subtle - they certainly becoming more & more desirable, gone are the days of picking up a nice one for £6K! Back at the beginning of the noughties I had an E36 325TDS - that was tweeked somewhat & went like stink! This was in the days before 'performance diesels' were the norm or even known about - so it surprised a few people! That car had the M3 front bumper & suspension & I loved how it looked....

mintno1 · Jan 4, 2017

DerbyDan said:
That's a great photo.... possible shot for next year's calendar?
Been enjoying reading through your thread mintno1! Seems like we are going down very similar paths with our phase1s .... finding niggly problems but having fun solving & fixing them... the only problem with that 'list' is that for every job that gets ticked off at least other two get added to the bottom!
PS; loving the E36 M3 - not as 'hardcore' as some of the other M3s that there's been, but I think they were the 'sharpest' looking whilst still being quite subtle - they certainly becoming more & more desirable, gone are the days of picking up a nice one for £6K! Back at the beginning of the noughties I had an E36 325TDS - that was tweeked somewhat & went like stink! This was in the days before 'performance diesels' were the norm or even known about - so it surprised a few people! That car had the M3 front bumper & suspension & I loved how it looked....

Not bad for a phone photo, lit by the family wagon headlights :smile:

The list is never ending!! MOT due this month so all being well will get past that and then we'll see what else happens, have you been buying/working on bit's over Christmas? You aren't a million miles away from me will have to meet up at some point and compare notes.

Loved the M3, such a capable car and like you say good looking but relatively subtle at the same time, shouldn't have sold it but had a new business that had just started and it was wasted not moving much, someone flew over from Germany and bought it!

mintno1 · Jan 6, 2017

Quick update, apologies no pics, over Christmas bought a cup spoiler in the wrong colour :smile: so will have to get that sprayed, on the lookout for a decent bodyshop at the minute. Also bought 25mm hubcentric spacers for the front with the appropriate longer bolts from @cpaterson76 and 5 & 10mm behind hub spacers with appropriate bolts from @KitsonRis for the rear. Haven't got round to fitting them yet as drove the car on Wednesday and it threw it's toys out of the pram, managed to get it plugged in thanks to @AlexW and I need a new injector :down: haven't ordered one online as yet as I was planning on going to the North Weald meet this weekend and it wouldn't have got here in time so might have to venture out tomorrow and find one.

Jekyll · Jan 6, 2017

I think i may have some spare injectors at home G.

mintno1 · Jan 6, 2017

Dr Jekyll said:
I think i may have some spare injectors at home G.

If you have that might help me out, funny thing is i paid for the injectors to be cleaned on the group buy and have kept putting off taking them out and sending them and now one has gone, serves me right :smile:

Jekyll · Jan 6, 2017

I'll bring 1 over on Sunday

mintno1 · Jan 7, 2017

Kept busy this morning, went over and grabbed an injector from @Dr Jekyll (Thank you again :up

can you tell which is goosed and which is new :smile:

Then after wandering round car garages looking at family cars, or what we can get away with calling a family car, managed to get the injector fitted to the Clio and now back running as it should which is always good! Then managed to fit the front spacers that I bought over Christmas, have some before pics below and will get some after pics tomorrow

Also remembered I also ordered some 3D printed wheel centre's for the Oz F1's which should be here soon, will get some pics when they arrive. Off to the meet at North Weald tomorrow!

182_steve · Jan 7, 2017

Wow those photos really highlight how far in the arch the front wheels are! I was thinking 'is 25mm too much?' until I saw that......... bet it looks great, look forward to seeing the after photos :up:

Good stuff with the injector, it's a close call but think I can spot which is the new one :grin:

P.S. love the wheels on this!

mintno1 · Jan 7, 2017

182_steve said:
Wow those photos really highlight how far in the arch the front wheels are! I was thinking 'is 25mm too much?' until I saw that......... bet it looks great, look forward to seeing the after photos :up:
Good stuff with the injector, it's a close call but think I can spot which is the new one :grin:
P.S. love the wheels on this!

I think 20mm looks great but because of the camber I am so glad I went for 25mm, it looks so much better now, will be interesting to see how it drives when I take it out tomorrow for a proper drive. All the injectors looked the same so will have to get some ordered when Euro/GSF or alike when they have a special discount on. Unfortunately I don't know what the paint code is for the wheels so not sure what I am going to do with the centre's I have ordered!

Jekyll · Jan 7, 2017

Ph1s can take much more space under the arch, not sure why. I have seen 30mm on one before!

You more than welcome mate. Glad it's sorted now. CS can be great at times with help

Also, GSF have a discount code this weekend. 48% off car parts: JAN48 :up:

mintno1 · Jan 7, 2017

Dr Jekyll said:
Ph1s can take much more space under the arch, not sure why. I have seen 30mm on one before!
You more than welcome mate. Glad it's sorted now. CS can be great at times with help :smile:
Also, GSF have a discount code this weekend. 48% off car parts: JAN48 :up:

It could take another 5mm but I think I am at my maximum of what I am comfortable with, CS has been worth the membership fee already 10 times over :smile:

KitsonRis · Jan 8, 2017

Have a look at Renparts on eBay for injectors. They are a very good price, sub £35 each if I remember right. Im sure I paid less than £95 for three last summer.

mintno1 · Jan 8, 2017

KitsonRis said:
Have a look at Renparts on eBay for injectors. They are a very good price, sub £35 each if I remember right. Im sure I paid less than £95 for three last summer.

They are a good price on there, will be worth a look now I am not under pressure to get it fixed and running again :up:

mintno1 · Jan 8, 2017

Some after fitting pics of the front spacers, again car is filthy, was filthy before I drove to the North Weald meet this morning and now even more so. Light was fading but you get the idea

182_steve · Jan 8, 2017

Yeah that looks much better :up:
Is the back going out a little as well?

mintno1 · Jan 8, 2017

182_steve said:
Yeah that looks much better :up:
Is the back going out a little as well?

Yep, have 5 & 10mm spacers to try on the back, will probably be 5mm but they were being sold together so I thought why not :up:

Jekyll · Jan 8, 2017

Looking at yours today, I reckon 10mm will be better.

mintno1 · Jan 8, 2017

Dr Jekyll said:
Looking at yours today, I reckon 10mm will be better.

The more I look at this pic, the more I think you might be right :up:

182_steve · Jan 8, 2017

Dr Jekyll said:
Looking at yours today, I reckon 10mm will be better.

Agreed, especially as the front is spaced out quite far, will help to give it a balanced look. But as said, if being sold together, would have been rude not to get both!

mintno1 · Jan 9, 2017

Pinched this pic off @Dr Jekyll from the North Weald meet over the weekend, thought I would post it up

K_McDermott · Jan 9, 2017

mintno1 said:
Pinched this pic off @Dr Jekyll from the North Weald meet over the weekend, thought I would post it up

Looks lovely mate nice clean car, and the v6 & m3 in the first post are bloody awesome [emoji7]

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mintno1 · Jan 9, 2017

K_McDermott said:
Looks lovely mate nice clean car, and the v6 & m3 in the first post are bloody awesome [emoji7]
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I definitely shouldn't have sold either the V6 or M3 :smile: Ph1 needs some work but it will get there, how's sunny Darwen, I was born in Bolton so not a million miles away!

Coops Mk1 · Jan 9, 2017

nice to see a phase 1 being saved, used to love ones I had

mintno1 · Jan 9, 2017

Coops Turbo said:
nice to see a phase 1 being saved, used to love ones I had :smile:

Finger's crossed that's the idea, all being well :up:

K_McDermott · Jan 9, 2017

mintno1 said:
I definitely shouldn't have sold either the V6 or M3 :smile: Ph1 needs some work but it will get there, how's sunny Darwen, I was born in Bolton so not a million miles away!

Hahaha sunny Darwen! As I'm here inside can hear it pouring it down outside..

I'm at top of Darwen too. top of a666 [emoji106]

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mintno1 · Jan 10, 2017

K_McDermott said:
Hahaha sunny Darwen! As I'm here inside can hear it pouring it down outside..
I'm at top of Darwen too. top of a666 [emoji106]

Sounds about right :smile: First house I bought was in Egerton so just over the moor, or whatever it is, still get back regularly, all family and lot's of friends still up around there :up:

mintno1 · Jan 20, 2017

I don't think this restoration is going to have a happy ending!!!

imprezaworks · Jan 20, 2017

mintno1 · Jan 20, 2017

Yep not good! It's No.4 really that I think will tip it over the edge, No.6 I already knew about as already have a replacement washer pump and the others aren't that major but it's the cumulative effect unfortunately

Louis · Jan 20, 2017

:smile:

mintno1 · Jan 20, 2017

Louis' said:
:smile:

haha it could have done with some of that before I bought it 😂

Louis · Jan 20, 2017

mintno1 said:
haha it could have done with some of that before I bought it 😂

You going to get the garage to sort it then or take it elsewhere? Don't scrap it or strip it!

Jekyll · Jan 20, 2017

Just seen the list

Apologies for the slow reply on PM also.

mintno1 · Jan 20, 2017

Louis' said:
You going to get the garage to sort it then or take it elsewhere? Don't scrap it or strip it!

Unfortunately knowing what else needs doing and the fact that the service history is pretty non existent I don't think it's getting fixed, it's a shame but I don't think it makes much sense

mintno1 · Jan 20, 2017

Dr Jekyll said:
Just seen the list 😧
Apologies for the slow reply on PM also.

No problems :smile:

182_steve · Jan 21, 2017

Oh no sorry to see that, but I get what your saying about the rust 😧 been there myself with previous cars, not an easy choice to make

mintno1 · Jan 21, 2017

182_steve said:
Oh no sorry to see that, but I get what your saying about the rust 😧 been there myself with previous cars, not an easy choice to make

If I had owned it longer it wouldn't be happening, if it could have just waited till next MOT before it failed

I will be looking for something to replace it with soon

182_steve · Jan 21, 2017

Another 172/182?

mintno1 · Jan 21, 2017

182_steve said:
Another 172/182?

Hopefully yes, would love another Ph1 but it's whether I can find a good one, other than that a 172/182 will be on the cards

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