Monaco 172 Track Car

[Louis]

I've got one of these for all my tools

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Then a teacrate for all the fluids, spare pads, axle stands, wheel chocks and misc bits

That's lovely that mate, thanks for letting us know. We are all very proud xx

 

[S-JM]

Stupid fat f**k

FTFY x

 

[Krarl]

With the 5 series out of action for a bit I had to make the Clio road (semi) legal again

I paid a mechanic to do all the hard work

MOT passed

It's made me miss how fast, smooth, refined, comfortable and effortless the 5 series is. I've driven it for 1 day and I feel ruined! f**k

 

[Krarl]

I have ruined this car for the road

I drove it for 2 hours yesterday and I wanted to kill myself afterwards. It's great if you're hammering it, but my knees and shins hurt when I need to be sedated with my pedal inputs. The coilovers fling me out of my uncomfortable fibreglass bucket seat that I'm now too fat for whenever I hit anything even slightly that resembles a bump in the road too

But in other news, one of the lads at work has started 3D printing a few bits and bobs, I didn't have all the colours to do this but he did so he printed it for me. Not bad for a 3D printer! It was a horrible picture to get right too but it converts an image into g-code/stl format so you can print it

That pic makes it look more green than it actually is

 

[Sir Nancy Flowers]

Can you whatsapp me a video of dem tiddys bouncing from the stiff coilovers pls?

Fanks

 

[Krarl]

Can you whatsapp me a video of dem tiddys bouncing from the stiff coilovers pls?

Fanks

Sorry I've only got a vid of your mams swinging as she rides me like a Blackpool donkey on speed

Honestly, it grips like a downs kid with a pet hamster 🥴

 

[Louis]

I have ruined this car for the road

I drove it for 2 hours yesterday and I wanted to kill myself afterwards. It's great if you're hammering it, but my knees and shins hurt when I need to be sedated with my pedal inputs. The coilovers fling me out of my uncomfortable fibreglass bucket seat that I'm now too fat for whenever I hit anything even slightly that resembles a bump in the road too

But in other news, one of the lads at work has started 3D printing a few bits and bobs, I didn't have all the colours to do this but he did so he printed it for me. Not bad for a 3D printer! It was a horrible picture to get right too but it converts an image into g-code/stl format so you can print it

That pic makes it look more green than it actually is

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Should get it done as a lithograph

 

[Krarl]

Should get it done as a lithograph

Is it bad I read that in Mike Tyson's voice?

 

[Louis]

Is it bad I read that in Mike Tyson's voice?

 

[Krarl]

Washer pump packed in and with all the salt in the road it made it sketchy driving. Constantly getting spray on the windscreen and can't see f**k all. Set about swapping the pump over today as I had the day off

The first step was stripping down the spare track car I had because I know the pump worked on that

After that I stripped mine down. Thankfully the wipers popped off nicely on both cars with a little puller and they weren't sized completely

Minging

Cleaned and removed my alarm

It's a good job I was in here, my wiper linkage was a gnats fart away from going Pete Tong

Little c clip was missing and causing the spindle to wear and drop with gravity and the weight of the wiper on there. Because the wiper linkage has a joint too it was knackering that took, so a good little find

More cleaning

Continued...

 

[Krarl]

I removed the alarm because it was installed by a f**king gypo c**t and it was more of a pain in the arse than something useful

It was so shoddily installed that they twisted and taped most of the wiring, and the alarm sounder wasnt even tightened down. It was finger tight and they used one of the heater matrix bolts, which is probably why I've had water ingress because it was loose as f**k 🤬

All the stupid twisted and taped alarm wiring removed and the bolt back in and tight

Fusebox tidier now

Wiper motor, linkage, bottle with new pump back in. Someone had replaced the pump with a Chinese knock-off which had failed, 22 year old genuine Renault pump in

Cleaned and coated the plastics

Gave all the joints a good coat of ACF

All back together. Engine bay given a quick clean.

I put the rubber seal back in at the back of the engine bay. I've never ran this but I've noticed whilst plodding on at 50/60mph on the motorway the blowers get a bit cooler. I think without all the excess s**t on the engine it doesn't work as hard and there's nothing blocking the rad either. A bit less 'through' airflow might help

Tested everything, wipers smoother than ever, I just needed to use a bit of stranded wire to clean out the washer jets

 

[Krarl]

Gave it a wash too. I hit the underside with my roller undercarriage cleaner, I had no plans to drive this on salty roads and it makes me itch knowing my coilovers don't have covers and some of my suspension parts are spherical bearings🥲

 

[DaveDreads]

Is this the you're on about breaking?
Seems far too nice to pull apart.

 

[Krarl]

Is this the you're on about breaking?
Seems far too nice to pull apart.

Nah it's the silver one that's going to meet it's demise

I just need to get my 5 series back, then I can start stripping it at work. I can't drive it there and I can't tow anything without it

 

[DaveDreads]

I was going to say, making a car that good then pulling it apart would be soul destroying.

 

[Rob]

Can you just shove the chairs out the silver one in that to commute? Or are standard mounts not still there etc?

 

[Krarl]

Can you just shove the chairs out the silver one in that to commute? Or are standard mounts not still there etc?

They're even worse than the Corbeaus for comfort🤣

 

[McGherkin]

That steering wheel could do with a good lick 😋

 

[Rob]

They're even worse than the Corbeaus for comfort🤣

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Oh, I wrongly assumed it was moderately standard.

 

[leeds2592]

They're even worse than the Corbeaus for comfort🤣

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Them seat frames look nice and safe. Did Jon fozzy bear make them?

 

[chazza114]

I've got a set of standard seats out of my Phase 1 that you're welcome to borrow until your back in the BMW if that's any help?

 

[Krarl]

It's all good, an engine has been purchased for rebuild for the 5 series

Hopefully I won't have to use this much

 

[Krarl]

 

[Louis]

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Slag

 

[SharpyClio]

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What you think is the sound of a cooling exhaust is actually the sound of rust running rampant....

 

[Krarl]

What you think is the sound of a cooling exhaust is actually the sound of rust running rampant....

My rear arches just like

 

[leeds2592]

All that taking the mick out of @Louis rust bucket is gonna catch up with ya

 

[Krarl]

There appears to be some windscreen in amongst my salt shield

 

[leeds2592]

There appears to be some windscreen in amongst my salt shield

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That’s pretty much what I see when I take my lenses out and don’t wear my glasses 😂

 

[Krarl]

That’s pretty much what I see when I take my lenses out and don’t wear my glasses 😂

Because you're getting glizzy glazed with tattywater 💦

 

[leeds2592]

Because you're getting glizzy glazed with tattywater 💦

 

[Krarl]

Driving home, going about 40mph and hit something the size of a football

Out of nowhere, it made 2 massive bangs as it went underneath and my soul left my body via the arsehole. My sheer luck it smacked straight on the gear selector🙃🙃

Undertray fucked, selector arm bent (I think) and it won't go into reverse. Spent 2 hours laid on the floor freezing

f**king cars. Kill me

Everything's covered in salt too, my rack boot is split and the track rod has play in it now too so anything over 60mph and it vibrates the steering. Quite apt because everything else rattles and vibrates like f**k

 

[hopgop1]

Driving home, going about 40mph and hit something the size of a football

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Out of nowhere, it made 2 massive bangs as it went underneath and my soul left my body via the arsehole. My sheer luck it smacked straight on the gear selector🙃🙃

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Undertray fucked, selector arm bent (I think) and it won't go into reverse. Spent 2 hours laid on the floor freezing

f**king cars. Kill me

Everything's covered in salt too, my rack boot is split and the track rod has play in it now too so anything over 60mph and it vibrates the steering. Quite apt because everything else rattles and vibrates like f**k

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That's some s**t luck, but at least it didn't send you off the road. Is the 535 close to ready at least?

 

[Krarl]

That's some s**t luck, but at least it didn't send you off the road. Is the 535 close to ready at least?

My engine hasn't even been delivered yet, it's probably a month away from being done at least

 

[DaveDreads]

FFS! I want my Clio engine! x

 

[Flob]

f**k that! What a c**t.

Can you do bangernomics for a month, I'm not sure the Clio is going to survive another brick.

 

[Krarl]

FFS! I want my Clio engine! x

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I'd quite like to have 1 roadworthy car that doesn't grenade, but life's not geared that way🤣🙃

f**k that! What a c**t.

Can you do bangernomics for a month, I'm not sure the Clio is going to survive another brick.

f**k knows, I might have to at this rate

If I can't fix the Clio this weekend I probably will just buy something for less than a grand and drive it like a complete c**t for a few months

 

[DaveDreads]

I'd quite like to have 1 roadworthy car that doesn't grenade, but life's not geared that way🤣🙃

At least you're not ploughing money in a car that's never going to be worth anything, just so you can get to work to earn money to spend on parts to keep it running.

 

[HaveaCuppa]

That's rotten luck, but it could have been a lot worse!

Definitely get on marketplace and find a dodgy Yaris/berlingo/just eat spec shed to use for while the weather is grim