Mossy's Cars

[mossyv6]

I'm gonna be copying both of those things on my car tbh mate

Both really good ideas!

No problem at all, glad to help mate.

 

[mossyv6]

182 Trophy

Radiator and AC Condenser and Dryer change.

A job I have been meaning do but following a topic on here I managed to find the part numbers and all parts came in for £90.

Stripped:

Cleaned:

A few rusty bits:

Old vs’ new

 

[mossyv6]

Radiator fan removed:

Cleaned:

New fixings:

Together:

A/C rad and dryer bolted up:

Fixing refurbed:

Putting back together:

To be continued tomorrow

 

[mossyv6]

These are the parts I used. Came in at £83. All parts came within 2 days.

 

[Krarl]

Bloody £15 for an AC rad!!

Mental

 

[RustyMojo]

Ordered a new condenser thanks Mossy. I’ll have to order a new dryer and radiator at some point as well!

 

[mossyv6]

Bloody £15 for an AC rad!!

Mental

Crazy ain’t it mate. Somebody posted up on here but not to sure if it fitted. So for £15 it was worth a gamble.

Ordered a new condenser thanks Mossy. I’ll have to order a new dryer and radiator at some point as well!

Nice one buddy 👍

 

[RustyMojo]

Condenser arrived, won’t be fitting it for a while yet but it’s absolutely the right one! Top work finding that bud thank you! Good bye horrible scabby condenser unit! What amazing value!

 

[Brigsy]

Bargain that, i wonder if it will fit my dci?

 

[mossyv6]

Condenser arrived, won’t be fitting it for a while yet but it’s absolutely the right one! Top work finding that bud thank you! Good bye horrible scabby condenser unit! What amazing value!

Good for you buddy and glad to have helped you out.

Bargain that, i wonder if it will fit my dci?

When I was doing my research it seemed a lot of Renaults used a very similar condenser and with a bit of cross referencing of part numbers confirmed it.

 

[mossyv6]

182 Trophy

Putting front end back together.

Original headlights back in:

Next job was the rusty fastener for the wing and top bumper fixings:

Also sorted out the swivelling rivnuts for the bumper undertray:

And also cleaned up the engine under tray fixings, rivnuts still stationery

Also replaced a rusty driveshaft jubilee clip:

 

[mossyv6]

182 Trophy

Front end back together:

Also found this arch liner on eBay apparently of a 182? It took a bit of working out how it fits and I’m convinced it’s not off the sport range:

Had a fastener on the left that didn’t fit anywhere? But the rest was all good, so it will stay

 

[Chris V6]

Top work looks good, I assume that if I change the rad and air con rad I will need to have the air con re gassed and replace all the coolant ?

 

[mossyv6]

Top work looks good, I assume that if I change the rad and air con rad I will need to have the air con re gassed and replace all the coolant ?

Thanks Chris and yes you will. Still got mine to do tbh. Coolant only arrived today at 4pm.

 

[frayz]

Superb work there dude. 😏👌🏼

 

[mossyv6]

Superb work there dude. 😏👌🏼

Thank you mate 👍

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Excellent work mate, looks Bob on!

Does the 182 and phase 1 172 share the same radiator and AC gubbins? Anyone know?

 

[mossyv6]

Excellent work mate, looks Bob on!

Does the 182 and phase 1 172 share the same radiator and AC gubbins? Anyone know?

Thank you and sorry not sure about the radiator but I would be surprised if the AC condenser would be different.

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Thank you and sorry not sure about the radiator but I would be surprised if the AC condenser would be different.

Did you replace the little O rings on the AC pipes mate?

I've just whipped my condenser and drier out so I'll get the above ordered

 

[mossyv6]

Did you replace the little O rings on the AC pipes mate?

I've just whipped my condenser and drier out so I'll get the above ordered

I carefully removed mine, inspected and refitted.

 

[mossyv6]

182 Trophy

Coolant back in but turned into a bit of bOstard due to me not lining up for bonnet catch after refitting!! So bonnet stuck down solid fast with zero effect from the lever!
Tried normal trick of someone else operating the lever and me lifting/moving the front bonnet edge but nothing!
So I luckily found a post by @Louis @Archtronics (thanks you 2) and removed the front bumper leaving the grill behind (tapped it off with a rubber mallet).
Once bumper off you can see the catch mechanism middle top of the grill. I simple pushed in a long flat screwdriver and placed it up to the main catch centre lever that drops into the slam panel hole (has the spring around it), I tapped end of the screwdriver with a hammer against it and voila the bonnet popped open

So first time I have had to remove a bumper to do a coolant change:

New coolant and also temporarily refitted my induction kit to give me maximum room in order to get to the bleed valve:

And all back together:

No leaks and radiator fan comes in when it should

 

[Tez.]

Cut a hole in the bonnet for that ram air mate ! It’s be 250bhp lol

 

[mossyv6]

Cut a hole in the bonnet for that ram air mate ! It’s be 250bhp lol

That is so funny, I took a photo of it like that and then said this to my 7 year old son and he told me off!!

 

[mossyv6]

182 Trophy

A small update but again these are often very satisfying.
These were sprayed black from the factory but I have put it back to Capsicum red.

 

[jp_lcr]

You should do paid commission's mate, attention to detail is excellent.

 

[Cads]

I might have to borrow that idea!!

 

[mossyv6]

You should do paid commission's mate, attention to detail is excellent.

Thanks buddy 👍

I might have to borrow that idea!!

No problem at all 👍

 

[Clio_fool]

Trophy's are looking good Paul 👍. How many cars do you have on the drive at the moment? Still after a 250?

 

[mossyv6]

182 Trophy

Spruce up of the rear arches and brakes:

New bonnet catch fitted:

Borrowed an idea from @frayz to stop rear arch guard flapping about (thank you):

And blank service books for my 2 x Trophy’s.

 

[mossyv6]

Meggy Trophy

Back to under the bonnet.

Dirty:

Clean:

New parts sourced:

Old stuff to remove:

Stripped:

Fitted:

Tidied up spare vac pipe:

And finished:

 

[frayz]

Nice job dude.
Clipping that little rear arch liner makes such a difference doesn’t it. 🙂

 

[Optimista]

I like the rear arch "thing". Any more info on that?

 

[mossyv6]

Meggy Trophy


Just a couple of other small updates but rewarding none the less

Replacement rear view mirror as old one was on permanent dark view:

Another sunglasses case fitted on passenger side:

 

[mossyv6]

Trophy's are looking good Paul 👍. How many cars do you have on the drive at the moment? Still after a 250?

Thanks Paul 👍 yes I still quite like the 250’s.

Nice job dude.
Clipping that little rear arch liner makes such a difference doesn’t it. 🙂

Yes great idea, so thanks 👍

I like the rear arch "thing". Any more info on that?

Thanks 👍 very easy to do. Drill 6mm holes and fit one of these through:

 

[andy_coops]

Do you have a link for the bolts to attach the fan to the radiator pls mate? Had a search but can’t find any.

 

[mossyv6]

Do you have a link for the bolts to attach the fan to the radiator pls mate? Had a search but can’t find any.

Hi buddy I used M6 cage nuts and M6 bolts.

 

[andy_coops]

Thanks sir! 👍

 

[mossyv6]

Thanks sir! 👍

Welcome mate. I have just remembered that the cage nuts were a very tight fit so I trimmed a mm of the side so fitted in the square hole.

 

[mossyv6]

Meggy 225

Fitted 15mm spacers on the rear today - rear wheels fit the arches much nicer now.

Before:

During:

After:

 

[Krarl]

Have your neighbours kicked off at you for having 63 cars?🤣🤣