RM04 MOR - Arctic Blue 182

[HaveaCuppa]

I put the car back into storage recently as I’ve got a new daily shed - A MK1 Berlingo 1.9D It fits the bikes in the back and I can leave it without worrying if it’s going to get pinched, so it’s a win win. A 70hp non-turbo diesel lump takes some getting used to though…

So, I pulled the Clio out of storage for its MOT today. Annoyingly, I noticed the drivers headlight was high and the rear lights had a bad earth. I didn’t have time to fix them, so it initially failed. Once sorted it passed with flying colours.

Managed to wash all the crap off it too, as I didn’t have time to wash it before storing it.

Sorted the CTEK comfort connector , so
it’s easier to hook up the charger conditioner over winter.

It’s off to Rentec at the end of Nov for belts etc. It’s the yearly 4 figure pre-winter bill

 

[ldubl]

I managed to get a few bits done on the car this evening.

First up was sorting the aerial.
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Old base off.

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New base and aerial on.

Now the only issue is that I’ve replaced my boot struts with cheapo knockoff jobs and they are slightly too long, which means the spoiler catches the aerial when the boot is open. So new struts will be ordered this week. Buy cheap, buy twice…

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Oh, and if anyone else tackles this job at home, the aerial base is a git to remove with a socket. I used an old lambda sensor tool and it worked a charm.
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Up next was sorting the crack cup spoiler light - which didn’t work. I’d bought a new light as well as a new board, just incase. The new board wasn’t needed, so happy days!
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Old cup light. You can see the corrosion on the solder here.

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New cup light. Pretty mint board.

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Gave the spoiler a quick clean inside and then refit everything.

View attachment 1606903We now have a working high level brake light and zero cracks

looks amazing!

did you just use a trim tool to prise the third brake light out?

where did you get the replacement?

 

[MRBILLYUK]

looks amazing!

did you just use a trim tool to prise the third brake light out?

where did you get the replacement?

Sorry for jumping on somebody else's post.
There's a guy on Facebook called Craig Cockburn who was selling new led boards for the brake light. It might be worth dropping him a message if he has any left. They were £30 posted.

 

[HaveaCuppa]

I’ll be adding to this over the next few days updating this - I always forgot!

So, belts, waterpump etc were sorted by Barry and the folk at Rentec as well as the service. Top job as per usual!
This was the drive to the unit once I had picked the car up…

Tucked up with some very tidy stable mates for the winter…

Ticked over 113k

Fast forward to May and it’s time to bring it back out of storage.

Met up with @Hamish Laurie for a run in the sun with his arctic blue 182. I think I may have mentioned this route before but if you’re in the Scottish Borders, give it a run, it’s brilliant. It’s the Selkirk to Moffat road and up to the devils beeftub.

After this run I noticed it was blowing through coolant. Roughly half a litre in 100 miles. A quick look under the engine bay and it looked like there was a leak coming from the thermostat housing. So back up to Rentec it went for a fresh gasket and the once over to make sure all was well.

Picked up and all sorted. Next on the list was to sort the lack of gearstick gator that’s been bugging me for months. Finally managed to nab a cover from RPD.