She’s here finally...

[ChavyBoy]

Valarie the Valver touched down on my drive last night and she is a beauty. Completely standard apart from being lowered slighty. She is going to get an upgrade next year to a turbo from BB.

She is white and has the nice refurbed Phase 1 alloys that are in mint condition. She also has a fat wallet of bills which to me is a good sign and says she has been looked after well. Currently she has done 78K and the cambelt was done at 62K so a worry off my mind. She has a tiny pin prick of rust on the wheel arch which is normal for 16vs but apart from that the body work and interior is mint, and the best thing is she only cost me £2K so looking around has its benefits.

A few questions though:-

1. Is the clutch on valvers usually quiet heavy as one or two people I have spoke to says they are ?

2. The dogleg engine mounting, how hard is this to replace yourself and how much does this cost ? I am handy with a spanner BTW. I think this may need replacing soon as when you back off the throttle the gear stick moves about an inch which is a trait of the mounting being shagged.

3. How easy with the use of the good old haynes manual is the dash to remove to fix a couple of blown bulbs near the speedo ?

Cheers Ivan

 

[Daz]

1. My Mk1 Clio has a heavy clutch - I have heard the valvers are the same

3. Yes, very easy

 

[ChavyBoy]

Cheer Daz.

Mr Rockport, Can I call on that favour please for doing the coolant flush !

Can I borrow your manual so I can do the dash bulbs etc...

 

[Tom]

ivan i did the dash bulbs on my mates 1.2 last week (same shape)

i can give you a hand if you need any help (plus i need to see what you bought)

and mate valarie?

 

[ChavyBoy]

Tom if your are serious could do another how to for the removal of the Valver dash. I will bell you later.

And Valarie she is bound to be a women car and complain alot when you properly maintained

Also we have Megan the Megane and Kirsty the Kawasaki

 

[Daz]

I could change bulbs and put everything back in 10mins.. its very simple. 5 screws on the top dash, two on top of dials and two underneath. Sorted!

You should have no problems!

 

[ChavyBoy]

Daz you da man !



Anyone know if the dogleg mount is as easy

 

[Tom]

ok mate

oh and you missed one out

4. should i let tom drive it?

 

[ChavyBoy]

LOL

Ive seen the way you drive yours ! BTW I like my alloys intact mate

 

[Tom]

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Post some pics up

 

[ChavyBoy]

I will post some pics when I take some tonight after I have cleaned her..

 

[night.icon]

dog leg mount is easy two bolts and a set of axle stands ! they cost about 35 notes from renault

 

[Tom]

Quote: Originally posted by ChavyBoy on 23 April 2003

I will post some pics when I take some tonight after I have cleaned her..



sorry forgot about your clean fetish (which i now have!! grrrr)

 

[Dust]

i dont think its the engine mount, i think its the gearbox linkage. When this gets worn or loose the gearstick rocks back and forth when putting on and lettin off the throttle, and ive heard its easy to replace! But i might me wrong.

 

[rockport]

WELCOME BACK MR CHAVY!!!... Hmm this Valarie sounds quite fit, look after her otherwise ill make a move

you can borrow the holy bible anytime you like m8! in fact i also have 1 or 2 blown bulbs that need dealing with. We can both have a crack at replacing them if you like! Sounds piss easy to me. This mount maybe more of an issue, tho with my help we will have it solved in no time

That will be the best spent £2,000 you ever folked out for Ivan... theres no need to spend big wedge for good performance these days as im sure you already know... maybe later on Ivan you will reveal your thoughts on our little bunter efforts towards the valvers Vs 172 corning abilities You are one of us now valver chav.



ill mail u later m8



James

 

[ChavyBoy]

LOL spot on mate, John (Night.Icon) also wants to sort out a few bulbs as well, could have a nice little business going

I must say the valver does feel a little more stable going into/in the corners and it does go for a 1.8, tried to bait a Gti golf last night but he wasnt playing. Now just got to add the CLIOSPORT sticker in the window and that should be good for another 10bhp if my calculations are correct

Remember there can be only one Valver Chavy

Ivan

 

[night.icon]

and a heater control while we r at it !

so where and what bulbs do we get

 

[ChavyBoy]

I will have a looksy in the manual when Rockers Porters comes down, there is a Halford (Swear word) down the road from me so we can get the bulbs from there.

Ivan

 

[rockport]

How much is a bulb tester these days BTW? have you got one ivan / john ?

 

[ChavyBoy]

Why do you want a bulb test, I have a multi meter and a battery to hand thats it. Bulb tester are the expensive way of doing it...

 

[night.icon]

nope i aint ! but i could get the bulbs 2 day if i knew what 1s to get

 

[ChavyBoy]

I am not sure. I am going to have a look tonight to see if I can find out.

 

[wongy008]

cb

you know where i live come and get mine if u want. saves u missioning it all the way to basildon to see rockport.

both jobds are easy. but i did not do the dog bone myself.

dash lights are pices of piss too.

if u get stuck give us a shout and ill help ya do it

im forever taking my dash out

wongy

 

[wongy008]

cb u still in chafford

do u know there are about 10 valvers in grays now,there all my mates or mates mates,



they all copied me mwahahahahahahaha



pisses me off a little as not as exclusive anymore

 

[ChavyBoy]

Wongster long time no hear mate.......

Cheers for the offer I might take you up on that then you can see me exclusive Chavyboy white 16v...

 

[rt172]

Nice one Chavyboy. Seem to be a growing number of ex/current 172 owners going Clio Old Skool!

 

[Nick Read]

Yeah funny how theyre buying up all the old valvers! The dogbone mounts not too hard Ivan, just a bolt in each end and theres nothing needs moving out of the way really.

 

[Rajk]

its the way to go

 

[Tonys]

Alright Ivan,

What happened to the 172?

Think i saw you the other day, at upminster trainstation. Not too sure tho thats why i didnt say hi. Would it have been you?

 

[wongy008]

thats coz valvers are next best thing after the best clio of all ( the willy)

only joking right

ivan like i said u know where i am, id be happy to help a fellow valver owner

wanna see and go out in ur beast too

never seen a white one up close

wongy

 

[aaronc]

Welcome to the world of valvers mate. enjoy.

 

[ChavyBoy]

Guys,

Thanks for the advice.

Tonys might of been me mate, what time roughly ? Plus I was using the 172 about once or twice a month so I would rather have a cheaper car sitting in the garage do nothing than a 12K car in there + I bought a Kawasaki ZXR400 Ninja as well for play days.

Wongy I did pop round last night but you werent there.