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Righto, my front sachs started leaking so i've removed them from the car, sent them off to BG to be stripped, they've sent them back to me to be blasted and coated then i'm sending them back for refitting. While that's being done i'm working on the rest of the susp. Removed the arch liners and...

My old fiesta used to creak over speed humps till i got the anti roll bar bushes replaced. My mechanic friend told me to change them after taking him out to listen to the noise. I'm doing the same job as you've just done but i've noticed my arb bushes are cracked so i've bought some poly ones to...

I agree, i've spent a fortune on my T in 2 years ownership!

ah just looked like it had a slight crease on one side of the 'dent'. Glad i'm not the only one, never noticed it before! Surely this is ludicrous for decent exhaust performance!? What's the point in ensuring a 2.5" diameter pipe from the cat back if there's a restriction in the downpipe!

While rumagine about underneath the car this evening i noticed a curious dent in the downpipe just above the anti roll bar...the bar appears to be able to fit perfectly into this dent.....seems too much of a coincidence to me!!!!! Has some twat of a mechanic in the car's history lifted the roll...

Removed front and rear dampers and springs today. Had a mate helping which was a big help. Bought a 12volt impact wrench from machine mart...which refused to function, but fortunately didn't need it, the 21mm spanner with a 19mm spanner joined to the end so to speak, and allen key socket piece...

That's great cheers!

Can anyone tell me the weight of two sachs dampers regarding postage to BG?? I'm taking mine off on sunday and think it'll be too late to book a parcel force collection for Monday to get them to arrive Tuesday. So if someone can be kind enough, if they remember! the weight of their parcel, i can...

Ooo, good stuff, doing this job on sunday. Got a swan necked 21mm spanner, going to buy a Clarke 12volt impact wrench that are very good btw. Eek for the postage! Mine should be with him next Tuesday! Let me know how you go, you getting a new adjustable adjuster fitted?

you can adjust the amount the radio volume increases with speed in the radio option settings gubbiny thing

Something to think about - When we had that super cold snap the temperature where i work was minus 10...our van refused to start. The RAC came out, and when they arrived the sun had come out and warmed up a bit. After cranking for a while she fired. The opinion of the RAC man was frozen fuel...

Oooo, my lambda keeps playing up, well one of them I imagine...whereabouts might i find such a sensor...GSF??

buy a wand, it's half the price :wink:

In my past experience a battery will have the power to light up the dash and make it appear everything's fine, but having a dead cell means there won't be enough juice to run the started motor to get the car going. There's usually a clicking noise when you turn the key to start which is the...

Possibly a dead cell in the battery. Get another car and a set of jump leads and try again.

oooo those AST ones look lurvely, and i'll be able to ditch the camber bolts. Nice one. Liam no worries, I live 2 and a half hours away so it's too far, plus i won't have a car to drive there! I'll see what happens.

Alright sam, well he thought he knew someone the last time i saw him who might be able to do it cheaper, but with BG covering the market and him probably being busy I imagine he let it go. Wasn't aware you could adjust camber from top mounts...mark fish does his own top mounts, apparently the...

Good day chaps! My recent MOT revealed a leaking driver's side damper. So it's my intention to whip the shocks off, send them to BG for refurb, off which i have just emailed. Just a note, I emailed Mark Fish first, who basically said use BG as they have the market covered for this job. While...

Is it on the lower right hand side of the clocks? The one above the green shift light?

If your rings were gone the burning oil would be causing obvious blue smoke from the exhaust, you'd be down on power quite obviously. Fill up with Shell VPower and that will clean up the carbon deposits in the head and pistons. Supermarket fuel will cause excessive carbon build up.

The Engine :D so so sorry!

ah, i'm not enough of a devoted clio nut to be on there :)

After one alloy to replace a bent one, will buy new off k-tec but thought i'd check here first :D

That would've been me! I didn't go down there for the meet but for other reasons. I saw a few clios up there but it was a pretty empty sat night for southend!

I'm not a mechanic but don't see the issue with blow torching it, snapping it free, greasing, then putting it back...it won't damage it providing you don't use a hammer! Of course, for £30 it doesn't matter really! Can't you measure your one?

Timing belt and aux belt is all you need :D people say replace the aux belt tensioner pulley as well as it can cause probs, but i didn't. I think the two of you having a row is basically misinterpreted. Everything is easy if you know how to do it, the problem lies when people do not know if the...

That would be such a sad waste to break it.

Seriously!!??!! :lol:

shows you what i know! I was curious what would happen by taking it off while i was in that area doing something else...my results...no difference .... I think!

I think the problem lies with the difference in brake pedal feel. My old fiesta had fantastic feel to the brakes, you knew what was happening, just like the little 1litre 106 i had, superb! But moving on to the clio it's not as comprehensable. The brakes lock up easily in slippery conditions...