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So today has been productive as balls and i'm now finally sitting down and relaxing.

I have: 

Finished my gearstick pretty much
Removed stub axles from rear beam
Removed the old bushes
Fitted new powerflex black series bushes
Wire brushed the beam
Painted the rear beam
Painted the stub axles

So, the gearstick!

I needed to lengthen the lift up reverse cable so I'm using an adapter that uses a grub screw to hold two cables in, like so!

27122074223_be322a83c7_b.jpg20160617_164406 by dann2707, on Flickr

Which feeds through the gearstick to the top:

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Then I'm using a screw with a nut to clamp the cable, probably going to put some washers on that a later date as at the moment it's purely just the nut. Sturdy as though

27631998292_5dd2aa5606_b.jpg20160617_165226 by dann2707, on Flickr

I had a change in direction with the angled extension tube for the linkage side of things. Decided to just use a straight bar instead and bend the gearstick at the top end.

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One extended linkage!

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I then bent the rod a fair bit. You can see the difference here compared to the last pic


27732807455_df159d6190_b.jpg20160617_180227 by dann2707, on Flickr

The cable was then trimmed down


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And attached to my outer shaft giggity.


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Rubber cowling attached

27658080041_e39590abfb_b.jpg20160617_181835 by dann2707, on Flickr


And finished. I'm just waiting on my shaft collar for the lift up reverse now. Then will spray it all black.


27732850955_403f1a5dc1_b.jpg20160617_183212 by dann2707, on Flickr


Really happy with it now, think it looks pretty good to say it costed around £15-£20 overall. Just time and thinking energy that took the most resource I guess.


Here is the lift up reverse in action too. Video won't go smaller so ENJPOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

 


Now on with the rear beam

This is how I started

27635176542_cc026e1c59_b.jpg20160617_203236 by dann2707, on Flickr

Got the old bushes out. I drilled holes in the rubber bush, smashed out the metal insert, then hack sawed a line down the outershell then hit that out with a hammer.

27735895355_5ce910543a_b.jpg20160617_214339 by dann2707, on Flickr

27701925996_d47b333185_b.jpg20160617_215154 by dann2707, on Flickr


The new outer shells went in ridiculously easy as I put them in the freezer for a few hours, simply slid in and required a little tap from the hammer

27457980110_38e0b3ed43_b.jpg20160617_215920 by dann2707, on Flickr

I then painted the rear beam and stub axles. Much better than what they were like before!

27701908576_98e3c5e87a_b.jpg20160617_224517 by dann2707, on Flickr

27457969430_2f70a77a07_b.jpg20160617_224535 by dann2707, on Flickr

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Still had plenty of oil pressure!

No idea, clattering halt, rad header split, whatever - surprisingly i'm not that gutted. Think i'll take it as a sign to stop f**king about and just give the original block to someone to get it rebuilt properly. The one that's in it is still worth a few hundred quid for the pistons and block, so that'll pay towards it nicely. 

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11 minutes ago, Haz said:

How'd you move the outer sleeve to select reverse?

Looks awesome!

It just lifts up by 12mm. I bored out 12mm deep of the gearstick so that the outer shaft can slide inside it. 

Thanks dude! 

@Jolfa

 

 

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Turns out a CLI is actually a JDM model, so I have a German built, Jap import in NZ :D all that makes it JDM really is the cat, which will be going in the bin :lol:

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Most of the paint on the car looks like this because mainly someone has decided to go over any scratches with a mismatched metallic blue (car is non-met) straight onto the original paint :(

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So I've spent the day with some 1200 grit, a can of cut & polish and a can of "Dark Ford Blue" for the worst parts, still a long way to go and I must fight the urge to import some cheap coilovers...

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Busy busy tonight and it's finally there. I wasn't fully happy with the angle of the stick and I could have lived with it but as you know it's me and it's gotta be right or I get annoyed.
 
So I took it off and bent it some more.
 
27801868355_1c71a35cbc_b.jpg20160620_201745 by dann2707, on Flickr
 
This is it now in neutral 
 
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First
 
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And fourth
 
 
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I haven't been for a blast yet but after sitting in and changing gear it feels so much better. Can't wait to test it on track!
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38 minutes ago, TROYston said:

Clio 182 Dan?
Ive been looking at buying one, should be mine next month if the owner pulls his finger out!

Yup. Best car I've owned. Been so reliable over two years. Puts a smile on my face everytime I drive it even after those years. Absolutely no signs of me selling either and that's unusual for me. 

 

@Haz has one too. 

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So I've had a nightmare recently with my newly acquired Audi A4 b7 avant. Head gasket / head went and as was bought through a trader have been fighting for 9 months to get him to pay for repair. Been through small claims , citizens advice , mediation etc etc...

Ended up with me saving up the money to get it done myself , also did a fair amount of other work to it myself that I was planning to do. 

Anyway! Managed to get the car going after finding the egr cooler was also f**ked, got it through an mot and it ran faultlessly. Took it to work the other day and only got 2 miles down the road until it died.

Started off lumpy and underpowered, got progressively worse then cut out with battery light on. Will not restart now , just cranks. Fuel is reaching filter and hpfp, battery is fine when put on another car and the glow plugs and loom all seems good ( continuity back to the main connector and glow plugs all read the same on a multimeter resistance wise.

No relevant fault codes showing , just 4 that are air con related?!

Id really appreciate some help, spent many hours after and before work trying to get it going to no avail.

 

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On 6/21/2016 at 10:19 PM, dann2707 said:

Yup. Best car I've owned. Been so reliable over two years. Puts a smile on my face everytime I drive it even after those years. Absolutely no signs of me selling either and that's unusual for me. 

Just out of interest.  What other cars have you owned?

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Found this in the bin:

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Oh my...

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Randomly stumbled upon a local Gumtree ad for a chap selling a pair of brand new front LCR discs that had been sat in his garage a while. Should clean up nicely, and at £25 the pair rather than £100+ each I'm pretty happy with that!

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Picked up a set of rears plus pads all round to complete the set while GSF had 42% last weekend:

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Studs arrived for adapter plate:

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Will check it out properly over the weekend - I've driven for 9 hours straight today so it's time for food and a film :)

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