PSAPerv Posted January 30 Posted January 30 On 27/01/2026 at 22:28, loserone said: On the way back the Express made it clear that 300km is regarded as acceptable for a NSF wheel bearing. It's got a new driveshaft since the last one, anyone got any advice? I'm guessing perhaps the hub is warped or something and that's why it's eating the for le petit déjeuner Might sound daft but the caliper isnt hanging and baking the grease out is it?
PSAPerv Posted January 30 Posted January 30 Ill ask my local friendly Renault specialist and see if he has any pointers loserone 1
loserone Posted January 31 Author Posted January 31 Turns out that an L322 range rover lies about the remaining range and stops roving. Fortunately Mrs L1 wasn't too far away and resumed progress A quick rush to the station later, and I collected a shitist who took it off my hands. I'm sure he'll reveal himself later on.. yes oui si, Saabnut, Dyslexic Viking and 4 others 7
loserone Posted February 1 Author Posted February 1 12 hours ago, straightSix said: If I hadn't just got an L322 Lovely to meet you briefly yesterday, impressive fuel economy figures on your way home! Now what? Is 4 cars enough? straightSix and yes oui si 2
straightSix Posted February 1 Posted February 1 1 hour ago, loserone said: Lovely to meet you briefly yesterday, impressive fuel economy figures on your way home! Now what? Is 4 cars enough? Great to meet you too! Still smitten with the L322. I doubt I'll ever see these figures again though 😂 loserone, yes oui si and Saabnut 3
loserone Posted March 4 Author Posted March 4 The 205 wasn't starting after being sat over Christmas. Pretty sure it's the starter solenoid sticking but no amount of smacking it with my 1.4 205 starter motor custom made hammer made it work (I have been here before). So elected to buy a £55 starter from eBay and stick it on. The old one is pretty minging but I might clean it up and keep it as a spare. All good, back up and working but no charging. FFS. Figured rather than buy a new alternator I'd try a regulator pack first. Here's the old one. They sent two packages of the new one. Odd. Guess I have a spare Side by side with the old one. Does it work? No. A quick sanity check and realised I'd connected the alternator to the wrong terminal on the starter like a muppet. Fixed that and went to pay @Jimbob McGregor for an hour he spent on the l322 before it left the pasture. Drives lovely, got home with the battery charged up and went for reverse This bit is supposed to look like this But instead looked like this. Pushed the car round the side and popped the linkage off. Used my pro* welding station in the utility. Now all back together and fixed*. What next? Jim Bell, Tickman, Sunny Jim and 9 others 12
loserone Posted March 11 Author Posted March 11 Exhaust rubbers. The top one died and the exhaust was hanging low. The other seems OK though. How much of a cheapskate am I only bothering to replace the broken one? Brigsy 1
Andyrew Posted March 12 Posted March 12 Wise move actually, as pattern part rubber is shite, if you replace them all at once they all will fail again around the same time. Drag out an OE rubber as long as you can IMO. Sigmund Fraud, LightBulbFun, Brigsy and 2 others 1 1 3
loserone Posted March 12 Author Posted March 12 This way means there's a spare in my door pocket too. Sunny Jim 1
Brigsy Posted March 12 Posted March 12 Agree with the above, pattern exhaust rubbers of that type are poor, if old ones still work ok leave them be. If it aint broke.. AxWomble 1
alcyonecorporation Posted March 12 Posted March 12 Art imitating life, or something. captain_70s, Fat_Pirate, JMotor and 5 others 8
alcyonecorporation Posted March 13 Posted March 13 Sorry, L1, I've taken your car to Japan. yes oui si and loserone 2
loserone Posted March 13 Author Posted March 13 Let's see it in Japan then AC. Tonight I drove it to Newcastle and paid a pound to park On the way I passed a milestone Then I went into a quiet room and looked at a computer. The CGI annoys me, I actually missed a hazard entirely because I was internally raging at the 'camera car' driving along a major road which, when a minor road joined it, was apparently called Roberts' Close. A close is a cul-de-sac for fucks sake, it's not a *missed the hazard*. I nearly did the same thing with a wrong generation Toyota Yaris on a 59 plate. Did mostly alright though. The question I got wrong was about overtaking a stopped tram. It had no good answers and I'm probably as likely to ride a motorcycle around a stopped tram in Holland as I am in the UK. Oh well. Stuck £55 of £1.699 a litre Shell V Power in the 205 and caned it home 320touring, Dave_Q, Surface Rust and 14 others 15 2
alcyonecorporation Posted March 13 Posted March 13 9 minutes ago, loserone said: Let's see it in Japan then AC. loserone, Sunny Jim, LightBulbFun and 2 others 4 1
alcyonecorporation Posted March 13 Posted March 13 fuck it, trial mountain sdkrc, loserone, yes oui si and 1 other 2 2
Imhotep Posted March 13 Posted March 13 With the 205 gear linkage woes, I’d recommend these guys for new ones. Used them a load of times, decent quality stuff. Specialise in French stuff, and they really like 205s: https://bakerbm.com alcyonecorporation 1
loserone Posted March 14 Author Posted March 14 That's a very easy way to spend £120 instead of three minutes welding.
Mally Posted March 14 Posted March 14 6 hours ago, loserone said: That's a very easy way to spend £120 instead of three minutes welding. Without casting aspersions, I can weld like you. I'd get it done properly or it may* fail again. loserone 1
loserone Posted March 14 Author Posted March 14 Yeah that's fair. I did give a good walloping with a hammer but it's not ideal
hairnet Posted March 14 Posted March 14 On 04/03/2026 at 21:09, High Jetter said: Landslide? 🤣 High Jetter 1
alcyonecorporation Posted March 14 Posted March 14 11 hours ago, loserone said: That's a very easy way to spend £120 instead of three minutes welding. The welds crack. Ask me how I know.
PSAPerv Posted March 15 Posted March 15 On 14/03/2026 at 00:08, loserone said: That's a very easy way to spend £120 instead of three minutes welding. I make them from 8mm ball joints with a security clip and threaded bar, they dont come off again unless you want them too loserone and Stinkwheel 2
loserone Posted March 17 Author Posted March 17 On 13/03/2026 at 23:23, Imhotep said: With the 205 gear linkage woes, I’d recommend these guys for new ones. Used them a load of times, decent quality stuff. Specialise in French stuff, and they really like 205s: https://bakerbm.com These guys only do GTI stuff. For the MA box only Pug1off make em. In unrelated news yes oui si, Dyslexic Viking, Brigsy and 1 other 4
Imhotep Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Forgot the GTI has a BE(?) box. Keep thinking they share the MA with the 106/Saxo/AX.
loserone Posted March 18 Author Posted March 18 Fitted a couple of things. The selector fork thing seems to be where most of the slop is but it's still an improvement. yes oui si, Dyslexic Viking, High Jetter and 4 others 7
loserone Posted March 18 Author Posted March 18 Then the rear view mirror fell off. And I jumped a Mercedes Dyslexic Viking, Brigsy, Dave_Q and 3 others 6
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