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Originally Posted by AlfaCraig
Crappy Clutch ,means you couldnt put the power down.

I couldnt, it kept revving up, but didnt have the power.

I've driven one with a f*cked clutch, so I know what it feels like and it was exactly the same.


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as a crap clutch wouldnt provide enough bite to stall...

It wasnt providing enough bite, hence why I had to rev the balls off it to get it going.


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£100 for clutch parts !!!!

£80 for clutch plate, pressure plate and bearing and £25 for a new clutch slave cylinder


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Joe a knackered clutch doesnt effect the running of the engine at all.

A dead clutch means power from the engine cant get through to the gearbox. This means that when the car is in gear the engine revs up but the car doesnt accelerate - a bit like an auto when it pulls off, ie the speed doesnt increase at the same rate as the revs.


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JOE YOU NEED A HAND/ LIFT OR HELP WITH CAR GIVE ME A PM DUDE


Be more than happy to get you back on the road boss wink


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Originally Posted by StuyMac
A dead clutch means power from the engine cant get through to the gearbox. This means that when the car is in gear the engine revs up but the car doesnt accelerate


Thats exactly what was happening.

The engine was running fine except for when I went to set off or went to accelerate, thus leading me to think it was my clutch.

Cheers for the offer Robbo, but its sorted now mate


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Recently hit 143,000 miles and still going strong.

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Went down to London last month, no problem.

Clutch will still be getting changed soon though, just as soon as I find time and decent weather.

Reverse camera has been replaced (old one got water in the lens even though it was waterproof?!) and is now wired and working as are all the switches on the centre console.

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- Driver's Heated seat wired up (Pretty sure the passenger one is nackered - any ideas on who to go to to fix this?)

- Temp displays in, and fully working, just need to move the outside sensor to one of the mirrors as it gets a false reading if the car is stood still too long.
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- TV antenna wired up, just need to buy a freeview box

- New reverse sensors (in white) fitted and wired up. Works spot on, 0.0m on the display is about 20cm away from my tow bar lol.
Only problem is, as it transmits to the display through radio waves, the speakers pick it up when its switched on.

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- Started cutting a hole above the glovebox for a cup holder from a VW passat. Still yet to finish that job lol

- Repaired leather seats with black leather dye. Come up quite well - Only before pics, forgot to take after ones lol

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Should be getting tints soon.

Thats it for now I think, be doing more bits soon.


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looooks much better now the holes in the bumper av gone i think a job well done matey thumbsup

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mite be an easy fix (filament snaped) its taking the seat apart thats tricky, taking it apart and keeping the leather in-tact


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exactly, who would I get to do that? Upholsterers? Then repair the element myself?


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yea try car connections in wallasey.


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Originally Posted by BMW Joe
Reverse camera has been replaced (old one got water in the lens even though it was waterproof?!) and is now wired and working as are all the switches on the centre console.


Whole job looks great.

I like the idea of a reverse camera - is it a big job?

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I need a reverse camara my parkins sucks raftl


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Originally Posted by BMW Joe
Repaired leather seats with black leather dye. Come up quite well - Only before pics, forgot to take after ones lol


Any after pics?

I've got the same problem on my drivers seat frown

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Yeah, will get round to them soon.

works well and is worth doing.

Been meaning to update this topic too, replaced the clutch and a few other things


Reverse camera was a bit of a pain as I bought one slightly bigger than the boot lock, so had to file the boot and the plastic trim.

I then had to replace the boot lock for a boot release cable which came from an MX5 (smaller car = short cable)

Might swap it for an electric boot popper though and have a reserve battery, a bike battery for it in the boot

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Clutch was finally done at the end of May.

Needed replacing before the hot weather, but we ended up not having any lol.

The old original clutch juddered in hot weather, but could have easily got a few more thousand miles out of it.

Also replaced the clutch slave cylinder.


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Also tinted the windows (well, Sausage did, she did a good job too) but had a god at the back and messed it up, not tried again since so it's still half done.

I've been neglecting the car with recently passing my bike test.

Will give it a good clean this weekend, although the rust is starting to come through in places.

I have got a new parcel shelf finally, but still need to finish off the wiring.

I will finish it before getting a new car soon.


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