Montanas Deep Black 197
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Hmm, 197 failed the MOT due to drivers side rear caliper only giving 14% effort (see my other thread)
I had the wheel off , removed the adjustment on the handbrake cable and checked operation of the adjuster and the condition of the cable. These were both fine.
Depressed the brake hard many times and saw a slight weep of brake fluid from the caliper, the adjuster had also siezed solid , which told.me it needing bleeding.
After a quick bleed and the cable reconnected the handbrake immediately felt better , I adjusted the cable slightly so that the handbrake was fully operational with 3 clicks.
The good news is had it back on the brake rollers this evening and it passed with flying colours , so another 12 months ticket for the Clio.
Also had the garage replace my shocks and top mounts , the passenger side shock was completely kaput , so it was a good choice to replace. This also cured the knocking on the passenger side
Plan to give it a machine polish on Saturday, fit new plates and give it a good run out on Sunday.
I had the wheel off , removed the adjustment on the handbrake cable and checked operation of the adjuster and the condition of the cable. These were both fine.
Depressed the brake hard many times and saw a slight weep of brake fluid from the caliper, the adjuster had also siezed solid , which told.me it needing bleeding.
After a quick bleed and the cable reconnected the handbrake immediately felt better , I adjusted the cable slightly so that the handbrake was fully operational with 3 clicks.
The good news is had it back on the brake rollers this evening and it passed with flying colours , so another 12 months ticket for the Clio.
Also had the garage replace my shocks and top mounts , the passenger side shock was completely kaput , so it was a good choice to replace. This also cured the knocking on the passenger side
Plan to give it a machine polish on Saturday, fit new plates and give it a good run out on Sunday.
Yeah happy , yeah planning to do it tomorrow. How is CSS?
Spent some time cleaning the 197 today, fitted my new mats (continuing the yellow touch) and gave the interior a good clean.
Spent some time sprucing up the engine bay too , cleaned with degreaser / APC and dressed with aerospace 303, looking much better.
Being black it shows up the swirls , so began correcting the front end (bonnet, wings and front bumper) using my DA, very much a work in progress this one as I need some smaller pads and a cutting pad to use with the megs #205. Planning to revisit and focus on small sections at a time. Also noticed that it looks like the Clio has been sporting stripes in the past [emoji37] [emoji38]
Chris
Bad cop
bloody hell, big difference there then lol, I use #83 and has given me some solid results.
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