Recent content by massivewangers

And a picture of the wiper motor plug, just to help illustrate how fucked it is :tearsofjoy: Black is earth (obviously), the small green wire appears to be a permanent live, while the orange and brown wires are both dead. Fuck knows what's happened to it. If they both go to the fusebox, I...

I'm having some issues with the wipers on my 197. Basically, they don't work properly, and someone has fitted a little rocker switch to bypass the existing wiring. I've removed the motor/mechanism and cleaned it up and, with the Heath Robinson switch, they work, but they don't work on the stalk...

Seems a stupid question, but can anyone recommend somewhere to buy track rods for my 197? RPD don't have any stock, ECP don't have Lemforder or even Moog, Autodoc don't have any decent brands in stock - is there a global shortage or something?! :tearsofjoy:

Well a rather stupid update to this. Had a look at the cabin filter this afternoon and it wasn't clicked into place because the retaining clip is broken. When I took it off, there wasn't even a filter element in there. This means that the air has just been escaping into the foot well. With the...

Thanks for the info. Cabin filter is a good shout and will definitely be worth a look thinking about it, as dust is a huge problem here. That will be my first port of call I think!

Thanks @R20BTG that's really helpful. Will try taking the control panel out and see if there is anything obvious. Manual.

I have noticed a bit of a weird issue with my 197 (manual air con) - the dash vents don't seem to flow much air, even with the blower turned up to four. The blower itself seems to be working fine and changes speed for each setting. The air con blows cold too (though might benefit from a...

You could get some, but not all I think. They sold the 182, 197, 200 and 200t here, and the MK2 and MK4 Megane. Not sure they sold the MK3 though weirdly! There is the F1 track here in Jeddah of course, but it's not generally open to the public. There is another circuit just outside Riyadh (the...

I was on here a couple of years ago, when I had this RB 197: I sold that car as I was moving overseas to Saudi Arabia. Anyway, rather accidentally, I have ended up buying a ratty old 197 out here: With that, I thought it was about time I came back! The list of jobs on this car is LONG...

Looking forward to hearing what this sounds like!

Yeah R3 wheels are 7J. Can't say that bothers me really. You can still use the factory tyre (you could probably get a 225 on if you really wanted to) and they sit perfectly in the arches. They're pretty light too. An extra 0.5 - 1.0 inch would just add unsprung weight :tearsofjoy:

I used to use hypermesh and abacus. Would probably struggle these days lol No spigot rings on my car. R3 wheels are the correct centre bore and sit perfectly in my totally biased opinion:

I think I'd just buy a Mégane lol

I run ET41 17x7J on mine with a 215 tyre. It's pretty level with the arches at the front. I would have thought that ET40 with a 7.5 or 8J rim would be pushing it a bit to be honest.

I paid about £150 for the manifold I think, but I got it when there was an eBay sale on, so it was a bit cheaper. Stock of the Toyosport does seem to come and go. I can't remember how much I paid for the Powerflex inserts. I think the bottom one is the most critical one though, as the standard...