Beany
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Glacier White 200 Cup
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burrellbloke
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The Clio went for an MOT today and passed with no advisories. Last year it had an advisory for having no rear seats. This year the MOT test centre did not seem to mind that the most of interior of the car was missing.
We have decided that our gearbox issues could be down to a faulty clutch master cylinder. The clutch pedal has very little resistance if depressed slowly, but works just about at low revs. We are now on the hunt for a new clutch master cylinder. I think that the OEM Renault part is NLA.
@EthanMenace has 3D printed a bracket to hold the 12v supply that used to sit in the centre console by the handbrake.
Now the 12v supply will not float around in the passenger side footwell.
We have decided that our gearbox issues could be down to a faulty clutch master cylinder. The clutch pedal has very little resistance if depressed slowly, but works just about at low revs. We are now on the hunt for a new clutch master cylinder. I think that the OEM Renault part is NLA.
@EthanMenace has 3D printed a bracket to hold the 12v supply that used to sit in the centre console by the handbrake.
Now the 12v supply will not float around in the passenger side footwell.
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R20BTG
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I'm confused, have we missed a step? We've gone from a car with the suspension removed and a knackered gearbox, to an MOT pass.... 
burrellbloke
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The suspension has been serviced and is back on the car now.
The gearbox is playing up but was okay to drive a few miles to the MOT test centre to get the MOT done. The box gets worse when it is downshifting quickly at high revs. Low rev changes are less crunchy. We needed the car to be “drivable” so that if we attempt to fix the gearbox we can test it on the road.
Ethan has sourced a second hand clutch master cylinder now so we will wait for it to arrive and see when it is installed if it changes anything.
The gearbox is playing up but was okay to drive a few miles to the MOT test centre to get the MOT done. The box gets worse when it is downshifting quickly at high revs. Low rev changes are less crunchy. We needed the car to be “drivable” so that if we attempt to fix the gearbox we can test it on the road.
Ethan has sourced a second hand clutch master cylinder now so we will wait for it to arrive and see when it is installed if it changes anything.
burrellbloke
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The gearbox tale of woe continues. Ethan went to South Wales last Friday and picked up a clutch master cylinder from someone who was breaking a 200. He also picked up another crunchy 200 gearbox.
After fitting the used clutch master cylinder the car refused to start. The dashboard came up with a message “Steering locked - turn wheel”. When the start button was pressed the fuel pump was not priming and you could hear 3 clicks. The steering lock module was not moving the steering lock pin out of the steering column allowing the car to start. Ethan connected Clip to the Clio which showed that the car was getting the signal to unlock the steering lock but the steering lock was unable to execute the command.
The next step was to order a steering lock emulator. That arrived the same day and when plugged in the Clio the emulator would tell the UCH that it was getting a signal to unlock the steering and sent back the right command that allowed the car to start. But, the steering was still mechanically locked by the old steering lock module. After a few hours of careful cutting the original steering lock module and locking pin were removed from the steering column. The car started with the steering lock module removed and the steering lock emulator plugged in. Unfortunately after a short drive it was clear that the change of clutch master cylinder had had no effect and the gearbox was still not working properly.
The gearbox is now being removed so it can take a trip to AW Motorworks.
This is the gearbox that Ethan picked up. The case looks crunchy. Plan A is to make sure that after the gearbox (the one that is coming out of the Clio now) is refurbed that it just works. If not plan B might be to rebuild one of the two spare boxes that we now have with a Gripper and leave it on the shelf ready to install if we have any more problems.
Hopefully can get this all sorted for the trip at the end of February to Zandvoort otherwise the Yaris is going to the Netherlands.
After fitting the used clutch master cylinder the car refused to start. The dashboard came up with a message “Steering locked - turn wheel”. When the start button was pressed the fuel pump was not priming and you could hear 3 clicks. The steering lock module was not moving the steering lock pin out of the steering column allowing the car to start. Ethan connected Clip to the Clio which showed that the car was getting the signal to unlock the steering lock but the steering lock was unable to execute the command.
The next step was to order a steering lock emulator. That arrived the same day and when plugged in the Clio the emulator would tell the UCH that it was getting a signal to unlock the steering and sent back the right command that allowed the car to start. But, the steering was still mechanically locked by the old steering lock module. After a few hours of careful cutting the original steering lock module and locking pin were removed from the steering column. The car started with the steering lock module removed and the steering lock emulator plugged in. Unfortunately after a short drive it was clear that the change of clutch master cylinder had had no effect and the gearbox was still not working properly.
The gearbox is now being removed so it can take a trip to AW Motorworks.
This is the gearbox that Ethan picked up. The case looks crunchy. Plan A is to make sure that after the gearbox (the one that is coming out of the Clio now) is refurbed that it just works. If not plan B might be to rebuild one of the two spare boxes that we now have with a Gripper and leave it on the shelf ready to install if we have any more problems.
Hopefully can get this all sorted for the trip at the end of February to Zandvoort otherwise the Yaris is going to the Netherlands.
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