Midland Renault Specialists ? Opinions please :-)

[JMR]

Talk to me guys. Midland Renault Specialists at Creswell near Worksop.
Mark's not too far away from me. I've read a few people mention him.

My LY200 has a full Renault Service history and had a major service with all the fluids, belts, water pump etc done last year.

Only grumble I have with the car (as quite a few do) is the stiff 1st gear when the car is cold. After 10 mins or so the box is as slick as you like.

Wonder if he is the man to go to, to try and solve this?
I hear a lot of people saying to bleed the clutch slave cylinder - and I mentioned this at Renault last year and the technician working on my car said stiff gearbox when cold is normal, and lots of people mention it. He shied away from bleeding the clutch slave cylinder, so it just got left.

I've lubed the ends of the linkage cables (going in to the gearbox) and changed the box oil to the better, newer ELF oil.
Not lubed anything under the gear stick though.

Thoughts from people please ?

Thanks in advance, James

 

[PAUL JA]

I can't see you going far wrong with Mark at MRS - cracking bloke that knows his way around the Clio

He did loads of work on Chris' Clio when we were doing timeattack - no issues at all

Go for it

As for the box it's probably fine, always worth an oil change and clutch bleed

 

[JMR]

Gearbox oil changed a year ago - luckily I have the remainder of the 5 litres of oil left after the first change.

I'll give him a call tomorrow.

 

[Wolf197]

Top bloke is Mark.
Done loads on my Clio now. Knows his stuff and always fair on prices.

Only down side is when I go to MRS he is always doing a Meglio conversion which becomes more and more tempting.

 

[JMR]

Top bloke is Mark.
Done loads on my Clio now. Knows his stuff and always fair on prices.

Only down side is when I go to MRS he is always doing a Meglio conversion which becomes more and more tempting.

Thanks.

And how's your shift into 1st when cold starting??

Is it an issue you guys have had and put up with, or an issue you've had and got sorted?

 

[Wolf197]

Thanks.

And how's your shift into 1st when cold starting??

Is it an issue you guys have had and put up with, or an issue you've had and got sorted?

My gearbox issue is 3rd.
If changing from 2nd to 3rd at higher revs get the dreaded crunch.

Mark is going to sort this when the clutch needs changing which I was told on Friday will be soon!!

 

[JMR]

Called Mark today and left a message.
Hopefully he will get back to me when he's not quite as busy.

 

[Nick]

Called Mark today and left a message.
Hopefully he will get back to me when he's not quite as busy.

If I was you I’d either send him a text or send him a message on the MRS Facebook page, that is if your on Facebook

 

[JMR]

If I was you I’d either send him a text or send him a message on the MRS Facebook page, that is if your on Facebook

I’ll text him if I can find out his number.

I’m not on Facebook lol

 

[Nick]

I’ll text him if I can find out his number.

I’m not on Facebook lol

I’ll send it to you