new car

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

cant get the carpet out with the subframes in place.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

oh yes ,i forgot that
Sad

what about the rear seats ,do they have to come off as well?
thats a pain in the ass ,but always good to see whats under the carpet . i always wanted to install a brand spanking new carpet into my r19 ,may be someday Confused

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

rear seats are very easy to remove..no bolts, just clips.

anyway, fun and games the bolts for the runner rusted to fuck as expected so they are stayin in and so is the carpet mainly...nemind.

found a funny wire....its running frt to back drivers side.
spliced into a wire under the dash by the bonnet release and runs to the back and splices into the wire feeding the boot interior light...strange

somethign to do with a previous alarm install? mabye the feed to the boot light broke and someone just spliced this new feed in?

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

That'll be the inferior ph1 loom

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

nah it cant be standard its been bodged on with tape...the int light in the boot has red and ornage wire goin to it and then this black one taped onto the orange one...running poorly (ie visibly) up the side to the frt where its bodged onto that one at the frt...at first i thought maybe it had been bodged onto the door switch but no.

so i think either a crappy alarm install eg when boot opened, light comes on activate alarm

or the feed to the light bust and rather than find where it had bust just bodge a new wire on there....

ill pull it off and see what happens.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

yes thats the alarm feed and I pm'd you abotu stuff JB, not realising it was here!

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 1141

That really is a beauty Johnboy.

I'd love a Grey Ph1.

Get Uni out of the way and maybe get a job in the City when I'm not doing 500 miles a week and need VAG reliability.....

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

aftermarket alarm feed? as it was hanging out all under the seats...

i dont know what alarm imob its got....it has a little thing on a fob that i have to touch on a pad to disable imob but whether it has an alarm i dont know..

i got a receipt for a cat 1 alarm imob with it but i suspect it is the one fitted...

ill tuck the wire away neat then and forget about it.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

prob ren, they used bullet connectors for the renault alarm in mine!

They can;t install anything tbh

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

this is just twisted together and taped....doubt its even soldered...

aaaaanyway

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

anyone happen to know a source of rear engine mounts other than renault?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

my factors does em, cheapest I could get was 23quid + VAT

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

eurocarparts, i got mine from there.

Same as the old shape megane BTW

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

same as all petrol 19's and like neal said ph1 meganes again petrol models except 2 litre.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

ah...why was i under the impression it was renault only?

how much was that?

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

it's not the same for the 2 litre? how come?

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

www.eurocarparts.com part #338745130

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

the 2 litre runs same mounting set up as the clios, i.e. is hung rather than supported. Runs rear dog bone.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

oh that's wierd.

btw theres a big phase 1 spares bundle on ebay which might be useful that includes a rear engine mount.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10410&item=4525044910&rd=1

Pickup only though and I dunno where monmouthshire is.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

hanging the engines better than supporting it

dog bone takes ohh 10 mins to change!

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

monmouth aint a million miles from me Very Happy

fuckin ebay making me spend all this money