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Old 14th December 2007, 04:44 PM   #21 (permalink)
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it's easy to do from above, I don't see what all the fuss is about. lol
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Old 14th December 2007, 04:48 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Old 14th December 2007, 04:50 PM   #23 (permalink)
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it's easy to do from above, I don't see what all the fuss is about. lol
Unless you have arms like Popeye, then they might not fit down there
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Old 14th December 2007, 04:54 PM   #24 (permalink)
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that's just gay. there's nothing hard about it not do you have to have long arms to do it. but if you all find it so hard i guess i should count myself lucky not to have to take the car to bits just to do a starter. lol
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Old 4th August 2008, 07:44 AM   #25 (permalink)
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i got cought rotten going at a timing belt in a 98 megane, didnt cop that theyer was no keyway in the crankshaft untill i turned the engine by hand... had to go borrow the locking kit then stlii managef to set it up wrong about 3 times before i got it right. some releife when it started up.
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hummm renaults are simple
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I cleaned mine once
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see thats all they need LOVE
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Old 4th August 2008, 10:54 PM   #29 (permalink)
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I had to replace the Steering Colum on my 19 16v after a attempted theft. They Had tried to break the steering lock, but broke the wheel off, along with the top of the colum! After a tow home, and getting the part, and doing the job, I was ready to sleep for a week!

The Thing was, even if the stupid Knobs had got the lock off, the car wouldn't have started as I had the battery at the Motorfactors round the corner, because I was changing it!

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the other week there I changed a clio column, same thing, snapped the top of the column off, theres no way you'll break a renault steering lock.
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i try telling people that all the time do they listen na do they funk
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Old 5th August 2008, 12:06 PM   #32 (permalink)
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What they did was after discovering the car is cleverer than they are, is balanced the wheel on the shaft. As I put my weight on it as I climbed in, it flew off, and I black eyed myself on the Hand Brake. They were never caught and the local Police didn't want to help me out, and the CSI guy said he wouldn't fingerprint or anythin because it had been raining.

But you are right, they will not be broken!
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Old 5th August 2008, 03:53 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Old 5th August 2008, 07:25 PM   #34 (permalink)
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raining lol christ, finger prints are bloody durable like.. I'd have told him where to get off and to get doing his bloody job.
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