My Meg 225 project

About 4 weeks ago I picked up a clean black 225 megane, now the only downside to it was a lumpy drive and alot of smoke, done a few tests and no compression at all on cylinder 3 so I decided instead of rebuilding the engine I would just source a decent engine and luckily enough I got an engine from a rear ended meg 225 from a newer reg and less miles and a bonus it had the belts done in the last 2 years :-)

Instead of alot of waffle Ill upload pics to tell the story

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Compression results :crap:

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Strip down ready for engine removal

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Engine number 2 all parts swapped over and going back in

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Back in and kinda running De-cat only fitted not attached front section yet.

https://youtu.be/_QqepEMMv1A

Still got a fair to do list yet

1. Hydraulic clutch bleed,
2. Driver side Driveshaft fitment,
3. Driver side swivel Hubs fitment,
4. Drop links both sides replace
5. Drivers side Brakes re-fit,
6. Drop links front replace,
7. MOT

Great project James. Was the car cheap enough? Wouldn't mind one of these as a future project.;)

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Originally Posted by Matt Cole

Great project James. Was the car cheap enough? Wouldn't mind one of these as a future project.;)

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Yeah the car was pretty cheap but having done what I have done the cost soon add's up.

Still need to work out how to bleed the hydraulic clutch on it,

spent a couple of hours this afternoon, on it

Went down the yard for 2hrs yesterday

managed to get a few thing's sorted did start the bleeding of the hydraulic clutch using an easy bleed brake kit ok it's better but still needs alot more bleeding as peddle not quiet 100% yet.

List left to do now

1. Hydraulic clutch bleed,
2. Lower Drop links N/S/F side replace,
3. Fit N/S/F alloy
4. MOT

My clutch bites quite high up. I think it's bled ok though.

Same here, the bite point won't change as the clutch is self adjusting

Well Meg's done after the massive job I had to do managed to cover 38 fault free miles. Now to book MOT


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Well done mate! :agree:

:cool:

Looks sweet!:agree:

Now sold :-)

Not surprised...

You're the new Bigg's... Buy it, sort it, sells it...