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
Compression results
Strip down ready for engine removal
Engine number 2 all parts swapped over and going back in
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
- Hydraulic clutch bleed,
- Driver side Driveshaft fitment,
- Driver side swivel Hubs fitment,
- Drop links both sides replace
- Drivers side Brakes re-fit,
- Drop links front replace,
- MOT
Great project James. Was the car cheap enough? Wouldn't mind one of these as a future project.
Yeah the car was pretty cheap but having done what I have done the cost soon add's up.Originally Posted by Matt Cole
Great project James. Was the car cheap enough? Wouldn't mind one of these as a future project.
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
- Hydraulic clutch bleed,
- Lower Drop links N/S/F side replace,
- Fit N/S/F alloy
- 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
Well done mate!
Looks sweet!
Now sold :-)
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You're the new Bigg's... Buy it, sort it, sells it...
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