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Thanks for the replies, i'll undo the bolts and pull the alternator forward for now then. Will see if adam can get one as i need some other bits too ! ​Cheers everyone

My aux belt has been squealing like a b*tch for a while now and cant put up with the embarrassment of it squealing for about a minute every time i start it up. I was told that the nut at the top of my alternator to tension the belt has snapped off. Is there any other way to tension the belt or...

Excellent, thanks for that !

​Thanks for that! The bloke at my local breakers is trying to charge me an extra £40 for a "172 cup hub" as they are different and hard to come by apparently. Think i'll go elsewhere in that case. Cheers joe

Hi, ive had a search but cannot find a definitive answer! My 172 cup needs a new hub, do i need one from a cup or will a standard 172 hub fit ? Thanks, Lee

It should be connected behind the inlet manifold, look for a thin metal tube as thats what it slides onto to! Think its just an oil breather pipe.

No because from underneath you cannot get your hands round to the otherside to hold the bolt while you put the springs, washers and nuts on ( unless you have 10ft arms like dan said) I did it not so long ago.. I was underneath and i had a mate in the engine bay holding the bolts in place while...

I think josh does them at cooksport in tewksbury. I went there to get springs fitted and he said they have a rolling road and will be doing remaps.

Fair enough lol ! Focus looks good in white haha. Checked the weather for brecon this morning and it says its snowing there too!

Looks like its just going to be a cold day so far but you never know! Is it strictly a clio meet or can my mate tag along in his leon ?

I had a vts and people seem to under estimate them! It was pretty rapid. I think they are just over 900kg. I loved mine but got fed up of repairing it !

I'd imagine they would all have different plugs and lengths of the lead, but dont know for sure. I took mine out and gave it a blast with a compressor and some brake cleaner and it made no difference.

1. Craig (197 or ph1 172) 2. Jared 172 3. Gez. R.S 200 4. Oakley12 5. Matt W 6. MJRacing 172 7. SharkyUK (if car is back in time and engine run-in) 8. Ashey 9. cwalmsley 10. Podge 11. Pbufton 12. JDA92 13. Dan 14. Craig 15. Noddy 16. Mark 17. Keechy 18. Lee24

Haha... Dunno what ur on about lol Yeah owens 182 is lovely ! And also jareds way of stopping water in his headlight lmao with a silica gel packet !

Yeah it was good to meet everyone ! Massive pile up as i got back into swansea, on the otherside ! Looked really bad, loads of people getting cut out and loads of emergency services.