I've finally got the replacement for my R27 after driving around in a mk2 1.2 clio running on two cylinders for a month!
It's a 200 cup in mercury silver, I'm loving the colour, I was getting a bit fed up with people saying my LY was chavvy! Gone from probably the most out there to the most sensible colour! :blink:
I got a good deal on it and it came with 2 years warranty, however, theres some niggling issues with it that I thought you all might be able to help me with...
Firstly the gearbox... If I go 2-3-4-5, both 3 and 4 grind when I go into them, not badly just a little. However, if I go 4-N-4, the second time I go into 4 it doesn't grind. Am I right that this is probs a synchro issue, and the gearbox may be on it's way out? It doesn't worry me too much cos of warranty, anyway.
Also, when I press the throttle there is a slight hissing sound coming from around the handbrake area -only when I press the throttle and gets gradually less the more throttle I use.
Finally (sorry to ask all these questions) the handbrake you have to pullup really high for it to hold the car - tightening the cable perhaps? And the brake pedal is really really long compared to the R27, I'm pretty sure they need bleeding or something?
Cheers for any help, it's really appreciated
But overall it's a great car and feels considerably better to drive than my old one! And the sound, my god what did they do to the exhaust on the 200's, completely different note to the 197's. MUCH louder!
It's a 200 cup in mercury silver, I'm loving the colour, I was getting a bit fed up with people saying my LY was chavvy! Gone from probably the most out there to the most sensible colour! :blink:
I got a good deal on it and it came with 2 years warranty, however, theres some niggling issues with it that I thought you all might be able to help me with...
Firstly the gearbox... If I go 2-3-4-5, both 3 and 4 grind when I go into them, not badly just a little. However, if I go 4-N-4, the second time I go into 4 it doesn't grind. Am I right that this is probs a synchro issue, and the gearbox may be on it's way out? It doesn't worry me too much cos of warranty, anyway.
Also, when I press the throttle there is a slight hissing sound coming from around the handbrake area -only when I press the throttle and gets gradually less the more throttle I use.
Finally (sorry to ask all these questions) the handbrake you have to pullup really high for it to hold the car - tightening the cable perhaps? And the brake pedal is really really long compared to the R27, I'm pretty sure they need bleeding or something?
Cheers for any help, it's really appreciated
But overall it's a great car and feels considerably better to drive than my old one! And the sound, my god what did they do to the exhaust on the 200's, completely different note to the 197's. MUCH louder!
