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It is amazing how a bit of warm weather helps you actually bother to go and play in the garage. It has been a while. I finally scrapped an old 451 diesel with a failed engine. It let me down about 4 years ago on the way to work and it sat a S2smarts for 4 years before...

My thumb is burning, the back of my hand is in pain and the elbow on my other arm feels very tight. I've been editing too many photos. The website also had a back-end update to make it more secure and quicker. As with all updates, loads of stuff stopped working so we...

If you want to see a photo before and after AI upscaling, there is a comparison here. 451 Centre Console Removal. 450 Driveshaft Seal Change. E10 Fuel Information. Towing Legality. Roadster Lateral Movement Sensor. 453 Non Turbo Brake Upgrade. Manually retract and...

Not much been going on in the workshop for 2 reasons. Firstly it is bloody cold outside and secondly, I spent a lot of time on 1 project and it was a failure due to bad info. I had to walk away and take a break 453 Auto Wiper Coding. 451 Centre Console Removal....

The final piece of the puzzle has been found. 453 LED headlights 100% coded properly. Cycle valve bench testing. 451 Boot hatch not latching shut. 451 Brake master cylinder removal. 453 Vent ring removal. Roadster button bank pin out. Vediamo - Flashing the 453 engine...

Problems or questions subscribing. Answers are here. 450 wing mirror disassembly. Roadster rear brake shoe change. 451 fortwo rear brake shoe change. Clutch actuator setting - Roadster. Clutch actuator setting - 450 Fortwo. Roadster rear light water ingress. 450...

I'm still here. I have just had a large project for work and that was more favourable than being out in a cold workshop. I have been doing a few new pages of info and splitting pages out from other info to make things easier to find. However, mainly I have been...

I don't like to beg but please consider subscribing to the site, it's only £15 for the entire year. Every year I see a slight decrease in subscribers and I put it down to FaceBook forums. Some people on there read my site, get the information and then answer questions...

SOMETHING NEW, Solve something that I can't from the list and get paid. Wheel alignment settings now with 453 and properly filled out 451. What are the smart plastic panels made from? 451 Gearbox removal. 451 Clutch removal. 451 Gearbox motor removal. Every log in and...

451 Gearbox Controller Removal. 451 Lateral Movement Sensor. 451 CDI Injector Removal. 451 CDI Fuel Rail Removal. 451 Steering Wheel Wiring - now with added MURICA! Electric Drive Charger Type. Brake Hose Capping Tools. DDT4All - Installing. Now with extra picture to...

Most issues about using the site are answered here. Update - Improved Roadster headlights. Renault radio security code decoder. Roadster fuel flap solenoid removal. 453 LED indicator DDT4All coding. 453 service schedule. 453 touch screen stereo hard reset. 453 OBD...

Renault radio decoder. 453 airbag disable. 451 electric drive noise maker. 451 alternator and water pump belt change. 453 fortwo coupe dog guard. information about the site, issues, problems and subscriptions. Instagram, Facebook and Youtube. Expect different things...

During some code tidying something bad happened. I failed to notice that every page I posted and updated over a 2 day period actually wiped that page blank. When I noticed, OTV managed to save most of it from back ups and caches but 1 page was gone forever. I spent a...

All links marked as an update are old pages that have had new high resolution photos swapped in and many paragraphs rewritten with greater details and information. Pioneer stereo replacement for the 453. Roadster CAN Bus PIDs. 450 fortwo CAN Bus PIDs. Update -...

450 engine mount removal update. Roadster engine mount removal update. 453 seat belt alert disable. 453 Spark plug change update. 450 AC, alternator and water pump belt removal. Roadster engine belts change and replace. 453 audio gateway pin out. 450 water pump change...

Subscription and signing in issues? Click here. Social media stuff. I have a PO Box but don't use it because the Royal Mail keep losing everything. If you want to send me more money, you're odd. Another update for the 453 LED headlight page, now with LED side lights...

New Pages The most requested page of info is nw completed. Retrofitting the LED headlights to the 453. Now fully functional and road legal. 450 and Roadster injector servicing. 450 secondary fuse box cleaning. 453 EQ battery fault. 453 firewall/bulkhead wiring. 450...

Since I'm off sick from work with a cold, Corona virus and onset plague, not to mention being unable to leave the house due to a massive tree falling across my driveway during storm Ciara, I figured I may as well add a few more pages and complete this news update that...

I have taken thousands of photos but I just can't be arsed to edit them and write the pages. This is all I could be bothered to do at the moment. Please read this if you have any questions or problems with your subscription. Some people seem to want to send me extra...

Sorry for the lack of updates for the last 6 weeks. I had a bit of depression due to work and bullshit accusations made against me. Thankfully that seems to have nearly been sorted. I got an old piece of shit 450 so I'll be taking it apart and retaking photos to...