Engine cover clips

[FarmerPug]

These have been on ebay a while:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hdi-engine-co ... 8611260192

but every one i bid on i end up loosing the auction usually by a stupidly small amount, the thing is that most of what is in the kit looks like its available from a hardware shop, what would the black spacer be made of? And does it serve any purpose because by the look of it there is a nut either side of it

[lozz]

imade my own,
there easy to make, cost me less than 3 quid for about 200 threaded links made up, iwas going to do this too the Renault but it looks like theyve aready got the idea and fit them standard

if you need any threaded links ive got loads left idont need,
ive no washers and nuts left tho iused them all on sumfink else

Edit: forgot to add, for the rubber mount , its only rubber pipe,
ijust found some that went on the thread tight,

put end of thread in a vice and wound the pipe on with a pair of pliers,

[steve_earwig]

what would the black spacer be made of?

They look like the Renault exhaust bungs as mentioned elsewhere on this here board. Big washers because the holes in the covers are big perhaps? It's a while since I did mine. What I got 4 of the Renault exhaust mountings & 4 nuts to fit 'em, opened up the clips & took the gubbins out, put the nuts on a bit of threaded rod and heated them up on the gas cooker. Once hot I sweated them into the clips, which I thought would have held them but I ended up epoxying them in (careful not to get any on the threads). Then I stuck the bases back on & screwed them onto the rubber bungs. One drawback is I can't do them up very tight but I didn't loose on in about a year of driving. They look like the real deal too

[lozz]

itried exhaust ones they wouidnt fit,
ididnt think of taking the rubber parts off tho

the rubber hose iused did the job + it was all icouid find, the engine was less noisier
on the cistern zara ihad after the engine cover mod bolt/bodge