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Nonimouse last won the day on December 13 2023

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  1. I was reminded why I don't like TD5's on Saturday. One of the set up crew got stuck in a very deep water hole, in his 110. flooded the seat box and drowned the ecu's. We dried everything out. Eventually. But it would only run for a 30 seconds or so, then die. Cleaned all the relays out as I couldn't remember which one was the fuel pump. Still wouldn't run. Checked everything again. Still wouldn't run. Gave up in the end and yellow taxi to Scotland. I pulled a 10 tonner MAN truck through the same water hole, later in the day, (although it was with a Yankum rope) no issues
  2. When I bought the Disco, it had a 'funny' clutch, just never right. After about 30k I decided to swap it out. Clutch plate was in backwards. According to the service history, this was the original factory clutch. I also discovered the interesting little snail cam adjuster on the pedal, at the same time. I fit Valeo/Borg and Beck clutches. There's very little difference between any of the vehicles type of 'HD' versions
  3. Saxon Express was, as usual. brilliant. The the whole training are was like porridge with grinding paste mixed in, so hard going for all. There were a few fairly major stucks, but it all went well
  4. Mike (Tomcat), James and I have recently been trying to fix a Fiesta 1.0ltr three cylinder lump. Non Turbo. I think it's an EcoBoost. The original lump had put the number three rod through the block at 115k. It sounded bad before it happened. Turns out the 120k service includes oil pump change and big end replacement. The perfect example of modern design for minimum life expectancy
  5. Looking in all the usual places. there are so many TD5's for sale, for sub 400 quid, a fair few complete vehicles for the same. A few 300 Disco's, loads of M57's, PD130, Audi V6 and one OM606. Also about 5/6 200Tdi's between 450 and 1k
  6. I've now had 12 200Tdi's since 1990/91. Only 1 has had cam creep. I've blown two head gaskets, almost needed one turbo and had some annoyance with a vacuum pump. Total mileage over 34 years is approx 700,000 miles, with some doing more, some doing less. I can happily say that the 200Tdi is the most reliable engine I've ever owned
  7. It's possible for a seal to blow and simply bypass the fluid back into the system
  8. Sounds like a slave cylinder Borrow Fridge's borescope and have a look at the interior of the bell housing Just remember if it's the slave then everything else will need changing. Did you remove the clutch damper when you fitted the drive train - if not, I'd check that first
  9. This is for a bulk buy for all the machines down at the farm. One of which is supposed to be OAT but with a 500 hour change (whereas OAT says 5 years on the drum) Really just wanted to get Glycol and change everything out as and when
  10. Glycol, OAT and Universal, what are the differences and is it true you can't swap OAT for Glycol?
  11. I'll take the Ibex off your hands for 500 notes, call it a favour
  12. Why make new, when you can take someone else's design and improve on it. I have no real interest in new cars. I've bought 2 brand new vehicles in my life ( a VW Polo in 1989 and a Bedford Brava in 1989) both to offset tax. I'll never do it again. But I'm a big fan of stuff the Foreign chaps made from reverse engineering, then made better. Such as the Datsun/Nissan straight six (Triumph) or the gorgeous Nissan in line five two stroke diesel (Gardener). The far est will produce whatever is asked of them, to the quality we are willing to pay for. Many things, including cars are made from internationally sourced parts, that Made in the UK or Made in Murica are really 'Assembled in..." Not going to talk about EV's
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