Nonimouse

Next to a pile of shagged BMW parts...

What diameter is it Stephan?

Where did you live in Somerset

It's possible for a seal to blow and simply bypass the fluid back into the system

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

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

Glycol, OAT and Universal, what are the differences and is it true you can't swap OAT for Glycol?

I'll take the Ibex off your hands for 500 notes, call it a favour

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

Worth a look....and worth looking at the engine bores as well

Or you could use an Ashcroft conversion plat to keep the series T box

Does it smoke on the overrun or all the time? It's more likely to be the valve stem seals than the bores/rings

What's your budget mike?

Next Saturday, on the 15th of March. Saxon Express again, still at Bovington "I won't be at Leconfield, but I hoping to make Mudmaster and will definitely be at Magnum Spirit" in the end I didn't make either, thanks to my old friend Sepsis. Just thankful to hopefully be there this time.

Unless you know the engine, you'll be jumping out of the frying pan, straight into the fire. Well maintained, loved and cherished TD5's are a wonderful thing. Old, abused, poorly maintained and un cared for TD5's are simply a good way to spend money and increase stress You mentioned earlier on this page, just how good the original lump was, until it got cam creep. You could remove the cam, fit new white metal bearings (and locktite them in place) and replace the cam, in a comfortable day, with tea and biscuits. With time to spare to look at the bottom end and clean the oil pump. If by some strange reason, the bearing holes are mullered (rare, but can happen), you are part of the way to getting it line bored. 200Tdi's are old, some parts aren't as easy to get hold of as they were. But a rebuild will (as mentioned by Brother Fridge) last you 20 years. By which time you won't have the option of driving anything except your bike. As an aside, in 20 years (which is about as long as I've known you) I will be 78, confined to a very stinky armchair and mumbling about the good old days.

Use the flat file that you would reduce the guides on a chainsaw chain. These old circular saws of death are meant to filed to any flat file you can get in there is good

I did have a long convo with Uncle Nige the other night... I've a list as long as yer arm of little things to do, as well as a rear hub oil seal, some windscreen wiper investigations But with the G wagen falling through and my house sale falling through and I've got most of my tools in storage, so I'm just muddling through. And my back up mechanic has just become a dad, on the 29th of Feb

This was my understanding and that this would be the last year of use as the AWDC hadn't pre-booked further than the end of 2024 However I've also been told that things may change

OME are the best. TF are fair, but very poor powder coating. Britpart may or may not be any good depending on who the manufacturer was

The lump pulls like a train from tick-over, really smooth and it looks right. A friend has one of the old kits for a 2.25 as well as one of the old turbo kits. He's been building a 2.8 pet for a while

It is interesting, It's saved many a TD5 head

I believe it was an old Shorrocks, from a 2.25 series kit, supplied in the olden times

Can you still get chromed swivels?

Having recently had a drive of a supercharged 200Sdi, I'm rather hoping that's could be one of Nick's secret projects..

My late Disco 200 is 24 spline and roller bearings