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I love places like that. There's one on Somerton, called Overt and Locke. You don't ask 'have you' , just 'where is'. They even test light bulbs before they sell them. I found a place like that in Knighton, earlier this year, called Prince and Pugh's. I was looking for lamp oil. Chap asked me 'what make and what quantity'...

That's not something you ever hear said. I'm twelve miles from Yobvil and five from Bridgwater; so I shop in Glastonbury

Interesting place Callington. I did the landscaping for the World Heritage Status grants, back in 2000. Locals were still eating their firstborn...raw. I hear it's improved a bit since then. Nothing as scarey as Indian Queens, or Lord Forbid, Cambourne. I'm down to Penzance a fair bit, but with my new oppo starting soon, that will stop. I'll only go as far as Exeter then, except for special problems

I thought you were in the home counties, not Ralphs neck of the woods

300's were always more subject to head cracking - the quality of the castings was much lower. Made in turkey to reduce the engine costs down Although still a good engine, they were Less fuel efficient More prone to overheating and damage from over heating Less easy to tune Far more unforgiving of poor injector maintenance Far more susceptable to high EGT Buy we are talking small issues really. the Overheating was down to the pump position. Far less water loss created problems and the water jacket was much smaller than the 200 anyway They are both amazing engines that really don't get appreciated enough Edited to point out the inherant weekness in the 300 oil pump and vacuum pump

It's doable but a pita

If it's pitted, take it to a hydraulic ram refurbishment company. They will spray it with magic metal and machine it back to perfection. Another useful trick is to machine hole in the casing where the shaft goes through. Make it deeper and fit a deeper seal

I was wondering about that...

Next time I'm over, I'll let you know - I have a hankering to see your workshop

Not really. Very few parts are unavailable and where they are, there is a work round (like using 300 nozzles in 200 injectors). Most wearing parts are rebuildable, with rebuild kits available (like Vacuum pumps or oil pumps, although the latter should last a million plus miles). The engine itself is very, very simple and there are plenty of good machine shops willing to do work on them, becuase it's easy money. Most cracks in heads can now be chemically sealed or welded and the 200 was never as prone to them as the 300. The 200 is simply a classic engine, with classic support

I was at the Viking Musuem in Jelling in early August, as well as the village at Vingstead and the Kunstmuseum. Also visited the Ribe Viking Museum and Moesgaard. My brother and family live in Aabenraa and two of his daughters are at Aarhus. I was wondering where you lived as I was driving about.

To drive one a lot is to hate them a lot

I've used these guys before, for LR, VW and G Wagen stuff: http://www.kellybraysteering.co.uk/ They are Cornish, so be prepared. They haven't let me down. Not sure if they do in house or buy in

Soren, whereabouts are you in Denmark?

Chap up by Exmoor Beast breads some very nice ones - calves really do look like little bears

Is that Magal as in Magal Thermostats? Like the best thermostats in the Galaxy..

It's nice to dream about modifications, but when time, money, facilities etc are tight, it's more of a nightmare. I actually have an engine and pump for my Disco, but I'll probably sell them next year. Mainly because I'd rather just drive something I know. I don't want the teething period. I don't want the resultant damage to the drive train (my LT77 has 132K on it now and I don't want to have to change it for a bit). The offer on the 200Tdi's is open Mike. Not going to change for a while

Depends on the oil, fequency of changes etc My oil takes 2k to get to dark, but still translucent. If it was Shell Rimula then add another 2k to that. But I clean my engines, inside and out, when I first buy a vehicle. Drop the sump, clean the pickup, use Comma engine flush, clean the oil cooler. It's because I am very anal. Hell I even replace the oil seprator at factory mileage

OM606 with an SD350 pump is the way to go. Simple. far too much power, but gentle with it. I think an OM650 with an OM 662 pump would be better, but brutal on the clutch Mike, Rory is back in December, he has a need for some special fibreglass boaty tech, as he's now looking at racing Seagulls. I'm sure he would be happy to take a look (see re-build) your other lump. Alternatively, he can sort the cam on my old lump, you take that on (everything else has been re-built and it has the stage 2 head on) and you leave one of your here, for me/rory to re-build to give to Youngie as a return for letting me have my replacement engine... Is that complicated?

Always makes me laugh that folk think a Mog is the bees knees off tarmac

was just reading the latest figures on EV V's petrol costs. The read this. Cool ride though

I wonder if that still has the 2.2 Go Devil in it?

Yes...but it's still easy to get hold of and does improve the pedal Moseph, when did you last check the vacuum pump on your short barge?

Lots of BMC cars have them. A westminster would be best as they have a huge reservoir Moseph, if you just want to try it, I have a spare Double chamber Disco servo, that you can have

I can probably pick it up - but not for a few weeks. It'll need a trailer, so I can't sneek over there in work time Then I can store it until a more suitable time