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The gearbox was crisp, the gates where so square and the gearstick didnt wobble about! The clutch was light like a car - I was seriously impressed! The chassis had lost a lot of paint, in fact MUCH worse that my 02 plate 90. First job its get it on the ramps, rub down and paint underneath with a liberal coat of thick chassis paint. I collect it on friday!!

Been to view and test drive a 08 2.4 bottom spec keswick green 90 today, It was lovely to drive, but I have a few reservations. My current 90 is a County spec td5, electric windows remote central locking and alarm etc. The Puma 90 has non of this, but its a good price and has done 23000 miles. Has anyone ever fitted these to a Puma? Will the wiring loom be behind the dash? Any other advice on buying a Puma I should keep in mind?

Why does it need to be off the shelf?

My 1987 110, factory v8 seat box has ample room for the Autobox I have fitted.

Carl hurst has made an adapter lewis

Quite common on TD5's the clutch release bearing whines and groans. or it'll be the spigot bush in the end of the crank. Replace BOTH with genuine parts whilst the box is removed.

Can you post higher resolution pictures please. I'm intrigued!

What soldering Iron and solder are you using?

SU Carbs can be rebuilt EASILY on the kitchen table. Don't be afraid of it!

If you're ever up this way, I've got loads of old extinguishers

Jim Marsden has recently killed a lt230 with ~600bhp I have done something terrible to the internals of my lt230 with just a standard td5 I'm yet to swap it.. and have probably done 10,000 miles since it started juddering. Dumping the clutch at traffic lights isn't a good idea!

I'd buy it and build a defender spec engine out the disco lump. You might find the engine isn't too bad. I'd pay no more that £100.

Hundreds of 3.5 v8s knocking about for little money. If I were to do it, I'd upgrade to a 3.9/4.0 cross bolted block. I do have a 3.5 carb engine for sale, very little mileage but hasn't been run properly for a long time and has low compression/ misfire on 1 cylinder. It's out the 1987 110i have at the moment. Could sort a very cheap deal if I were to keep the carbs and intake manifold.

I'm sure I read somewhere about someone either doing or thinking about replacing the boge with a self leveling shock absorber off an estate car. Food for thought

Thats because where you farm the yields are so low you never needed a dedicated hay barn! #farmerbanter

Post up what size it is, for reference!

The VE pump is very easy to fiddle with, if it black smokes off idle, main fuel screw needs winding out. If it poofs black smoke on boost it needs the star wheel winding adjusting. I wouldn't hesitate to play with it, they are very forgiving. That pump you have, off memory has the starwheel maxed out and the main fuel screw wound in. Nothing else was adjusted on it.

I have found that there is so many mum pets pay and play daying discoverys you can always sell the front wings. The inner door mechanisms and window mechanisms. Very very rare does anybody want much else from the inside. If you can be bothered with it, there is a large export market which pays very well for engines.

I use a 3/4" air impact gun, comes straight off.

Personally i wouldnt worry about it, loads of garages just put their emissions probe up the nearest fiesta anyway.

From stone cold, Id run the engine for a burst of 30-40 seconds max, thats quite a lot of time in reality. In the past i've ran a 200tdi with no water untill the engine seized up solid. Let it cool for 5 minutes and drove home. Ran that engine for years and it never missed a beat!

Leave it over night, a lot of the fine bubbles will settle into larger bubbles and thus be easier to bleed out. You could even park with the bonnet aiming up hill to try and aid the bubbles to work towards the reservoir. I must say, weve replaced entire systems (calipers, pipes and master cylinder) and not ever had any great problems. Just tend to get it so you can stop, then advise to observe and top up the brake system the next day.

i have both diesel and petrol engines in various vehicles, I can truly say I have no preference and struggle to have a 'favourite' black smoke or v8 burble?

fill it up with fresh diesel, the smoke will clear. Petrol in a diesel is will generally cause no damage. Diesel in a petrol = pretty bad!!