Hiya, i,ve picked up a lot of helpful info off these site's so thought i might share this with you all....
300tdi disco on a p plate (96), not bad nick, try to do as much as i can myself although im no mechanic, (brickie actually)..had the car 2 years and 20,000 miles, had a new timing belt on when i bought it so was suprised when it snapped last week...!!! never done anything this involved before on it but bought the parts n tools to have a go myself...
anyway, stripped the timing case and got the head off to inspect, no probs so far and head etc all seem good (bent all 8 pushrods...!)
i'll post some photos when i figure out how to upload them..
any comments welcome....!
thanks , Ian.

wouldnt have bothered taking head off just rocker shaft and push rods ,its possible vaqlve is bent or cam follower punched through but not usually make sure you fit later belt kit with lips on crank pulley not tensioner

:welcome: and good luck with the belt change.

Try THIS for piccies

ahh, another swadlincote member... welcome!

If you get stuck i'm just down the road, give me a shout... may not be of much use but i can come and go "hmmm" at any problems... and you never know... i might have a useful answer

hiya, james thanks for the advice, it did have the pulley with a lip on and i think it was this lip that shaved the belt to half its width causing failure;

skinny belt;
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/attachment.php?attachmentid=37218&stc=1&d=1351811200

timing case full of shavings ;http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/attachment.php?attachmentid=37219&stc=1&d=1351811429

remains of lip;
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/attachment.php?attachmentid=37220&stc=1&d=1351811679

gasket, bores etc;
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/attachment.php?attachmentid=37221&stc=1&d=1351811788

blue beasty, thanks for that, thinks i got it now...
bump, thats a nice gesture, likewise if you need an extra pair of hands im happy to help, i'll be on it next couple weekends, gonna make my own valve spring compressor to get valves out saturday...!!! i'll let you know how it goes...!!
cheers...