Hi Nodge, I did put the clamp on the exhaust connection after I took the picYou'll need to put the clamp round the exhaust connection with the EGR blanking disk.
Nice to see another auto on the forum.
This is all getting very, erm, not racist, not sexist, what is the 'ist' for first names?
Been having a go at the OWUT this morning, seemed to move like the second hand on a clock, not smoothly, and took about 1 min 15 secs for a 6kg weight.
I think so Nodge, mind you it has done just over 120k, so it's not surprising. I'll get a set of carrier bearings too, as there is a fair bit of movement up and down if I push up on the propshaftsYou need a new or Bell Engineering reconditioned VCU asap
Bell supply the complete assembly for under £300.
Indeed! Well, I now know what I will be doing on my weeks holiday at the end of this weekBell supply the complete assembly for under £300.
Give the back axel diff mounts a good check too as a warn VCU is hard on them. I used poly bushes last time and so far so good. They're a bit more work but a lot cheaper than OEM and more likely to last than Cheapo ebay.
Already changed them a few weeks ago Alibro, front one as well, although it looked like it was new-ish, the back ones were both in a bad way.
My blue TD4 has a metallic rattle on idle. Can't see any metal particles in the air but suspecting the pulley. Was it a big job and how did you know yours was faulty?
It wasn't really a big job at all Ali, I used a breaker bar wedged against the wishbone, removed the electrical conectors from the injectors, and turned the engine for a couple of seconds to loosen the bolt. Then I cleaned all the melted rubber from the side of the engine, which had been deposited as the pulley was coming apart! Put on the new pulley and bolt hand tight and fitted the air-con drive belt, before tightening the bolt up, and fitting the serpentine belt. I knew mine was goosed because it had a hell of a metallic rattle on idle too, and I could see the rubber wasn't holding the inner and outer metal parts separate as it should have. The wife said it sounded like a sherman tank
Runs very quietly on idle now though 
