very interesting read following with interest nice to see a D3 being worked on for a change

Quick pass over with a grinder to smooth it and and that soon be ready to paint

FYI the dog lead was found this morning under a pile of coats... :rolleyes:

im not too bad with loosing tools bar one lost a 10mm spanner when was still a mechanic servicing a car so bought another one off the tool van 12 months later te car comes back into the dealership and by chance i get it to work on and there under the bonner is my 10mm spanner :) just proves...

big pair of pliars will do the same job Dave

The tool you need is this https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/pincers/1367442/ they are Click -R- clamps and are reusable simply squuze the outter most bits together an the middle pops up and unlocks itself then the same to refit

young Tom your flagging with your disco and series updates, kindly extract ones finger from where it is currently located :D

meet 'tinworm' 2000 350 bullet, and current garage occupant tinworm as its on its second rear mudguard though rust an no she dosent leak oil !! but does overcharge its battery

way round that is it bin 1 item every time you go in there, that way it dosent disapear in one hit and isnt obvious :D

from sounds of it theres an air lock somewhere possibly in rad and matrix or a blockage that doesnt show when being flushed under low tap water pressure but does bung up under running pressure, could also be a collpased hose somewhere ive seen that before where hose has failed internally and...

extend your search fields to cover more of the uk, I had a push bike pinched out of my garge some years ago and an add appeared on gumtree that looked like my bike a week or so later in lincoln some 70 miles away

mot next then dave!

not sure on bolts dave but this may be of some use https://workshop-manuals.com/landrover/freelander-b/freelander_2001my_on_workshop_manual_service_procedures_5th_edition_nas160;/

for those of us under draconian work related internet use policys who arnt allowed to view youtube could you advise what the vid relates to Dave? Thank you please

Sold

try infield up near ashby land rover specialists

My golf is up for sale and is now on ebay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/132826741450 details as per ebay add (pictures on the add) 2004 GOLF GT TDI 140 5 door in rare LA6Q Sage green 5 Owners from new, owned by myself for the past 2 years 12 Months MOT till October 2019 as of 16/10/2018 Brand...

the smoke could just be unburnt disel in the exhasut from repeated starting running attemps mine was ever so smokey till I took it for a good italian tune up

new garage time me thinks

rail sensor has a small metal gromit that needs refitting, if garage has lost that or not fited it first before senor it will leak from round sensor Dont ask me how I kow that :oops::rolleyes: