rhats a good spot re: the mileage. It’s quite misaligned aswell which is very odd….. I wonder if the speedo gets unplugged between mot’s lol

I had exactly the same setup. You know how your plastic cowl fitted to your radiator? It sat in 2 channels at the bottom of the frame the radiator sits in, then bolted up with 2 nuts on the top? The bolt on bits fitted on the same. I fitted the mounts first then the fan.

Doubt it came out of the military in 2012 if it got an mot in 2011. The MOD didn’t mot vehicles (exempt). weird mot history with gaps. Less than 2000 miles over 10years fits with it being ‘stored’ but it appears to have be pulled out and ticketed now and again. I would check carefully for...

Also don’t use wd40. It’s absolute shi.te get some plus gas :)

it hasnt been filled with the wrong fuel has it?

The oil light will come on as the engine looses power and the oil pump can’t maintain the pressure. The light indicates oil pressure not amount of oil on the engine. did you check the dipstick before pouring oil in? What are you other fluids like? I wonder if actually the loss of power was...

thanks. Only one I need to pay for is Birmingham. So have crossed that off the list of places to visit!

What’s the link for the webpage?

I will take a picture of mine later if it helps? as for bolts, nuts and washers. I buy a mixed metric pack from namrick - they do it by weight. Me and a couple of mates but a few KGs every couple of years and split them to share the cost. I keep them in organisers, organised by type and size...

I had the same slippage and fitted the bracket. I fitted New exhaust downpipe (ESR158) and retaining strap (ESR266) and clamp (NTC3608) fitted I used my own nuts and bolts (have a giant box of assorted new ones) sorry I can’t remember what sizes but they were all metric (I think the strap to...

Valve clearance (I.e the tappets) stays the same regardless of which head gasket you have. the holes in the head gasket refer to the protrusion of the pistons above the block when at tdc. 1 is thinnest and no hole is thickest.

You will need to look it up per region, I got fined because I drove past a ‘waldweg gesperrt’ sign and got caught by the ranger. Some places it is illegal completely due to the Waldgesetz (forest act) etc. You will need to look it up by region, or find some local 4x4ers in the area you want to...

Read the codes. You can’t do anything until you have done that.

Okay so when towing it in Gear it doesn’t actually fire and run, the engine just turns over. Well obviously it would do that as the gears are connected to the engine….. that isn’t the same as actually ‘running’ Why didn’t you just say that from the beginning? first thing it to have codes read...

How does that bypass the immobiliser though? Doesn’t the immobiliser cut the ecu and injectors etc?

If the immobiliser was kicking in why would it tow start?

Very nice! Do you use your inspection pit much? I am currently doing a garage renovation and I am debating digging one in or not

definitely feed it onions now and again, get it nice and hot and it will keep itself clean (once you have decoked it that is)

Alarm and ecu blocking and immobiliser on a series 3 109?? would Be better with more physical deterrents. Decent steering lock, pedal lock, battery cut off maybe a whee clamp etc

if the crank is damaged then the engine is essentially scrap unless you can rebuild it with a new crank. this is what mine looked like when I did my timing belt earlier this year. As you can see mine is undamaged and yours has a lot of damage. Looks to me like someone has used a punch to...