All the “super diesel “ around me has a higher bio content, which is fine if you use the car every day, if its going to sit for longer periods unused, then the bio fuel is a no from me

Great, thanks for all your inputs, seems a whole new assy is the way to go :)

Centre bearing has movement, I see the bearing can be purchased separately, but the price for complete assembly and price for bearing on its own, I am leaning towards complete assembly Has anyone successfully changed bearing with no further grief ?

Your solenoid has stuck

I was looking at a John Deere tractor on the internet, looked great in the pictures, about £5k under dealer retail, I sent the screenshot to my son, he found it from a dealer website six months previously where it had been legally sold using the very same pictures Those land rover’s in the...

Canvey supposedly has the biggest salvage yard in Europe, there are full transporters all day long back and forth. Never empty, full both ways, I would suggest too good to be true, there are cheeky likeable rogues on canvey, and there are crooks, you pay your money, you take your chance

Remove the broken stud

It needs to go on diagnostics

I think your bonnet release lever assembly’s are weak and become bent over time with using a failing cable, I’m sure I remember reshaping the lever assembly before fixing new cable

@gstuart , your pictures show v8, a tad confusing

Picture one, first post, the belt is not sitting on the pulley correctly, one v is not supported, so is this pulley out of line ? Looks like the alternator

Something is running out of line

Bring it on, the countryside is littered with catering size gas cannisters the size of small fire extinguishers

Surely td4e is 2wd, so not really fit for your purpose?

It’s a complete pain to get an import tractor registered, dvla are just so ignorant and unhelpful, it can be done it they won’t make it easy!

Blue writing should turn white as you use it !

Are you using a decent big bore air hose, or a cheap curly one from a kit ?

But if you have driven it a while, with only two tablespoons of oil you might want to consider a gearbox replacement

You could put oil in through level plug, but where is the leak ?

They have to be identical, or the engine would be unbalanced when running