Same with mine, paid about £3000 for my td6, one of the better ones and a good honest seller who didn’t want to knock a penny off (usually a good sign) done basic maintenance, brakes, couple of services since, gearbox service and all transmission oils, engine breather etc, now started on looks...

Meant to have more cleaning chemicals in it but in nearly all my diesels iv had iv never noticed any difference from normal, biggest difference I find is with my current td6, if I use Tesco fuel it sometimes feels like it had a dodgy injector but use shell, bp etc and it’s fine.

Totally agree there. I don’t do much as save each month but have couple of grand always available just incase.., there’s a massive amount to go wrong on new stuff, least with our older ones there still relatively simple, and even with an issue can normally be limped home. Also farther in law...

Same here, to me nuts and bolts etc are easier to deal with than rot, I don’t mine but of flaking on say tailgate where it’s easy enough to clean and respray but sills, arches etc to much of a pain. Agree about budget, keep thinking add bit here and there and before you know it your original...

That’s not bad at all, not much difference to td6 in the grand scheme especially when petrol is cheaper anyway, repairs don’t sound like anything too exciting just old age, arches are common on any I think even some 09 onwards l322 are needing arches, looked under a 405 last week, and there...

Not of top of my head but will have a look.

Sometimes leaving it can cause more issues, better to use them.

For further there is a fuse for headlamp washer/ wipers, mine the seller told me he pulled the fuse as it was causing battery drain, iv never put it back in and had no issues. Also when car is locked after about 20mins you should see the red light on gear lever go out (one for Park) that is...

When gearbox had its oil change did they say anything about sludge or filings in the sump? When mine was serviced I asked him about condition and his reply was “there was only a few very small filings and nothing to worry about and it’s common on nearly every auto box, problems start when...

The way it’s described it sounds electronic, different issue but mine other day had heavy steering, turned of and on then all good.

Hard to say without diagnostics or anything like that. Has the box been serviced or rebuilt? Looking at other posts people seem to just lose drive totally, others seem to get a bit of drive back then goes again. You said you still have some drive, just no Power? If it’s been raining check the...

There is a old upholsterer I know through the farther in law who is quite comfortable doing heated wheels, although not his favourite, but lately his not been well so this is why iv tried this refurb kit. If I had it recovered it would look the part as he is a brilliant upholsterer/ trimmer...

https://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/leather-steering-wheel-repair-kit That’s the one, worked out about £30 with delivery, a lot less than having wheel re covered, especially as there wasn’t any damage just general wear/ lack of colour.

Have a look around floor and boot sides for any water, don’t know about your area but we’ve have very heavy storms and today heavy rain most of the day. Certainly enough to seep into electrics.

Refurbished my steering wheel today with kit, sand it back, clean and paint. Transforms the interior. The before pic is after sanding. Wheel wasn’t that bad!

How are you finding miles per gallon? I keep looking at a S/C but sometimes rack some miles up, currently get 30 on a run and 18-22 round towns depending on summer or winter.

Great that it’s fixed. Keep eye on left side of boot as water gets in the navigation modules and that sends audio, screen, even lights crazy, mine lost radio, screen went crackly and wouldn’t respond then no indicators, instruments went a bit odd etc, plug on back of navigation unit had got wet...

Is everything else working? Battery voltage showing 14 bolts and above?

Has the gearbox been serviced?

Possibly broke wire, did have that on my disco 2, drivers door latch failed, that was broken wire between door and pillar.