Yeah I think I would check compression. Obviously diesel needs good compression before anything happens. I take it the bores looked good when the Head was off Andy? Might be worth just chucking a whole engine in if the bores or rings are toast. Does it sound like it turns over much faster than...

What have you checked so far Andy? lift pump, stop solenoid?

Hi Peeps. Long time no type. Been super busy with work. All work no play kinda thing. I was thinking of heading out Sunday 10th. Anyone free?

As you can guess by my user name I know a bit about locks :rolleyes: An L&F rpt is a bit of a different beast to the rpt in that vid. It's a bit like comparing a Genuine land rover component to a Britpart one.

Yeah it needs cutting out and welding up. Ideally take the spring seat off to repair it properly. You might get away with plating it inside the spring bracket but you may find the corrosion extends behind it. If it's on the offside remember your wiring runs through the chassis leg. Also that...

Don't go with gasless of you can help it. I've used gas for a long time now, I used a friends gasless welder recently and it's like night and day. Gasless gives poor welds on anything but perfect steel.

I've tried a lot of sealants in the past and my three favorites are Dirko or Locktite 5910 which is a little pricey but comes in a very handy self dispensing bottle both give more f an adhesive type seal. Blue Hylomar always seems to do well with paper gaskets.

Could they have an internal bead lock fitted. like this Tyron Flat Tyre Protection - The original inventors of the "wheel safety band".

Thanks James. In my haste I went a bought a new camshaft but after stripping things down it seems someones been in there before and the cam looks good. I'll replace it anyway now I've got this far. I was getting a slight bit of tappet noise when hot for some reason.

Hi all. Is this timing chain in need of replacement or is it about normal? Ta.

I use these on mine. I kept clouting the rear corners and folding them in. These stopped it.

I saw an interesting Mod on the V8 distributor recently. Sometimes you can get steam off of the exhaust manifolds condensing in the distributor cap. So this cap had two holes drilled in it. One side had a pipe connecting it to a vacuum on the intake manifold. The other pipe routed into the cab...

The only thing you mentioned which seems to stick out as a bit odd to me is that you say the brakes won't hold anymore. Has a vacuum hose popped off somewhere? if it's got a big vacuum leak it will make it run bad. Try tracing the hose from the brake servo back to the engine and see if...

I've got one. I use it every so often just to lift one wheel. You need a well sealed exhaust system. The only problem with them is they aren't very stable. Worse than a high lift jack. If you're on angled ground and start to lift the bag will roll. You can see where it's rolled sideways in that...

I think I know this lane, it was flooded last time I looked at it too. I ended up turning round as there was only two of us out and it looked deep. Like you say they resurfaced and left out the bit that actually needed filling.

Yeah I want to try that type of shot again, but over a really twisty bit. Did get to see a bit of spring dislocation in that vid though.

Should be fixed now

Ok here's the vid I'll see if I can post some up from in the cab later.

Vids look quite good. I'll see if i can string them all together and bung them up on frubetube.

See ya tomorrow Max.... we wont run too late. We'll wrap it up when it starts getting dark.