Fitted the air horns today, there 135db and LOUD, I hate to think what the 150db ones are like. Exhaust still hasn't arrived :mad:

Currently covered by AF, as washing it would be quite novel for me, doing it with some decent suds would give a great before and after effect.

Yes pump timing can cause diesel knock if its to far advanced, however your does not look to be too far out. It's easy to set it right, so still worth a go just in case. Are you sure the knock isn't a big or little ends (conrod bearings) as towing up hill will put a huge load on the engine.

You guys spurred me on and I brought these...

Don't forget a first aid kit for the skinned knuckles. Also a small set of steps, caravan steps are a good height, makes reaching things much easier.

Pull the head off, check the head for cracks, if no cracks put the head back on with new gasket.

If your gana have loss of compression a blown head gasket is the easiest to fix. (apart from valve clearances).

Rear silencer fell off today :( Full system already ordered from Paddock's, de-cat non flexy downpipe, sports center pipe and rear box :p

God NO, one is more than enough. But keeping the one I have in the shed for when needed is something worth thinking about. UMMM, this comes to mind though; What's the difference between a women and a dog ? Lock both in the shed for three hours and when you return the dog is happy to see you...

I have been advised that you can test on a single axle unit, however only if the wheels rotate in different directions, there is a name for this type of single axle roller but I've forgotten it.

Swore at it. The starter motor decided to give up this morning, had to get the wife out of bed to take me to work, she was not impressed. Luckily I have a spare in the shed........................................................somewhere.

No gaskets needed, the flywheel locking pin goes in the bell housing drain hole, and the blanking plate for the pump has no gasket (unless it has a breather fitted).

You wanted something typically Scottish

A drill bit will do the pump (can't remember the exact size), it's the flywheel pin that's not so straight forward. But if you buy a set of wadding plugs and drill a hole through the center for a small drill bit it can be done quite easily. On the other hand you could just buy these and save a...

Give it a dam good look over, the other buyer may have seen something that made him walk away.

That'll be unburt fuel then. So as suspected earlier fuel is getting to the cylinders and it's getting compressed, but either not enough to ignite or at the wrong time to ignite.

Check the bloody timing, it's easy enough to do. What color is the smoke coming out the back ? Black is over fueling (but generally only when running) Blue is burning oil (engine oil not diesel oil) White is unburnt fuel, I suspect this is what you have. Now if the cam belt has slipped the...

Check the timing, paying close attention to the pump timing itself.

The LR wheel brace does this job nicely as the end sits on the chassis leg, but if you do try this please do it with the bonnet down just in case.