JM, how different is that R380 D2 gearbox to the one fitted to the later D1? On my D1 I attached the lifting device with one of the bolts on the gearshift plate mount surface, (gearshift stick removed), and it was laterally well balanced and hung level front to rear, just requiring a light push...

It sounds as if you have a classic case of "bad earth", check and clean the main battery earth connections and make sure there's a good earth connection engine block to the chassis and body, if the problems persist after addressing those try and track all and any earth wires you can and clean...

Was the stork busy and otherwise distracted delivering a baby at the time?

Yep, still has the original sedimenter, but I don't think it will stand a clean out, I've heard that they sometimes won't re seal after the bowl is removed for cleaning, certainly wouldn't run it without one, it's just the new one I have is mine spec so it's a nice unit. And that Facet pump got...

The electric fuel pump I have is a Facet, very old but not had much use, I carried as a spare for my Range Classic on an around Australia trip in 1989, I never got to use it in anger but a mate of mine borrowed it for an East to West desert trip across Australia in his County and needed to use...

1998 300Tdi, the Wabco brake vacuum pump has started leaking engine oil again and although the original type fuel lift pump is still ok I'd like to head off some of the air leak problems that some mates have had with air leakages between tank and lift pump. I'm proposing to replace the Wabco vac...

I'm pretty impressed with the D max, Graeme gives it a workout and it seems it can go anywhere the big boys go. If you like the sounds of the Tojo V8 diesel you should live in my street, we live on the top of a hill in the street, and the V8 boys roar up and down all day long, wish they'd pi5s...

I'm already a subscriber to them, pretty good stuff too, though sometimes they carry on like a bunch of yobs. Have you watched their "old telegraph track" vids, that's just up the road a few hundred klm from where I live, done that trip 10 times, going again in June this year.

House was fine, few leaks on verandah roof, but it only leaks when it rains, so ok. Only a bit of road pavement damage near a couple of the flooded river crossings on the road back. Our "mens shed" got a bit of water across the floor because of a blocked storm pipe, but no equipment damage.

+ Near penetrative sex... Anyhow, it's safe to say Macron won't be able to help with the OP's heater leak and coolant loss.

Yes, they are and always have been prepared to stand up and voice their disapproval of whatever happens to be pizzin' them off at the time, more strength to them. We should be more that way, instead our pollies continually screw us over, just because we let them.

I cannot say if a D2's heating system is the same as a D1, but when the heater matrix developed a leak in my old D1 I disconnected the hoses and just made a loop with hose from the rear of the head to the front of the head, that seemed to work fine and kept the coolant within the system. But it...

He'll be off somewhere in the French countryside attending a protest rally. 'Tis what the French do for recreation!

As said above, maybe the pulley on your replacement alternator is a little smaller/larger than the original, that is the only thing that can alter the indicated rpm How are you checking your engine rpm and road speed? I check my rpm with a hand held instrument, (I've both optical and contact...

You haven't mentioned the magnitude of the speedo/tach errors. Speedo simply works off a signal generator on the rear output shaft from the transfer case between case and handbrake backing plate, my experience it either works or it doesn't . It's not uncommon for the speedo to be out by 2 or 3...

The chain was only 3 or 4 links to attach the threaded rod to a bolt hole at the balance point of the gearbox assembly, all the lifting movement up and down was done with the 16mm nut and about 500 mm of 16mm threaded rod, it gave very precise positioning to extract and instal the gearbox from...

Hey @biketeacherdave , would you still have that great instructional video for the Bosch VE pump discharge head "O" ring replacement that you sent me years ago, I wouldn't know where to find it now. I've done the job about 5 times on other blokes Discos since doing my own, so I need no...

Yes it should, I have removed and replaced two D1 manual boxes this way. I did make a small gantry affair that mounts on the front floors just ahead of the fully pushed back seats with a rhs beam that spanned the tranny tunnel to spread the load. Lifting/supporting was done with a long threaded...

Both common leakage points on the Bosch VE pump can be fixed with the IP in place on the engine, (throttle shaft and discharge head), the latter being a bit of a fiddle but certainly achievable. There is a "point of injection" (POI), figure for the pump, that is a stroke measurement of the pump...