I should clarify the glencoyne site relates just to ved exemption I think, mot exemption is different, not sure the 1998 rule applies. more than happy to be corrected or updated by anyone more knowledgeable

never had to do the master before, done the slave a couple of times using either Lockheed or trw, trw seem to last a bit longer. usually buy from dingocroft. might be worth splashing out for genuine lr see if they are worth the extra moolah

I have a spare slave in the box so I could try replacing that and see if it works, if not do the master. car can be put into gear without engine on

ok, daughter broke down in the s3 - again - no clutch. Luckily she was only a mile or so from home so we towed her back. Saves waiting a few hours for the breakdown recovery truck. clutch reservoir empty and fluid in the drivers footwell, also a nice puddle where the slave leak usually is when...

unless things have changed modifications carried out prior to the introduction of the new sva test in 1998 don't count afaik. how rigorous the procedure for proving they were done before 1998 is I don't know. http://www.glencoyne.co.uk/vosalaw.htm

oo I like the vortec idea, got a for spares chevy in the garage with the 4.3 v6 wonder if it will fit in the series 3 :D

just looked it up, conversion to camper would need to be before 1998 and the new sva test, no idea when the 300tdi was introduced but i'm sure it was post '98

bet it is on sorn because he doesn't want to make the not modified statement, leave it for the new buyer then they will have to tax it. Looks ok for a camper conversion but as said, call a spade a spade, it shouldn't be exempt, assuming the conversion was done after that date whenever it is 1998?

I wired my lights to be ignition on simply to remove the possibility of them being left on by someone, coming back to a flat battery is no fun :D suppose you could get all technical and wire in a lights on alarm

I could get a really fat chrome tailpipe :D

I would have any of those if they were realistically priced, I think most of those will not sell

it was this time last year when I sprayed it grey, but iirc that part of the body was pretty black after about about 3 months

I think the engine is knackered, an old 2.286 weasel, always been smokey, if it wasn't for exemption I doubt it would pass the emissions test. I have been sticking some of that redex stuff in recently

I've moved some cars away from flux this year, their prices seem to have jumped, quoted £330 for one renewal, got it for £250 elsewhere

I thought putting petrol in a diesel wasn't too bad as petrol will still compress. Put petrol in a diesel cavalier once - 1994 iirc - realised before I had totally filled the tank, so filled the rest with diesel. It ran really rough but the car worked, then just kept topping it up so diluting...

actually doesn't look too bad in the pic, looks worse in the flesh

its always made the back a little black but it does seem to be getting worse.

used to be a good write up on a site called seriesdiesellandrover.com which went into the types of smoke and how to adjust pump timing etc, seems to have vanished now though :( wish I had saved it

iirc I used a large stilson and a hammer. also had the car in gear, can't remember if it was 4wd high or low, high probably

Some outfit was filming an ad in the house over the road from us a while back, they gave me £150 not to park outside my house for the day so they could put one of their trucks there.