just been told the rear door skin is the only panel that is the same so i wont be buying the motor now

hi, i got a chance of a 300tdi disco 1996 for only £400, what i want to know is if it has interchangeable body parts with the 1999 td5? I want to buy as a donor motor for the TD5. Is this worth it or am i barking up the wrong tree.......... even the colour is the same as my td5

Your not wrong there, and without the aid of this forum and its members it would still be a very expensive garden ornament.........So Chuffed!!

BCU fitted this afternoon, huge shout out to Sierrafery for all the advice and the direct to Paul who is the most trustworthy, helpful bloke i have ever had the pleasure of dealing with....... after many weeks of ripping out the hair we have a RESULT! Nice one Lads!! :):):) DISCO GOES -...

Cheers Guys, not gong to get a chance to fix it till late tomorrow night or monday, got a horse show to marshal tomorrow........ really could do without it, want this disco dancing

Thought so, cheers Dave

Hi, and welcome, not long joined myself but found a host of good info and helpful members willing to help

lots of good advice on her Pete

Great forum, new too and already had lots of help :)

BCU just arrived at door, should i install it with the battery at least off the negative terminal or can it be installed with a live system?

New and correct RF Receiver fitted........ and the truck......... still dead#!! new BCU it is then (sigh)

Got Paul on the phone today, like you say a top bloke, great advice and looks like i may get away with installing a new RF Receiver rather than BCU...... one on the way. Paul reckons i have the later models which as i bought a directly replacement means it was changed before i got it and i...

just hoping i have enough funds to keep it on road. not too sure if this one is a good one or not, i reckon that ace unit can only leak again, it was just a pin hole but could so easily happen again and in an inaccessible place. Reckon if i get this thing going, im going to bypass the ace, blank...

Salt in open wound, ouch ouch ouch

:)

i was going to jump thread and look that up myself, just thought may be handy to keep here in one thread so people can see progress and issues until this is resolved, and it will be resolved, cant afford it not to be, otherwise how am i going to get away from zombies. :mil90:

Thanks....... ill give him a call tomorrow. Couple of questions: 1. I take it my mileage will reset to the sourced bdu mileage, do i have to tell dvla if thats the case........mine only done 122k 2. Is it hard to program, take it injectors will need programmed or does all that info come...

with no spare key there is little i can do except go back to the conclusion that it is the bcu, after all the locking/alarm system was definately showing signs of dying (that or the key i suppose). Anyways without being able to talk to the car to resync the key or find out if the key even...

Part arrived this afternoon............. no joy..........gutted.:(

I like your optimism, heres hoping your right;) should have the part by Friday I reckon