Thank you for your reply. I will try them but I think you are right that I will need to buy an engine to get one to recondition.

Thanks for that. I guessed as much but was puzzled by the V5 seeming to tie in with what I have in the engine bay as I would have expected the V5 to be different.

Hi all I am a series2a owner and cannot get my numbers to make sense. My engine number is 24114214A2 on the block and as per my V5 The chassis number is 24129093C on the chassis and per the V5 Yet it is a diesel 2.25l 88 inch, first registered on 10/2/67 and on the Glencoyne site and also the...

Thanks for that Jamesmartin I will take your advice. Papatango

Thank you Jamesmartin. However my question now is what is the best option now assuming your diagnosis is correct. Am I better getting a recon box or having mine stripped and rebuilt. It had a rebuild a year ago by a local Lanzy specialist which left 2nd and 1st difficult to select and noisy...

Whilst off road I needed to reverse up a steep incline. A loud bang and no reverse or 1st gear at all. 2nd, 3rd and 4th will engage but when you increase revs the gearboxes makes awful metallic major problem noises. Gearbox and clutch professionally rebuilt one year ago. Is it cheaper to buy...