Hi everyone, My 300tdi has a lot of black smoke when under load (I mean a lot!). The engine has done this since I owned it, but since I recently took it out of my discovery, and put it in my 110, including disco gearbox and transfer box, the longer ratios, plus slightly larger tyres are causing...

For any one who has the same issue. My follow up is that a new clutch kit and new fork solved the issue. Gearbox is like a dream now!

Thanks all for the suggestions. I tried starting in gear and pressing the brakes a whole bunch and it didn’t free up. So I took the gearbox off again. The friction plate was the correct way round, but did have burn spots which it didn’t have before. I’m guessing it did get stuck to either the...

Hi, I’m just finishing a 300tdi conversion in my mid 80s One Ten. I’ve used a 300tdi out of a discovery 1, including the R380 gearbox, and positioned the engine in the ‘stock’ defender location. Everything lined up, bolted on, etc. it was going too well. After basically finishing everything, I...

Hi all, My 2.5 NA won’t start after changing the injection pump (due to the old one leaking). I’ve set the timing (95% sure I’ve done this correct, used the correct timing pins, marks bang on the arrows etc.), bled the pump, bled the injection pipes, fuel is squirting out the injection lines...