thanks andy I'm having trouble finding mineral 5/30 (5/30 or 5/40 is quoted as required in the book). In fact - trouble finding most maintenance parts like pads, belts, filters, rotors, etc. I normally use Halfords or Autosave or similar but they sem to treat Landies (well mine anyway) as...

thanks all - that's pretty comprehensive I won't bother

Does this advice apply to Series 2 as well - ie avoid synthetic oils (presumbaly stick to mineral)?

Hi I'm new to Landies in the past week after having bought a 2000 Series II TD5 and have already found the forum really useful by solving a few niggly things in existing posts. Here's one I can't find tho: the engine undershield is missing. Is it worth trying to get hold of one? So far it was...