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Just a little bit to do then ! Lol Me and my dad seem to be getting more and more jobs (projects ) to do every week much to my mums and girlfriends delight . Half my trouble is I work 7days a week and getting ready for selling logs next year . My grandads got a really old beetle my uncle restored it a few years ago it looks mint . The Jaguar sounds good might be able to make a good profit out of it then ? Well my truck it doesn't like starting I put a new battery on it & new glow plugs count 60secounds before starting. But it just doesn't like to fire up even when warm .

The problem I have is time, there just isn't enough! I have a 1974 Beetle sitting on the drive which needs rebuilding (welding and then MOT-ing), the Wife had a cam belt failure on her 2004 Scenic which we are in the process of breaking to sell the bits and then going to scrap what's left. This is also on the drive. I might be buying an X-Type Jaguar on Saturday which has a head gasket problem too. This I am actually very excited about as it's dirt cheap and could be a really nice car! I have also started doing car repairs in my lunchtime for work colleagues too! It's just a good job that the 110 runs pretty sweet generally. And it's lucky that I have another daily driver and we just bought the Wife an old Golf (which I have just repaired an airbag fault on too...)

Oh, and I have a 300Tdi which needs rebuilding....

So tell me about your truck? What's the issue with the starting?

Jobs? Well...

Fit a turbo boost guage
Fit a rev counter
Fit a radio!
Upgrade the dashboard lights (they are really ****)
Replace the rear floor and braces
Replace the rear crossmember
Upgrade the rear axle to discs
Fix the door frames
Fit the cowel back in and replace the viscous fan
Fix the rear window wiper
Fit axle breathers
Re-route the air intake

The gearbox has a noisy 5th which is a little annoying at times, but I think I will stick with it until it totally breaks before I do anything about it. I have a Discovery R380 which I plan to rebuild and fit the selector linkage off a Defender box to it. This would make a good replacement. I would like to fit a 300Tdi tunnel and adjust/replace the seatbox. This would make a better job than I have done already.

The most important thing will be to fit the axle breathers before the snow comes. The old pipes had just disintegrated and I haven't got around to replacing them.

Hi there. It's a B reg, 1985 I think. Ex AA (I think) and it had a nasty Transit DI engine in it when I got it. I have changed the engine for a 200Tdi and put in a Defender R380 and a Discovery transfer box. Goes a little better now!