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Bet you the next set will do exactly the same. I would be replacing the bearing along with the discs/pads.

I've it set a bit too low, as I'm planning on increasing the boost on the turbo quite a bit in the next round of upgrades. It came on last summer in traffic. I was towing a trailer with a Bridgeport onboard at the time. The fan only ran for a...

This is mine, guys at work swapped a cat engine for another used one, this hose was spare so I may have purloined it and this is where it has lived for the last 18 years. This is a 200 with the early narrow style radiator, I cannot comment on the...

Have a look at post 93 , I posted a pdf of the 200tdi overhaul manual got all,the torque figs and how to do what you doing 😀

I have to run up and beat the dog to my space..........

Heard of the above done to sell off a knackered box before!

Or welded it!

You are going to need access to the underside, and remove the engine undertrays just to see what is going on.

Welcome to LZ. New clutch could be your clue here, top bell housing bolts not being refitted which also hold the crossover pipe on are famous for not getting refitted when clutch gets done.

Welcome to LZ. Genuine seals? Corteco seals are good. Bit of blue hylomar on the seal outer flange might help.

Plastigauge should tell you all you need to know. If crank is std and shells say std then I would say it should be okay, but still needs checking, rest you can billy b**** your way through but crank is quite important.

Bloody hell I learnt to drive in an old 2000 series Daf. Jakes open the exhaust valve just as piston hits tdc to release any pressure so there is no effort spplied to the piston on the downstroke so the engine sort of operates in reverse. Some...

Ex brakes on trucks are are psis poor. Jakes and retarders are on another level.

Chuck some oil in it, easy job.

Thanks all, just something I had never seen before! I didn't know if it was a foreign model or something. Obviously none of it works :vb-lol: