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Yep all gone now. Engine bay hosed out and land rover moved, don't mind not moving it for a month or so, but one clutch is enough for any land rover.

Ho Ho. Many people have described my land rover as a bit of a dog, but no cat under the bonnet. They're blackbirds - not that I would have known, but that's what the mother is. Fortunately I keep the battery terminal off when it's parked up otherwise I wouldn't have opened the bonnet before...

Engine going cheep.

Thanks for replies, it's a regular 1958 109" 2.0 diesel - not a lightweight, but (I now know) definitely has an oblong plate which should have been retained by a cage. The cage has rusted away and hence the plate slipped down the void inside the bulkhead when I removed the bolts. Using pry bars...

I removed the drivers door on my series 2 to assess what work I need to do to the bulkhead. The metal plate with 2 tapped holes inside the bulkhead that the hinge bolts go in promptly disappeared into the hollow bulkhead door section. I can't figure out how to get into this area without...

Thanks both, only about a mm or so of advancing available, now the bolts are up tight against the three slotted holes in the pump casting. However, a great improvement, I think I can safely say the remaining smoke is about normal for a 60 year old diesel. Injectors set to 130 bar or so, had to...

Thanks SpringDon - seems retarded timing causes white smoke and 'chuffing' and the smoke smells like unburnt fuel, so might well be the case. Will have a go next time the sun comes out and report.

In an effort to reduce the huge amounts of white smoke and clattering my 2.0 diesel makes (good luck with that one I hear you say) I had all the injectors out today, cleaned them and set the pressures. I think it has reduced the smoke a bit - it starts easily and has the usual enormous reserves...

I'm looking for a new hose to run between the inlet manifold and (original oil bath type) air cleaner. Both ends are 2" OD overall length would be about 19". I bought what I thought would fit (described as suitable for Series 2 diesel) but it's much bigger diameter and about 24" long. I'm...