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why bother getting a specialised non gas welder when you can just buy a gas one and keep a small roll of self fluxing wire on standby for the annoying occasion of running out of gas as for welders my arsenal is sip migmate 130 turbo mig welder converted to big gas bottles and a regulator and...

Gonna shift the battery into the seatbox first of all then worry bout the engine mou t when i get it over the street to me mates garage as hes been wanting to do an engine swap or something big for the last couple of months now Pics and Stuff will be showing up in me resto rebuild thread so...

6mm marine ply is whats used standard on all commercial vans to do the sides and for what the weight would be and for the size of the area covered 16mm is normally used on the floors and wheelarches :D

with great thanks to GRATCH :cool::cool: i now have a 2.5 N/A 19j to fit in me tratter and today i have been busying meself with the fettling about measuring up and sumising weather or not its a good idea to shift the battery to the passengers stow box wich im gonna do anyway now and in me...

i know where itll be ( sat on top of the oil pump drive shaft under the skew gear bush bearing ) its where the shattered bits of my cam followers ended up

sounds like thats britpart strikes again :rolleyes:

atleast the postage is free and i should bleddy well think so too :D

i likes them rear sides mmmmmm seeee thruuu anyone know how much them cost

i just leave mine on th drive behind an iron padlocked and chained gate with a label on the dash saying ( vehicle restricted to 40mph ) and a sign in the back window saying ( on tow) and just fer good measure a bit of shredded BT draw rope dangling off the front bumper :D:D:D

Id check the tops of those pistons fer cracks if that were mine All yet need to do is get the piston to the top of the stroke and use a tough cloth like denim and some standard thinners get them as shiny as you can then let the piston down the stroke a little then pour enough thinners in...

Ive been on ebay recently and there are a few decent ones there but they want silly cash for them or the cheaper ones are sh4gged and smoking their balls off same as my original engine

Forgive me fer askin but do you fancy selling the 2.5 4 pot diesel engine if its complete ?

now i don't venture in here often but in gerrin desperate now and also feeling cheeky so here goes ........is there anyone doing a tdi conversion and removing a compete 2.5 na fender engine if so id really. Like to buy the bugger as i just haven't the heart to rebuild the sodding 2.25 series...

i had exactly the same idea but i started with a rebore and new pistons but thing is the geezer that did the rebore left all the **** from honing in the engine so that mixed with the oil and ground down evry working surface such as bearings and piston rings so now i gotta do pretty much...

thought so

is it interchangeable with me 2.25 meaning wwill my bits fit that engine or will it ne a case of finding pumps and starter motors

Yet know mine has just done the same thing and im sure this time its the rings gone in the pistons so im either looking for another engine or sourcing a new set of rings :mad:

I don't want a tdi i just want a standard run of the mill working lump either series or 2.5 na wich there's gotta be someone out there that's ripping one out to do their own tdi conversion

sick to death of fixing me 2.25 series diesel engine and watching it run for 10 minutes then going bang then spending another month rebuilding the bugger so its now defeat time has anyone got a series 3 2.25 diesel block and head they could sell to a worthy cause ??

Have you thought of my mr bean approach Drill an 8mm hole in the roof gutter above the door in the centre then drill a same size hole in a foot length of 1"x1" angle iron then padlock the angle iron to the gutter trapping the door then to take the play out of it weld a washer to the padlock...