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My old defender hybrid made a funny noise the first time I took it off roading properly. All sorts of strange clunks and clangs, including when braking it would clunk as soon as brake pedal was hit. It settled down after a few weeks and never made a noise again until O/S CV joint started to go...

Kinell, just checked it out a bit more, £495, 1994 L reg on private plates that are worth over a grand. Buy motor, sell plates, sell for scrap if it's a nail... If I decide to have a look, I'll let yer know.

Aye, just found an even better one Buy a used JAGUAR Car - Auto Trader UK Another 3.2S fer 495 billies...

True, in the Yarksheer Auto Trader there's a 1994 3.2S Jag in burgundy met, 130k on the clock, quite a bit of tax left fer £850. Quite tempted to go and look at it mesen...

Well Pos said Crunchie Third, I said Kit Kat second, mebbe someone will have Twix first?

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NATO blend - 25 parts Kero to one part EP90 or any other stuff lying around that's fairly viscous.

Yes, but somewhere else on the starter side of things. You've checked engine earth strap and battery terminal, have you checked for any shorts on the positive side of things, alternator connections and cables, barrel lock etc. Take a look at the wiring diagrams on the Rave disk and see where...

A diode will make the current flow in one direction only. For example, me offside brake light had a bad earth on it. When I hit the brake pedal, the elctricity flowed through the earth wire back into the loom and onto the earth bonding point which was also dicky. The current then flowed back...

Reet then, deffo an earthing prob then. The tricky bit now is to find out where the blockage(s) are...

I concur wi that - dodgy earthing on me wiring loom caused strange things to happen wiff me reverse and fog lights when I pressed me brake pedal - mind you that was after the lake at Tong...

Talking of Tesco's... VeryLittleHelps.com (VLH) My ex made me boycott them due to what they do to farmers (she was from a farming family)

It was sometime in the 1950's that they became law wernt it, hang on, lets ave a look... Ah, rule changes to MOT in 1975. If they are fitted to a vehicle they have to work. Remove the wipers and say they were not fitted to your vehicle, they were an option.

I thought the MPi was the Rover "M" series as put in the Rover 800's and "Tomcat" 220 Turbo coupe. If it is, it's quite a solid engine compared to the K-series.

If it's an R380 you must use MTF-94 or equivalent, not ATF.

Aye Tong is just outside Bradistan

Aye well, if yer want the best ;)

Should've ordered the AR Poweramps as they give 50kVA spark fer £120 ;)

There's still Tong Fest in August anorl.

Try these an give it a Viking funeral