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I got a 2nd hand 2.5 NAD which I don't know the history of except it's ex-military. It's had a broken belt replaced and put back together without doing the timing, so it still had 5 bent pushrods and wouldn't start!?!?! When I took the head off I found little bits knocked off 2 of the tappet...

Well I have the official parts catalogues, and all I seem to have is reams of descriptions like "nut" and "bolt". Only a very few have the sizes. What am I missing? And I don't have much experience but I'm on a steep curve.

When I go into a dealer to get some bolts, he can look something up on his computer to find out what size it is. Like the other day, I was looking for SX108201 to fix my clutch on with. Aha he says, that's an M8 x 20 mm. Trouble is it's 53p at the dealer, and around £2.29 per hundred at...

Yep - it's out:) But another interesting thing - the manual says put a 1" block of wood under the bell housing to support the gearbox, but when I finally got the engine out, the box tipped back, another reason it might have jammed. So it'll needs a jack to hold it down when I refit the engine.

Thanks guys. In the end I jacked it up in the middle, and whacked the end of the gearbox down. This made a tiny gap which I put a shim in, then I jacked up the gearbox, and got a shim in underneath, and so on, until I got it split. I just didn't expect it to be so tight.

I've got a SIII 2.25 diesel which I've decided to replace with a 2.5 NAD. I've got the workshop manual and disconnected/removed eveything I can see that needs disconnecting. I put the hoist on, got the mountings out, and there I'm completely stuck. Are there any tricks involved? This is a...