Ive done it the other way, wished I hade seen this erliar. Anyway I locked the pump in place and took it off with the timing tool so hopefully it will be OK. Got crank and pistons out, end of crank at flywheel end is a bit crusty, not sure what that is, hope it has not damaged it. now for the...

I ended up grinding the bolt heads off, there was about 5mm bolt to get hold of with mole grips and surprisingly they came out easy.

Bit further forward, Finally got front timing cover off, got sump and ladder rack off, to inspect bearings on crank, think they could do with been replaced, then again would be mad not to while I am this far in. Have not took timing belt off yet, Do I need to remove the Timing Pump to when I...

Thanks Everyone, Got it on tonight, its at a bit of an angle, in first pic, not sure why, but it does turn right round with a bit of effort. Not sure what to do first either give tops of pistons and block a good clean or take sump off and see whats what in the bottom end, sump bolts look very...

Thanks Again Mate will order some

Thanks my stand looks exactly like yours, I measured how far the studs go in to engine and the top is 2 about 35mm and bottoms about 30mm, the tubes on stand are 70mm so think I will need bolts about 120mm or longer. pic of mine so is it 4 bolts circled ? just found pic of my stand too.

The bolts are only m10 I think and dont think they go in to the housing very far, got flywheel and housing off ready to try but a Bit worried if 4 bolts will hold it on stand, I know its been done before as have seen pics of them on. Do you have any pics of which holes you used when yo done it...

Yes I was wondering about that bung too.

Thanks Borrowed that kit from a Mate. Got another bloody problem now though, Some of the nuts on timing case have rounded off, Tried everything to loose them off, left them with penetrating oil over night, Heat, and even those Irwin bolt extractors, but they are to small to get a grip on as...

Thanks Mate just read your post on your rebuild, Great Job you done there Mate, some great Info there will save it to look back on. Have not checked my bearings yet but gonna try and get engine out tomorrow to fit on stand and will have a look at bottom end during the week.

Got the head off today, not experienced enough to tell if its OK or not, there is some cross hatching on 3 of the bores number 1 at front had oil as you can see in pics, rods seem to be ok .

Took my Toyota Hilux head to them for pressure test and skim last year, 100 quid, the bores were ok so I got one of them honing things that fits on drill and honed the bores, kept the origional pistons but put new rings on and everything was ok, hoping this 200tdi is going to be similar or...

Thanks Mate found the 200tdi manual, some others too. Depending what state Injectors are in I might get them rebuilt, there is a guy local that does them. Will get a few more bits off over the weekend, Once the heads off will probably get it out on engine stand to take sump off and check...

Started to strip it down, Got the manifold, Turbo and Starter off one side. on with the other side, bit nervous about taking glow plugs and Injectors out, heard storys about them been hard to loosen but soaked them with penetrating oil overnight so hopefully they should come out ok. Another...

The PO started it 4 years ago when he bought it, it had stood like that for about 10 years before without starting so only started the once in the last 14 years or so. Not sure but think the best thing is to when I get time and funds is just strip the thing down and look for wear and tear and...