Although this is a td5 not a 300 I think you might be right about the pipe coming throught the baulkhead. thats where the sound deadening is wet, looks like it doesn't stay there long enought o soak through the carpet but runs down then lays in the footwell and thats where the carpet gets wet.

Another very useful tool for cleaning rusty stuff is a belt sander, my brother has a Black and Decker one, it gets in very akward pleace where you wouldn't get a grinder.

Those rear body mounts are in good condition. I have used 120 x 60 x 3mm wall thickness 1400 long then cut the length to fit. Spot weld drills are very usefull. Cut round the body mounts and pillar joints but its almost impossible to remove all the layers of metal (unless its rotted away) here...

I bet thats a struggle without removing the dash

No thats definitely antifreeze :)

Yep its antifreeze

When I wrung out the sound deadening it was bright green so I'm almost sure its the heater but I cant see any drips or sign of leaks, I'll take more stuff out tomorrow to see if I can get a better look. Kev

Morning all, I just picked up a 1999 td5 and amongst other minor problems :doh: its got a wet drivers side carpet, no air con, no sunroofs, no roof bars, so I'm thinking screen , door seals, or possibly heater matrix, but would that be on the drivers side?

There was a td5 on ebay the other day with a 300 front bumper on it, so anything is possible:)

TWENTY WHOLE POUNDS? I got a piece of tube for £2.50 and I get to practise my welding, does it get any better??????????????????????????????? .................................................... ...

Ah I did wonder what it was for, I'll probably repair it to keep the bumper firm.

I thought no one would believe me, thats why I sent a pic

Has anyone come acoss this area of rot before?? I can only think this must have been reversed through seawater to manage to get this bit rotten as its nomally tucked behind the bumper out of harms way. Of course it could have been a Land Rover Corrosion Development department factory experement...

Thanks that sounds just like mine. Kev

I have a similiar oil leak on a 300tdi only seems to do it when its hot though. Is that the same as your engine? Kev

Thanks Jack Its not my dialy driver and I have a bearing suppliers round the corner, so that may be the way to go I wondered if there was a kit that I could buy with say, bearings, brushes etc Kev

Hi All I have a noisy bearing in the alternator on my 200tdi Disco, its still putting out 14.2 volts, so I don't really want to change the whole thing. Can anyone recommend a supplier for a repair kit? or will factors like Motex, Euro-wrong-Parts etc be route to go. Cheers Kev

Thanks Dave, yes I know the box has to come off, thanks for the tip about removing the bush. Kev

I Hope the clutch change went ok, if you don't mind me asking was it a lot of drama cos I may need to change a spigot bush soon. Kev

MIG gets my vote. an auto darkening mask, a 115mm angle grinder with 1mm slitting discs and grinding discs or flap wheels and proper gloves/gauntlets. Good luck