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Ah super useful. Presu,ably Marsland did the actual swap for you? How long did it take and did you have to wait before getting it booked in/?

nobber / slomofo - thanks for those posts - super helpful. Is there a realistic ballpark for a full chassis once you've done the extras like suspension, clutch and brake lines i.e. what should I assume I'd be in for? I am sitting down so you can just hit me with it...

Thanks again for the comments. Which bits are bulkhead related just so I understand what is what? If it can be welded that's great but I don't want to keep patching if ultimately it will all end the same way (new chassis)

Hopefully these pics will come through OK??

Thanks all this is very useful advice and to hear how other people tackled the job. I would dearly ;like to work on the vehicle myself but I'm simply not mechanically minded enough nor have a unit to work in so I will need to employ the professionals to get it done. I'll try and get some pics of...

Thanks for that. I will go galvanised I think. The more I look at the holes the MOT garage have exposed/created the more I think it will weld up OK because the main chassis areas still look solid BUT I can see the bigger picture and a galvanised chassis will be needed at some point so might as...

So it's finally happened and our beloved 1999 Td5 110 has failed its MOT on rust. It's an original example that's only had one small weld on a front outrigger so suppose it' ultimately done well. Looking at the holes I suspect t could be welded but also suspect we might be just prolonging the...

That's good news then. It sounds like we might be OK to take the car on holiday then on Monday? I was just concerned about causing damage due to something obvious but it seems like it could just be one of those things? I'll give it a run and when we are back in a week or so drop the oil and see...

So the lack of movement is a good thing?

Yeah it moves both ways. Although I don't know what Im doing it felt 'normal' when I was prying at it i.e. instinct told me that it was moving as it should. I've just done the clutch pedal test as you've described and there is no movement on the pulley. Can I ask though why there would be and...

Ah OK. I did just do this before seeing your reply. Excuse the video it's not easy trying to operate a phone, a torch and a pry bar all at the same time! There is some movement in the pulley itself but none on the metal housing at the front of it. Presume this is normal movement is it?

OK - I'll give that a check over today hopefully. Since you mentioned it I've been doing some research into this and I do have some vibration north of 3K rpm which I tried to cure with new engine mounts but it didn't fully go away so perhaps this could be the cause? If the crank pulley is...

I haven't because we would still like to take the Landy on holiday on Monday. We have other cars we can take but every August we take the family Landy on holiday and given all the **** recently I'd like this year to be like all the others. If that's not a sensible thing to do then our, more...

Thanks for that. Thats chiming exactly with my thinking about doing next weeks trip of 600 miles and some messing about and then checking the oil before the bigger trip. Just to be clear though the services haven't extended to 12K - I've been sure to keep them short since the rebuild. I...