Recent content by Davejustdave

So I picked up my series 3 last week, it's a project, I was aware when I saw the listing on the bay that it'd be rough... It is!!! I'll get some pics when I'm at my unit and have charge on my phone. Anyway, it needs a chassis and bulkhead, that's without doubt. I thought I'd have a good look...

I'm possibly bidding on a series 88" chassis on the bay... But it's in Nottingham, I'm in Cornwall! Does anyone ever come this way from that way??? Or possibly to the Dudley area? My brother and dad are that way, I could maybe collect from there at some point in the future.. Ta!

Damn, I'm in Cornwall, bit too far away! That would've been perfect

Not worried about it being quiet, just somewhere to sit would be handy!

does anyone know, other than the obvious bits, (rear door cards,) what 5door bits fit 3doors?? I've got a 200tdi 3dr and the previous owner quite clearly left a very hungry dog in there!! It's eaten pretty much everything in the back, all that was left was the seat frames and a bin full of...

Officially, according to the testers manual holes caused by corrosion are a fail, or chassis being weakened by modification, obviously a rusty hole is a definite fail, drilled holes however, unless there's more holes than metal will *probably* pass... There aren't many testers that will put a...

At the moment I don't know, I've sent a sample to a couple of manufacturers just to see whether it's a viable idea...

Is it just me?? when I resprayed my disco last year i found that there were no reasonably priced replacement seals... I ended up masking round them (which i hate doing) then filling in the cracks with PU sealer (which looks crap, a bit less crap than cracked and split, but crap nevertheless)...

I could pour diesel straight on the floor, it'd still use less than the bmw!!!!

Hahaha... Well, replacement bottom end is all built up and in, clutch fork beefed up and cat errr removed.... Just the rest of it to rebuild now!!

So, I've been lurking for a while, having owned the disco for about a year, I've had various issues, I thought I'd share my experiences... Since having it I've had problems with the threads in the head pulling and the rocker shaft coming loose and breaking... After the first time I...