Recent content by Ginyard007

I thought I paid over the odds for my 1990 TD90, until I realised in the last 12 months its cost me exactly 150 quid to drive every day and keep nice (new slave/master cylinders, 1 new fan belt, 2 new fuel filters, 1 innertube patchup) and it's a bloody lovely truck for the age. I'm very happy...

The army use TDi300 engines these days and remove the turbo unit as it adds unwanted maintenance overhead. They rightly concluded that the TD5 was way too complicated to be worked on in difficult conditions and didn't bother with it.

I bought my TD after 1 viewing because it was solid, well looked after and the engine was immaculate. A lot of the naysay comes from experiences with poorly maintained, rotting vehicles which have been abused. There's no reason one shouldn't be prepared to pay a premium for something that's...