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Does anyone know of a specialist that would be able to recondition a 200tdi fuel injection pump to a high standard around the heathrow area? Ours is playing up a bit at the moment, it has been re done before but the job was a total disaster had fuel spraying in every direction twice and got it...

Thanks very much thor1950 I did do a search but obviously worded it wrong. Thanks again, very helpful.

So I've been told a lot that being in certain areas affects your insurance premium. So i live in London (right next to heathrow) if I was to insure a 2008tdci 90 vanel van would it be more expensive as a pose to living somewhere like Wiltshire or Cornwall ? Just getting an idea as to how...

I came to that conclusion as well and yeah I do agree, not being used to these low mileage gearboxes is the issue I think. Only got 10,000 miles on the clock, I'm used to tinkering with cars that have at least 100k on the clock

Appreciate the comment 110woman

Rant was probably the wrong word, explanation would of been correct but doesn't sound as good ;) and I agree to disagree, I agree driving in the garden or a field is not road driving it never has and never will be however it gives a gist of the basics of driving (gears, steering, throttle...

To be fair I have not passed comments about driving, sure what I'm doing currently is not by any means the equivalent of road driving however at no point did I compare it to road driving or say it was road driving as it cannot be classed as road driving if the majority of my experience is off...

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I was sat in the seat of a tractor at the age of 5 and taught how to drive it, move a lot of fully loaded skips around with it and then progressed into the seat of my dads disco 2 at the age of 7. When I felt comfortable that I could drive that up the driveway and back properly and could turn it...

It has got some incredibly bad issues if I'm honest. When it's running it is beautiful as it is at the moment but give it until Monday and something else will have gone wrong with it. I just feel more at home in a land rover anyways out in the country I'd probably of kept the mini to blast round...

Mines a 1340cc twin carb, with a stage three cylinder head and a high lift cam, goes like stink but not quite as reliable as a land rover. Considering keeping the mini but I see it as more trouble than what it's worth

Both the land rovers I drover are my dads, the tdci has only got 10,000 miles on it from new. It's more of a toy to be honest, his 200tdi that I also drover has starship mileage but that's his work horse so to speak. My dad doesn't find it hard to drive though he reckons it's just because I'm...

So I get into a 200tdi and the gearbox is absolutely spot on, changes perfect and no dodgy clunks on any changes at all. I then get into a 2008 tdci and the gearbox seems to be atrocious, clunks from 1st to second, tough to get the right gears and always takes a while to get from one gear to...

I reckon I could get my dads 200tdi panel van at around that price. I have considered the tdi's but as we've got one already I feel the need for something different. Thanks for that though MR BFG it's helped a lot. Not many people our age think to try insuring a land rover but it just goes to...

Not really more money than sense when you think about it. I'm going to get ripped off for any car that I try and insure so why not just do it in style instead. I got quoted the same price for my dads 200tdi defender so effectively buying a £500 ****ter and not worrying about crashing it will...