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Probably cable starting to fray/ break and stretching. If not, window could have moved in clamps, time to remove door card and have a look

surely you only need to clean the bendix, and put it back

Generic sticker for a dpa and some Bosch pumps, some engines don’t use a key anymore, and rely solely on taper for timing

Air filter blocked

If pump was stored dry, the linkage has probably stuck in the pump

Points to new solenoid, but most likely a bit of crud stopping it from seating

Put a prybar in the gap and use the flex in the lever to make room for the pin

Have you mixed up fuel pipes somewhere?

Probably a home for feral tomcats, their urine stinks!!

Doesn’t sound good, what was it, cracked inlet manifold?

The extra long ones are aircraft spanners, often having a ring and ratchet of the same size on each end

and all the time 1st gear is rubbing on reverse gear, you are making metal filings, for the oil to circulate around the box

Serious leak somewhere, check underneath for fluids, blown wheel cylinder, check for wet/coated backplate and wheel, or master cylinder seals

kigas for the Perkins L4, was just diesel sprayed into manifold from main tank, was also useful if you wanted to get up the hill without changing down, it did push a bit of smoke out tho !

Do your heater plugs work?

Historically it was to stop home bodgers just letting it drain into their gravel drives when changing thermostat/ water pump etc, then filling with neat h2o, Stop pollution, and stop corrosion in the engine

what happens if you swap the wiring?

Any photos as you dismantled?

Surely there are a lot of vehicles out there of any make that don’t need a spanner, or a fix between services, problem is, they don’t show themselves unless they’ve been in your possession for a few years!

So ask him to remove the broken stud !