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What motor have you got in it.TD5 it sounds like you have a leak in your oil cooler matrix....they corrode and leak slightly, clogs ur radiator up a bit and leak can get worse and cause big issues.

DROP ARM BALL JOINT UPPER TRAIL LINK ? check this by sliding underneath your car, back axle, look on top for ball joint, take tyre lever or similar and try to move it up a down by placing one end on diff mount and prise it up a down, should have no movement at all.

leave it well alone, its for the computer conector.

Hi Jacobus, ek woon in Botswana, we have a whole fleet of TD5s here and the above problem sometimes sticks its ugly head out here aswell, to start check harness at computer box, unplug and if full of oil clean it as good as you can ( i use q20 and spray a lot in the plug and then blow out with...

yes you can fit both batteries in under the seat, you also dont need a upgraded alternator, you do however need to fit a split charging unit, cole hersee makes one

Tight ones are defenatly better than loose ones, Had some on a few vehicles here that lasted very well, but had to take them off due to the directors fear that heavy duty ones wont fail and cause diff issues, i agree to the logic in that. we do drive 85% off road and through the thickest sand...

dont know from your explination, do you hear the noise when you go trough a bump in the road? had a similar thing a while ago, it was the steering linkadge that was warn and made a taping noise in the steering coloum

ooh half shafts welded? common practice when stuckin middle of nowhere and have to make a plan, in no way a pro job if you sk me. But i would be carefull and have a look at what the job instructions were to the company that did the ''re-build'' for you. as for the rust again see the...

jip, sounds like re calibration needed, as above post, also search the topic, there is a lot of info regarding thisproblem

sure you dont have any leaks,even small ones will make it run hotter, also good expansion cap? simple yhings i know, but its often those that cause the pains

Engine: If Td5 Have to take it off,sorry mate, why would it solve some rattles?

dont meen to steal your thread, but is thare any way to repair a flywheel like this or is it only replace?

Im with james, similar thing happened to one of our vehicles, turned out to be the center of the clutch had sheered off. good luck

i ment reflective roof insulation normaly used for corrugated iron rooves ( dam key board!!!!!!)

to counter the heat/cooking the back of your leg, we line the underside of the cab with that seflective roof insulation meterial that looks like bubble wrap, silver side down of course. makes the cab nice and quiet as well.

checked your oil level lately ................?

i live in africa, what we do is to carry a camping shower bucket and a hard steelbucket, some rope and a pully (if you want to be fancy.) simply put your shower tent ( canvas screen ) up under a tree and warm water on your camp fire, put in bucket and hoist up in tree, hey presto, alfresco...

have you checked the swivvel bearings in the front? dont know if this can cause the wear you are talking about?

Original bushes lasts better for us all round except on the stab arm ball joint, thats where we use blue polly bushes. The polly ones dont have a metal sleave in general and we find that sand gets in between the poly bush and the metal its pressed into and then eats them for breakfast. But...

90% chance that its the oil cooler, its made out of some realy flimsy metal that corodes away with hard water, hence we only use distilled water and a 50/50 mix of good anti freez. Its easy enough to get the cooler replaced, hoses also get damaged if driven like this for any extended period of...