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Has anyone bought one of these, I have to replace my fuel tank on a SIII SWB 2 1/4 Petrol. Seen these for sale and thought might be a good idea as it should not get rusty and leak like the last one!! Anyone got any views?

The thickness of the gaskets are important and you need a Magnetic Based Dial Indicator to measure the depth of the piston. This is all in the manual I believe, got a c.d off e-bay and it was in there. Also did my gasket last year and found there were 4 thickness sizes of the gaskets but...

Thanks for the suggestions gents, I am based in South Wales near Neath.

Hello everyone, without starting a parts war does anyone know where to get a radiator for a 300 tdi at a decent price, I have read all the posts about other suppliers having sub-standard parts but am reluctant to shell out for a genuine part. I am going to look into recoring it but if there is a...

Well well, I have the same problem on my '98 300, I have had very similar advice as you have had, only just getting round to checking all the things I was advised to check. Good luck and keep us posted.

Thanks for the help, i will deffo make a list as I can see exactly how easy it would be to get distracted!

Hi All, I have a 1974 SWB Series III Petrol 2 1/4 that has a less than perfect chassis. I have toyed with the idea of learning to weld and patching it up, i have also thought about getting a galvanised chassis. Has anyone recently changed their chassis to a galv one that could shed some light...

Thank you for all the help and advise thus far. Richard you are correct in thinking that i had the coolant system pressure tested and not the engine as i wrongly stated. The mechanic at the garage assured me that he had cut his teeth on discos and he had seen this many a time before and that it...

Andy, had the thermostat drilled out to see if it was blocked, then fitted a new one and had the rad flushed, still no joy, at the same time i had the engine pressure tested ie with the adaptor that fits on the coolant resevoir and the garage said it pointed to a dodgy gasket. Strangely I also...

Hi there, new to the forum. I have a 1998 300tdi diso that overheats. I have changed the head gasket and that did not solve the problem. I know I should have had the head pressure tested and skimmed whilst it was off but was very short of time and very impatient! I checked it for distortion with...