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After finally rectifying my right knee problem decided to crack on and fix my MOT failure items from April. Cleaned up the rear brake pipes a treat, light surface rust - emery cloth and a painting of body schutz as suggested by the tester. However the exhaust leak at the downpipe to centre box...

Correctly torqued - job done. No need to slap loctite all over it. Once upon a time there used to be very specific locations that required loctite - now I find the stuff plastered everywhere.

I did a cambelt on a 1.8 petrol C5 a few years ago and the crank belt sprocket spun freely on the crank :eek: until you did the pulley nut up - and that's how it was - keyless by design.

Core charge probably means you have to send Marty your old unit in exchange.

Not forgetting of course, that this product is supplying loads of jobs both in the plant and also in the supply chain. Nobody is holding a gun to an Evoque haters head and making them buy/drive the things. But if my wife wanted one and she was thrilled with it, so be it. Live and let live. I...

Some people think E stands for Enough.

Anyhoooo....back to the op. As said pop (!) the manifold off and have a butchers. Did you run it very long or not at all? Maybe the situation is totally salvageable....I've got a set of picks and hooks about 12 cm long, if you use something like that you maybe able to winkle out the worst of it...

Freed off bonnet release cable and then centred the steering box input shaft and adjusted the drag link.

Silly question - have you tried running it on petroleum spirit to see if it stops the popping and missing (not lpg) and whilst I'm here your noise sounds like metal bits banging together (so not a leaky gasket etc). V8's are well known for developing low down torque by their very nature - has it...

Duncan,I don't know if you're going to read this (but I hope you do and the other posts that have preceded it). I most certainly don't pity you - there are many guys on here me included who have got to place where you're at right now on various jobs that we have done over the years. But I have...

Not a good place to be......isn't there somebody near northeast Lancs can lend him a hand?

Lights? What lights? When I turn the key I always have my eyes closed deep in prayer:)

Trends....look at the MINI... it's nothing like a Mini......it's a cynical fat lard arsed fugly car that's damned near as big as a Mondeo.:eek:

I towed a two tonne twin axle caravan to Greece without issue in a diesel manual. Alps and all.

You do know that they can tunnel their way across:eek::)

And I never said it was me, either - boom, tish.

Bit of a slow evening up in Merseyville, Alan?:):)

Confession time - I've always thought a V6 manual Freelander with full leather blah, blah, would be fairly useful (providing somebody had done the cambelts first).:eek: And I'm certainly no crimper :).

Well, if you used to be in the trade you'll know what to look out for - you'll soon see if the vehicle has been looked after by its previous keepers. A history file is a must - service records and receipts. At the end of the day it comes down to your gut feeling about the car and whether you are...

Run for the hills...