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The lanes around oundle are open, I did the yarwell ones on my own yesterday. They are pretty awful though, really shouldnt have driven it, as I only just made it through, but with all the rain we have had, its a proper mud bath!

Oops..... best look into it then! What oil shall I try next?

I decided a few months ago that I hate paying road tax, and stupid fuel duty, so just as my mrs passed her driving test, she got my daily ford focus, and I dug out my parents '72 109, rollerd it a nicer shade of blue, fixed the broken timing chain, MOT'd it, and now I use it every day, 25 mile...

Whats wrong with the early L series diesel engines? Mines on over 200K now and it still ticks over nicely, from all the service history Ive got, the car has had 2 IRD's and VCU's fitted, tonnes of other stuff but as far as I can see, apart from timing belts and servicing, the engines totally...

206,500 miles..... 1998 2ltr diesel station wagon.......

Keep using it, and in the meantime save more moneys, and keep your ear to the ground for either a known good engine, or a running scrapper. Changing the engine really isnt hard, the engine in mine is out at the moment, and im a bit of a retard tbh. Hire a crane for a weekend, get some mates...

I think this time im going to haul the engine out. Its got so many bloody leaks, I want to get rid of the EGR, do cambelt, other little jobs, just hoping someones left the top bellhousing nuts out for me! Got ripped on this one bigtime! :doh::clap2:

Well well. Bought another disco last night (the 4th....) and today, clutch arm goes!!!!!!!! Whats the best way to change this? We've done box off, engine crane through gearbox tunnel method and dropped box down, took about 6 hours. Just wondering now if its easier to just lift the...