Leave the winch in place, take the grill and the radiator out. You have plenty of room then to work at the front of the engine.I did a timing belt swap on my 2.5 in this way and found there was more than enough room.

Having crashed my own 88" head on with a tractor I can say that's easily repairable for a couple of hundred pounds, especially with second hand wings. Looks similar damage to mine in which case both dumb irons would need doing

White smoke is either the fuel pump timing or the head gasket. As you've changed the gasket Id be more inclined to look at the fuel pump.

Had similar with my 2.5 diesel chucking white smoke out, advanced the pump slightly and it worked much smoother and no more smoke

Been fiddling with the brake servo tonight, the one that was on it had the pushrod come loose so it was doing funny things to the pedal (pedal was jammed solid to the topand brakes started binding), pulled brake toweroff and swapped servo for a new one and all is good again I have also got around to...

Right, as some may know I have an88" station wagon with 2 full width bench seats in the back. On the weekend I needed the full load bay so tookthe cushion off one and ratchet strapped my toolbox on to the seat frame which got me thinking. I propose to fabricate a cupboard type unit which sits w...

What are the2 lines for on the speedo glass?

Sorry for not keeping yourselves updated but thanks to Robin at leafers I now have a rear awning.Will get pics soon. I first have to finish it off by remaking my piece of trim I had to cut aove the rear door to fit the awning (I took it off so I didnt holesaw through my wiring loom for the spot ligh...

Set up for doing the pre-load on the bushes. Just doing the one spring has resulted in sorting out my lean (was 3" down on the drivers side, just got the other 3 to do now http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l606/110samec/Mobile%20Uploads/image_5.jpeg http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l606/11...

Made a start today on the offside rear spring which was the worst for sagging and making fuynny noises when going around corners, all the bushes have completely gone, the chassis bush came out no bother when we cut it and collapsed it but the new one was tight to go in. Haven't got a completed pic y...

My springs and u-bolts have arrived! Just waiting on chassis bushes which should be here from Paddocks on Saturday and then the fun and games can begin. Also ordered a litre of buzzweld satin black chassis in one coating which is good stuff apparantly. Got a couple of bits of chipped paint underneat...