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Nice one. I'll check with my local factors.

My exhaust started to make the dreaded 'blowing sound' on the way back home, eventually making my car sound like some boy racer's 'wicked' corsa. I feared the worst, cos I'm skint as a skint thing in skint land, but it turns out the back box and central pipe are 100% ok, almost new looking. The flar...

300 quid? How much is a friggin' cam belt? Even if they are about £100 (can't be, can they?)*, and labour is,what, £50/h, does it really take 4 hours to do the job?


*Just looked on flea bay, and a genuine 406 2.1 'cam belt timing kit' is around £40-50. I'm amazed. Is labour that expensive now?

Let me guess ~ it asks for a gold clock, and moves to Skegness?

Now I'm confused. Is it leaded or unleaded I need to put into a 1.6 Sierra if I wish to remove the Bishops from the House of Lords?

I briefly inherited a 2.0 GLX (I think) S reg D8 as a company car as I was waiting for my Audi. My mind was on this fancy German motor I was going to get, so I didn't really pay much attention. It would have been waiting to go back to the lease guys, so it would have been 3 years old already. I can ...

Cheers for the info. I'll add that to tomorrows jobs. I've just ordered 2 of the correct batteries from flea bay, swiss Renata ones ~ less than 2 squid including postage. I can't believe I've owned and driven my D8 around for nearly 3 years without trying new ones. I had it in my head they were like...

Sorry if I'm monopolizing the questions ~ I'm having a bit of a 'car' fixing week. My D8 doesn't usually lock / unlock from the fob (it does sometimes), so I've been using the key. The drivers side lock has always been a bit 'sticky', sometimes refusing to turn or engage, sometimes it does. It's get...

So to summarize then.... I need to take some decent pictures!

I'll sort it tomorrow. Cheers for the help so far.

1980 'V' Series III Land Rover 88'' Petrol 2.25. Top speed (without going deaf) around 60mph. Fuel economy on a good run 20mpg, 12 - 18 when off road. Braking and turning distance similar to an oil tanker. As comfortable as your average park bench. On wheels. Traveling down a rocky road. Always brea...

Cheers for the replies, gents. I'll start looking for some doors on flea bay and at the breakers, then. Oh, and see if I can blag someone's hairdryer (being a slaphead myself).

Thanks for the replies. mjb ~ your throttle body looks different to mine. I'll take a photo of mine tomorrow. munfred ~ I'll see if I can get a better photo, and wire numbers. It's at the front of the engine bay, and was just dangling down. To be honest, the only thing I can see it reaching is the t...

Yeah, I was thinking if the D8 / D9 doors are interchangeable. I figured that it would be easier to get a set of rust free D9 doors, just because they would be newer.

Looking under the bonnet today I noticed this hanging down; http://www.jharry.co.uk/photos/dangly-bit.jpg Can anyone tell me what it is, and where it should either connect to or bolt to? Looking at the starting problems thread it looks like it should be attatched to the throttle body, is that right?...