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im in need of a few parts but yours looks pre facelift?

i may need a gearbox but id have to research if it will fit a 2005 2.0hdi

i also need a replacemet gear shifter and dashclocks plus my seats are rough

can you give me some more details please?

https://dispatchexpertscudo.org.uk/foru … hp?id=1516

@ruston mmm seems to be the way to do it but... its one of those things that would linger in the back of my mind "did i do it right?" the 407 has a gauge on the tentioner with an arrow

I have one for a 407 so when my belt arrives ill go round the tentioner with a caliper to see if they match and id rather use that if i can

(that would 100% fit a 2007+ expert)

Its not looking good 

Maf sensor looked just as bad.. didn't have any contact cleaner so I used isopropyl alcohol I recon thats what cantact cleaner is anyway?

1.35 litre came out of the gearbox.. wasn't able to find the level plug (unless this was it in the photo? There wasn't a bolt in there tho and I couldn't shove anything in very deep ) I put 1.8 back in... my box had a black breather cap on the top so it went in there.

Box plug didn't have much metal on it so I was hopeful that improvements could be had... until I went to put the plug back in and the magnet pulled this out the gearbox.

Put 450ml of stp engine flush in ran.. it for what ever it said on the bottle.. dropped it

changed oil filter put in comma x-flow flushing oil (I love this stuff) ran it for what ever it said on the bottle dropped it

changed oil filter a second time put in wyns supercharge oil additive and topped up to correct level.

I only do a double flush and add the additive when I first get a vehicle

Found a nackerd drive shaft

think this was the coolant the 6th time i flushed it didnt take a photo every time but i recorded it

radiator needs replacing plus both pipes top and bottem

intercooler needs replacing (think you can see the bottem left corner in the photo with the blue tub

front pads need replacing

full exaust needs replacing

aux belts about to snap

think im good on rust tho... so theres that 

this thing has a fule cooler? iv never seen one of those before? thats cool

im not going to do anymore work now im gonna put it back together and take it for an mot if they find anything im not willing to fix ill cut my losses

but if im happy ill be ripping the engine out and going full restoration mode

Im new here.. I have zero knowledge of your problem.. and zero knowledge of this vehicle. but I have to agree! a parts car is the way to go. The ability to swap components and see the effect is priceless.

@ Pathfinder100

In short... No I don't think mileage is stored in the ecu.

I have pp2000 and diagbox. I don't see anything sophisticated here with our vehicles... no live data.. its a good thing! My recently acquired van in an EXTREAMLY sorry state and all I see is a fault code for a head lamp. My 407 will tell you if the fuel cap isn't on correctly.

Everything I do on a laptop with the 407 (and you need a laptop to do anything) prompts a request for mileage and reminds you that you can only make 50 service entries..

My thinking is..... if its asking for mileage... then it dosnt have it. And the 407 seems way more computerised than this Vehicle. Like 1000%

tf are seem units?

£335!

https://getoffroad.com/products/belt-te … uge-5846-1

pfft thats not getting done this year

Sup pathfinder

Whelp the beauty of this is....  it isn't my main vehicle. so I get to enjoy putting it right at my leisure rather than running around in crisis mode tying to get back on the road.

Half a bottle of redex went in at that lay-bye

I bought a go pro type camera with head/chest mounts and a little tripod a while back and havnt got round to using it yet. I'm not much of a talker but im thinking id like to give youtube a crack.

Iv not rebuilt a gearbox before but Iv got no problem giving it a go. I dont yet know what gearbox it is and finding the torx settings could be a challenge.

full Monty overkill service has been ordered
(I have a... um... ritual when I get my hands on a new vehicle)

Gonna get it running right then take it for an mot
make sure there isnt a huge expense that iv missed.. and go from there