Tree Man Tom

Challenge truck generally use them when winching because they dont have the recoil like steel ones do if they snap and they can run across the top of roll bars alot smoother than a steel wire would, my mates got it on his landrover, and it is very strong. Plasma rope its called, if your looking to buy some shop around, prices vary so much. Easy to splice to, if looked after will last a long time. If i had a winch i would use plasma rope

If they "worked" and found there way down to me, you got a deal lol

Had a mechanic come and look at it today, he said something internal, said the oil pump looked all OK Its a pain... but not overally costly considering... Hoping to get a engine for a maximum of £500 hopefully less, will swap it myself so will save money on that. Then il take my old engine apart and see what was actually wrong, be good to take a landrover engine apart because il probably have to do it again lol Then hopefully build it back up over time, new bits here and there, then il have a spare engine

Its been confirmed, new engine required lol

Its a key to wind it up

:thumbup1: Cheers, one of many things i will look at

Im still hoping it is something like you say... lol will investigate fully tommorow and see what i can find.

Where you based? Hmm im not sure, i know theres plenty of converstions out there so it cant be that bad to do, be greatful for any 20tdi engine really, like i say its my main car so im stuck without it really.

Mines a defender, not sure what that engine is, il give him a ring in the morning i think. Now thats tempting, if i did end up buying that id deffiently consider selling those bits on, get some of my money back lol

What do you think of this people? 200 tdi engine & box all ancillaries on eBay (end time 06-Nov-09 18:46:25 GMT) Seems good as its got all the bits and bobs with it which i can keep for spares Gonna try and get to my local (ish) landrover breaker aswell to see if theres a engine i can see running before i buy it.

Im looking for a new engine as we speak, its my main car so im stuck with out it really, fitting it shouldnt be a problem once i get my hands on one.

One of the reasons i went for a 200tdi was the fact engines are cheap and easy to come by like you say, i will have a good route around tomorow and report back with my findings I think i probably thought it was going to be terminal, but was just being the optomist and thinking "just the oil pump" lol In the mean time anyone point me in the direction of a 200tdi engine? lol

Doh! 200tdi How did i forget to write that lol

My trusty mechanic is in hospital with 2 broken legs atm Not had great experiances with other garages around here, hence why im gonna have a good look at finding and fixing the problem myself before i do anything else

That was my first thought, maybe im just being the optomiste in thinking its the oil pump. Why would so much oil be leaking out though?

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Ive had this problem to, also if we have a cold night and the saws get cold out in the shed then the chain oil can go real thick and gloopy.

Im hoping he will be along in abit lol

haha i know, still love them though. Just one of those things...

Checked the oil when i got to my mates, it was just above low. Il will top it up though before i attempt to start it again.

Yeh i know what you mean, this is abit more than your normal knocks leaks though lol

Right guys and girls, need your help My landrover developed a knocking noise earlier today and is leaking oil badly from somewere. (to dark to see where, will look tomorrow) Drove about 15miles down the motorway, everything was fine. As i came down the slip road my oil light came on, thought this was odd as id checked the oil level about 7 days before, so thought something must be wrong. Proceded to my mates house which was about 1min away and as i pulled up the knocking noise became apparent and you could see oil coming out under the engine. The engine still starts fine, its just the noise and the oil, the oil light goes out if you give it some revs, and the knocking noise also gets louder when given revs. He towed me home to be on the safe side, didnt want to cause anymore damage, any thought on what could be wrong? My thoughts are: Oil pump? Something gone bang inside the engine? (but it still starts and why would oil be leaking out?) Thats all i can think of now, will investigate further tomorow but be nice if any of you people have any thoughts on it? P.S anyone got a 200tdi engine knocking about, just incase? lol Cheers, Tom

Cracking find! Wouldnt mind doing a tree that size myself, just the once though! lol

Crikey! Bet that wasnt covered in the RA "Beware of unexpected tornados" lol

Sooo you did it then?