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Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

The PS is the interesting bit Alan, another SHAC model and not being diesel is in its favour. That said the 1.8 16v engine in it is fragile but not as fragile as the earlier ones. Thankfully not turbo'd so likely to stay together longer without turning the head into a banana.
Probably a little steep on the money but that is reflected by the low mileage so in or around the ballpark. That said, being the dreaded "K"ettle engine, it could be low mileage because it's spent most of its time in the garage.

If not and it gets to 50k without HGF then it's probably going to be a good one.


While browsing ebay i discovered your water pump is most likely to fit the 300TDi engine as fitted to various Land/Range Rover models. I did find a few listings that quoted it as fitting anything and everything but i know from bitter experience (personal and that of others) that often the compatibility guides on fleabay are compiled by the seller who hasn't actually got a clue what's under the bonnet.

On the Rover forum i've fielded many questions by 827 owners who have bought a new alternator for £36 only to find it looks nothing like the Nippon-Denso factory fitted unit and can't work out how to fit it.

When i explain it's impossible because a) it doesn't have the right bracket arrangement, b) it doesn't have the right connectors to plug in, c) the lack of correct connectors means it can't function as Mr Honda intended it to and lastly d) the pulley is completely wrong and they can't be swapped.
Also fielded a few the other way round from people wanting to fit 827 alternators to 820 and had to explain the opposite.

That's just one example of sellers listing things as fitting the whole range, steering racks are another (827 racks are unique to the 827) but you get the idea.

That said, i wonder if adding the probability of what vehicles those parts will fit would increase the chances of shifting them. Most buyers are lazy and won't do their own part number checking so adding that information might just bring about a sale.

I quite liked the look of that 75 Dave, I know the K series engine can be a bit fragile in some guises, but it is a later one so might be better. Coming from a dealer it has 3 months warranty as well, so there would be a bit of a grace period. I know I don't need a fourth car - but I've never owned a 75... (I'll watch it for a while - I might even be tempted to offer 2 grand and see what the Brummie dealer says).

Regarding the water pump: I only have a partial part number from the packaging:



... so it starts PEB5... it looks the same as this one for a 300TDi motor:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rove...MAAOSwQ9xcfQtz

... so I think you are probably right. I'm not that fussed about selling the Land Rover parts - it just seems a pity to bin new or good used parts when there might be some impecunious lad or girl out there looking for just the item.

:-)