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Put some oil in it and tried it out. As expected still the same although less noisy. Gearbox coming out then, manana, probably......

Cheers, point's taken. I do have some ramps and a medium size trolley jack but my 69 year old body ain't looking forward to it.

By the way I used a Triumph Spitfire wheel nut with a 9/16 socket to get the filler plug off. Perfect tool if you happen to have one of those lying around!

https://i.imgur.com/hUhGDAr.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Yy0MKs2.jpg https://i.imgur.com/p4cIar3.jpg Okay got the oil out, less than 2 litres in there. Magnet had soft shavings on it but also what looks like a piece of cog about 5mm long and about 2mm thick. The selector mechanism looks to be in good sh...

Thanks for swift response. I did try to undo the fill plug to put some oil in before I drove it home but without success. Will get it up on some ramps to have another go and look at the linkage. What might be broken there?

1983 1.9td 4 speed box. Was driving at 50mph with trailer and quite suddenly a loud rumbling noise. Pulled into layby and couldn't see anything obvious. Continued on but harsh noise only in 4th gear. My daughter came to the rescue and towed trailer to race meeting and then home again. Picked up van ...

Pump has been sent to Reg in sunny Devon. When I put it all back together if it works ok I will let you all know. Nowt worse than a thread with no result!

I have sent an email this afternoon to what I think is his address so hopefully it can get sorted. If I remember rightly the smoke was a light grey colour. Thanks again. Vince.

Thanks guys, thats the answer I was dreading. I will look for someone who knows their way round an injection pump then.

Bought this as a basket case on the bay and A-framed it back from Glasgow to Cambridgeshire. Seller had no knowledge about it and its been stood since 2009, well, thats when it was last mot'd/taxed. Fuel pipe was disconnected so rigged up a fuel supply and it started pretty much immediately. However...

Yippee, thanks for posting pic MGP.
New member on here with a recently acquired '85 Devon with JX engine and I was struggling to find TDC. Hopefully this will help.