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have you tried jumping the starter across terminals with ignition on, or direct from battery ? could be the ignition switch, i had same issue and wiggling the key/turning harder worked for a while. cheap and easy to replace. 

does look ok in that pic. only other reason for long belt being on there is sheer laziness as it avoids the need to take off the water pump belt/splitting the two part pump pulley when fitting new alternator belt

looking at pics it appears the alternator pulley doesnt line up with the others and the belt runs at an angle, might be a trick of the eye though? if it is misaligned maybe the long belt was used for more flex. the two spares in the van might point to an issue with premature  belt wear. the alternat...

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There's a warning on Brickwerks for the 90a alternator as follows -   This alternator is not a straight fit. The bore for the swivel that the alternator mounts on should be 8mm but on these aftermarket alternators it's 10mm.  If you bolt it on unmodified it won't sit straight and will probably keep ...

that looks like the spacer sleeve that's fitted as part of a short shift kit, should just slide off the stick, maybe previous owner just pushed it to the bottom if they couldnt get if off

have you tried running it with the fuel cap off to maybe rule out a vacuum lock, unlikely but worth a try

at what point in the fuel line did you put the temporary tank? before or after the filter?

I'd hazard a guess that those plates from the bulkhead were reinforcing plates where some sort of ladder rack/bar was bolted through

Nice, looks like a pretty solid unmolested example that hasn't been worked to death/abused.....good base to start from 

just a thought, you say you loosened/cracked open the unions at the injectors, all at once or one at a time starting with cylinder 1?

it might be worth trying fitting a short shift kit to the gear stick to reduce the amount of travel/effort needed to select gears, in conjunction with a stick extension to bring the stick closer, did this to mine and made it more comfortable (subjective I know and I used a straight extension rather ...

oh odd, mine needed no adjustment to linkage.  is the stick bent? maybe more evident with the extension
 

i fitted a short shift kit after i extended the stick, reduces stick travel in all directions and much nicer to drive, in my opinion.  

managed to find the oil pressure specs - '@2000rpm, hot engine minimum is 2 bar, at higher revs it should not exceed 7 bar.  mine is running in line with these figures when hot, although higher readings than i've had for the last five years or so since fitting a gauge in the cab.  prior to the sudde...