29-06-2017, 08:26 AM
Thanks for the welcome. I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions regarding my project. I've had long and chequered history of buying pieces of crap and running them into the ground or they rust to death, don't think I've ever owned a car under 10 years old. A couple of years ago I bought my first diesel, a 1.9 TD Xsara estate (I liked the idea of being able to tune it with a few twists of spanner/screwdriver AND run it on veg oil....) Anyway that ended up in the scrap yard after the upper engine mount failed. So then I bought an 806 1.9 TD with a knackered clutch, with the intention of doing a camper conversion, but that turned to be step to far and ended up being broken & scrapped. So I found myself with an engine looking for a home. The original plan was to convert a Berlingo to a TD (which would require a 306 td gearbox) I realised it would just make more sense to just to buy a 306 estate. Which is why I'm buying a 5 door hatch with a knackered engine instead! I do have a rough Idea about what I want to do with it, honest!