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Forum members will know I'm not the greatest fan of derv cars but I think old Tigger has done well here.

Incidentally what is the difference between a 330D and the 335D as they both share the same 3 litre straight six lump?

Good choice.

The 535d is a twin turbo (one small turbo and one large), whereas the 530d is a variable geometry single turbo. 

Incidentally, at one stage the 525d, the 530d, the 540d, and the 550d all used the 3.0d block. The 525d was a down tuned 3.0d. 

Probably performance overkill at Tigger's age.

Yes it will be a few years before I'm mature enough to handle the kind of cars you enjoy M'lud. 

UPDATE ON DRIVING WITH OIL COOLER BYPASS AND NO OIL COOLER

Been driving in the recent hot weather and the water temp has not gone above it's previous usual running temp of 95 degrees (on the gauge).

Currently no adverse effects of having no oil cooler/heat exchanger, even in the hot weather, though as the car is a 2.5 v6 and no towing is involved, that was suggested as the likely result on the other forum, ABS.

Hopefully that will give some comfort to others having difficulty finding a new oil cooler (though I have recently seen one in S/S mentioned on this site), and who might otherwise be reluctant to go the bypass route.

When my oil cooler failed last winter and I could not obtain a new one I opted to remove it completely and fit a bypass hose joining the two connections, by the oil filter, to maintain circulation but without cooling.
Got the pipe made up by Pirtek in Basildon. They did it without a pattern as it was a non OE variation. Pirtek in Basildon were great.
Apparently you can now get new SS oil coolers (see recent listing on this site). I'll leave mine bypassed as even in the recent hot weather, the engine has not been getting hotter than 95 degrees, so happy with that FTTB.

. The 525d was a down tuned 3.0d. 

This is what I should have bought instead of the Chrysler. They're invariably in a nice old man spec with lots of toys and comfy seats and yet a remap alone will add 100hp and 170nm 

Was that the Crossfire, Jimmy?

The one that looks like a dog taking a dump when viewed in side profile.

. The 525d was a down tuned 3.0d. 

This is what I should have bought instead of the Chrysler. They're invariably in a nice old man spec with lots of toys and comfy seats and yet a remap alone will add 100hp and 170nm 

Forum members will know I'm not the greatest fan of derv cars but I think old Tigger has done well here.

Incidentally what is the difference between a 330D and the 335D as they both share the same 3 litre straight six lump?

Good choice.

The 535d is a twin turbo (one small turbo and one large), whereas the 530d is a variable geometry single turbo. 

Incidentally, at one stage the 525d, the 530d, the 540d, and the 550d all used the 3.0d block. The 525d was a down tuned 3.0d. 

Probably performance overkill at Tigger's age.

Turned this pile of junk



 
which is a length of scaffold pole, four discs left from the handrail I built and some oval tubing I scrounged from a skip into this:






which is a stand for the bead roller:





the large handwheel used to be a base for a garden seat, that was also scrounged from a skip.
The short length of angle welded to the upright was added after I finished the stand to allow the easy mounting of both my folder





and the shrinker/stretcher





via this complex fabrication





All of these tools are now easily usable, which has never been the case for the twenty years   I've owned them.


I've also made several of these spike and fid sets using the M16x100bolts shown and a scrap length of 15mm copper pipe.





They're used for splicing and adjusting bell ropes.

Forum members will know I'm not the greatest fan of derv cars but I think old Tigger has done well here.

Incidentally what is the difference between a 330D and the 335D as they both share the same 3 litre straight six lump?

Good choice.

The 535d is a twin turbo (one small turbo and one large), whereas the 530d is a variable geometry single turbo. 

Incidentally, at one stage the 525d, the 530d, the 540d, and the 550d all used the 3.0d block. The 525d was a down tuned 3.0d. 

530D and 535D. difference.

The price?

That could explain why Tigger went for the 530D.

Tight as a ducks arse...

Yup. 

The difference between the 530d and 535d is about 50bhp I believe. 

Currently in need of -

Pair of usable oil cooler pipes (local hose specialist thought I'd landed from Mars when I asked them)

Pair of front hubs
Full set of brake calipers

3.2 exhaust manifolds if anyone has some spare


IDK if the following bits are the same pre and post FL?
Decent handbrake frame and gaiter
Gearshift gaiter and frame possibly (mine has apparently gone walkies)