Very sorry to hear about the troubles
Regarding parts, at one point, I was able to make email contact directly with the factory in Brazil and had ordered some spares from them. I don't know if it saved a lot, but the prices seemed rather reasonable. It sure seemed easier than having parts go from SA to UK then to NA.
I had some bad fuel problems, the winter before last, and originally thought that the fuel solenoid might have been the culprit. That was how I got to have a spare one
Anyway, I ended up going to a rather interesting part of Detroit to get one and heavy diesel the shop I ended up at said they could easily rebuild the turbo, if ever that were needed. Don't know for certain that they could have, but it might be a possible option, if that should ever happen again and there's time to seek such work at a similar shop near you. By the way, did you end up using the nifty cast elbow turbo inlet thing that M&D came up with ? I installed one, after talking to David, as the hose from the air filter did sometimes not like to stay completely on the inlet...
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I found several sources, to include M&D of course, for replacing the turbo should you need to. If it wasn't for Keith, I would have had to wait on one from the UK. Nobody here has them.
I ordered one from a turbo specialist in the UK the had them new for several hundred GBP less than M&D. <snip>
