ST170 Owner re-engaging with forum

[Focmachine]

Hello all,

I've been a member for a little while but I haven't been active since I was welcomed to the Forum.
I hope to change that now I am free to do some long overdue work on my neglected cars.

Daily is a 295k ST170, old owner put on a sweet miltec exhuast and bluefin flash tune, k+n typhoon pod filter.
I had a clutch issue yesterday develop accelerating past the 7k rpm range so I go it home with some minor difficulty and grinding, could be clutch or hydraulic.
The car is ready to be jacked up but I'm procrastinating since a lot of other things need to be done as well if the gearbox comes out.

My other car is a stock 135K ST170 off the road with a similar issue, I sourced an RTS single mass flywheel/clutch for that but that part may be used on the daily driver now and shamefully my clean low k car will remain parked for the time being.

My mates old 3dr Manual 150k Zetec is also in the mix as a parts car.
The plan is to do a five speed conversion on the 295k car with that cars gearbox/engine output shaft, an online guide by 8balltuning details the conversion, it will be a challenge for me so I wont be diving into that one yet

https://www.8balltuning.com/blog/foc...nversion-blog/

I've been buying a lot of parts for my cars so if any LR owners want links to sites in the USA please message me.

I will work on a detailed post with links to some great suppliers that will save you a huge amount of money and what to avoid due to the left and right hand drive configurations.

I'm still learning to drive the forum so I'll try to post some pics, (i just tried that, I'm not sure if they worked and they may have gone up a few years ago since the uploader said I'd uploaded a few before).

I do my own work but I am by no means a mechanic so the workshop manual here, youtube and my Haynes manual are a Godsend.

Hopefully some other LR owners reach out and we can share our enthusiasm and knowledge.

Thanks!