Canshaft Question

I'm currenlty living in the Falkland Islands where we have very little 'On-Road'. The majority of people drive Land Rovers - there are literally hundreds of them down here. There is no other way to get about other than 4x4 and some of the roads (and I use the word 'roads' in the broadest sense!) are challenging to say the very least.

I have a Discovery with a 200tdi engine which has managed to chew up its camshaft. I'm halfway through re-building the engine but need some advice on the camshaft thrust plate (the plate which bolts onto the front of the engine block and stops the camshaft making a bid for freedom!). There appear to be 2 types - a semi-circular type which seems to ride in groove in the camshaft - and a circular type which fits over the end of the camshaft.

My Disco was fitted with the latter version and the problem appears to have come from the camshaft being 'pushed' back into the engine and the tappits falling off the cams. Is this the correct thrust plate for the 200tdi? If so, what stops the shaft from being puched into the engine.

Sorry if I have posted this in the wrong forum, but as several Land Rovers have the 200tdi engine I'm not sure where else to post.

thanks

Hi Johnny, welcome to the forum.

I would take an exact copy of this thread and put it in the Discovery forum.

I know personaly I only visit this part of the forum as an after thought, you will get more help I would think.

Hope your enjoying yourself, whats the price of fuel?

Thanks, I'll copy it across to the Disco Forum. Diesel costs about 36p a litre but petrol is a bit more expensive - getting on for 50p I'm told! Nevertheless, there are a few people down here who drive 8V.

I think I might be in for a bit of a shock when I return to UK - I guess you are paying in the region of £1 a litre! Next you will be telling me that you have to pay for parking and have MOTs!

Don't come back!

discomania said:

Don't come back!

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Wey ! Thats not very nice

Wots he done to upset you???

whewed want to come back to Gordon Brown's budget?