To those of you that are having, or have had, problems with your Landies then it's not just your make.
I currently have a Suzuki Grand Vitara GV1600 (2001) which broke down a couple of weeks ago. At first, thinking it was the timing belt that had snapped (it was due for a change in a couple of months) I stripped the radiator, etc out to get to the belt/ pulleys and found both top and bottom timing marks on the pulleys were OK and the belt was fine (no teeth missing, etc).
Did a compression check and not much of a reading on any cylinder, puzzling.
Checked for a spark and fuel getting through and all OK .........
then spotted the dwell pin on the camshaft belt pulley had sheared off.
So the timing marks on the pulleys were OK but the camshaft had moved in relation to the pulley ...... oh bugger ......
My dad made a new dwell pin and after putting it back together it starts OK ....... but there is no compression on cylinder no 2 (the rest of them are OK) so looks like the valves or piston has been damaged on no2.
It's either a head off job and spend money on fixing it, also needs sills welding, a brake pipe replacing and the exhaust fixing (they have 2 cats and the joint between them has gone) .... the other alternative is to sell it as spares or repair and get something else ....... maybe a Landie or a Jeep.
I currently have a Suzuki Grand Vitara GV1600 (2001) which broke down a couple of weeks ago. At first, thinking it was the timing belt that had snapped (it was due for a change in a couple of months) I stripped the radiator, etc out to get to the belt/ pulleys and found both top and bottom timing marks on the pulleys were OK and the belt was fine (no teeth missing, etc).
Did a compression check and not much of a reading on any cylinder, puzzling.
Checked for a spark and fuel getting through and all OK .........
then spotted the dwell pin on the camshaft belt pulley had sheared off.
So the timing marks on the pulleys were OK but the camshaft had moved in relation to the pulley ...... oh bugger ......
My dad made a new dwell pin and after putting it back together it starts OK ....... but there is no compression on cylinder no 2 (the rest of them are OK) so looks like the valves or piston has been damaged on no2.
It's either a head off job and spend money on fixing it, also needs sills welding, a brake pipe replacing and the exhaust fixing (they have 2 cats and the joint between them has gone) .... the other alternative is to sell it as spares or repair and get something else ....... maybe a Landie or a Jeep.
