What have you done to your Landie today.

Rustystuff said:

Got me motor back today Nice to back behind the wheel of a Landy

Not running to sweetly though Had to swap the head for my spare...
so don't now if some old **** has got on a valve seat some were... not much power (less than usual) and sounds 'lumpy' (best way of describing it).
Will take the rocker cover off tommorow and check the rocker clearance's... one might have opened up... we shall see...

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Good news No. 1 exhaust tappet looked like it had been set with the handle of the feeler blade !! Massive gap !
Reset and now runs as good as it ever did
Also repositioned the shaft in the boost capsule (eccentric cone thing) Much better acceleration at low RPM. A little smoke when you show it the rod... so might adjust the 'star wheel' some more to compensate.
And there's heat from the heater !! Happy days

dismantled engine fully and cut up the bulkhead

Painted my rear crossmember.

redhand said:

Should have put difflock on at the botom of the hill you might have made it up 1st time. Why would you try to reverse up??? all the weight is transferred to the downhills side and the rear end loses all traction.

As to difflock not working try :search: on how ya difflock works. How do you think an axle that has no difflocks could possibly lock it's diff?? How many diffs does a landy have? how many difflocks? where is that difflock located? It helps if you try to think about how summat works, before you assume that it's not working.

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I did have difflocks engaged from the bottom of the hill. The top comes to a dead end and you have to do a three point turn. I managed to spin the front end round. I tried to reverse up to the barn doors. There is about two foot of snow on compacted snow and ice. Which is where my problem started. Sounds from you guys that my difflock is working as it should be then. Haven't got time to check it out as I am leaving for Dubai in a couple of hours. Wont be back for a week. Will have to wait till I get back.

Photo0033 by Mikescuba, on Flickr

Photo0034 by Mikescuba, on Flickr

Right so two and a half hours to strip the engine and I found out the problem fairly soon after taking off the inlet manifold!

Here are the pics

So heres the engine minus the inlet and pipes, you can see a lot of **** there! #### knows what it is but it seemed to be mud, coolant and metal flakes……..





Following this the gasket came off



Little dark inside and you can see a pool of emulsified oil/water in the corner! Now the engine has been covered up properly so thats old!

RUST





Emulsion



the #### that put the last inlet gasket on had over tightened the lip that holds it from the looks of things……..



Anyway on I went!



Timing cover came off easy enough as did the water pump….oil filter wasn't having any of it though

Chain looks ok at first glance and was nice and tight



Then I found the start of a link breaking



Finger into sump to check oil again







Not what I wanted to see colour wise

Anyway chisel and hammer to the cam side of the chain as I wasn't going to keep it nor the cam










Bollocks………..mess mess








Anyway onwards!

This was what was left in the sump…..








Oil feed pipe came off and away I went with the crank



Quick progress check



12 point, 13mm swan neck spanner for big ends



Then onto the crank journals

Some came away with the ratchet and 19mm IIRC



Others needed a little more persuasion!



So crank out, journals and shells lined up in order too!



Crank out and onto the heads!



Gaskets were clean, rust free and no cracks







The valley!




The other side





Heads and crank



Pistons 4-8



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All quite coked up as you can see

Emulsified oil on journal bolts on output side






Progress check part 2



Another sump pic



Cam lobes, working 1-8 and then 8-1 for the pics




























Looking down on the lobes











Bores, ran nail down them and no roughness at all!

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Fun time



The inside as it stands…..made of glue and rivets!



The outside as it was



Start your grinders!



Aftermath from outside!



The inside after



Junk…….



Pushrods



More junk





No one will notice……..

Dr_evil said:

Right so two and a half hours to strip the engine and I found out the problem fairly soon after taking off the inlet manifold!

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Shocked at that chain link? was it making any noise before?
The valley gasket on my was lined with mud too, but wasn't leaking, but still had the congealed water.
Piston 4 looks corroded.. or am I seeing things?
how many mile had it done?

spear the oil filter with a big #### off screwdriver, should come off

mikescuba said:

Just been driving in very deep snow up a steep lane. Got to the top but then the wheels started slipping and sliding. Engaged Diff locks and managed to slide the Defender round but could not reverse up the hill. I noticed when diff lock engaged I had the front right wheel spinning and the left rear. Is that normal. I thought when diff locks are engaged all four should be spinning?.

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if its only the standard difflock its about right

chunkymunky said:

I don't have a laptop. Everything I do on here I on my iPhone. Does fine really. Better with wifi.

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I only use my pc for bigger post, my note 2 works just as good... just as fast and can see just as well too!

discomark10 said:

Shocked at that chain link? was it making any noise before?
The valley gasket on my was lined with mud too, but wasn't leaking, but still had the congealed water.
Piston 4 looks corroded.. or am I seeing things?
how many mile had it done?

spear the oil filter with a big #### off screwdriver, should come off

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Couldn't hear anything when it was cranking no rattling or anything

Mine had leaked into the inlet on pot 8 and 2 IIRC, cba checking pics haha but as you can see the cam is well worn and pitted!

Piston 4 is just dirt, dropped out onto the pickup bed and picked up a little ****e

As to the filter good plan! Will get on that next time, new engine going in first before I rebuild this bastard with a 4.0 crank, new bearings and high torque cam

Will also put SU's on it or something else

discomark10 said:

I only use my pc for bigger post, my note 2 works just as good... just as fast and can see just as well too!

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Ditto. Cos my eyes aren't as old as pikey's

Fitted two new cv joints, hubs were completely filled with crap more mud than grease! Cleaned them and drained them. Then refilled them, got to say busters guide was most helpful ! Very happy much quieter than before. Now I have 12 months mot I think it's about time I treat the old girl to a full service, only cost £20 for it to pass not bad seeing as I only paid £850 for her just before Christmas

Fitted the fire extinguisher to the rear of the cubby box and fitted new front floor mats ... took best part of the day but well worth it! :5bhat:

Fitted a new Stereo, Sony MEXBT3900U CD/MP3 Player, just need to upgrade the speakers now..

Ordered a brand new 110 ;-)

TheWarden said:

Ordered a brand new 110 ;-)

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That's just showing off!

























Ok ... I'm jealous

She's failed her MoT on panhard bushes and a headlight pointing too low!

Got the old bushes out with a 22mm socket and typically, I can't get replacement bushes until Wednesday!

She's failed her MoT on panhard bushes and a headlight pointing too low!

Got the old bushes out with a 22mm socket and typically, I can't get replacement bushes until Wednesday!

changed g-box t-box oil's and toped up the diff's

TheWarden said:

Ordered a brand new 110 ;-)

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Any more info than that?

110 Station wagon SX spec with a few extras thrown in by the dealer to get it out of their showroom. They included the comfy premium seats, MT tyres and sun roof ;-)