Being a reasonably confident fixer of land rover products, I am about to embark on the total rebuild of a Disco 200 tdi engine i would feel more confident if i could get hold of a good engine workshop Manuel of some description! Can anyone recommend one also point me in the right direction as to were i could obtain one please thanks for your time!
thanks was hoping for something a bit more specialised thanks
Might be something here, http://www.landroverweb.com/landrover/pdf-land-rover-manuals/
cheers for that
markomate2
Well-Known Member
Hi. If you like Ill share a few quick tips gained from my recent TD5 rebuild (ignore any that already apply to you!)
Be organised, bag and label everything that comes off the engine.
Clean and inspect parts as you proceed, put cleaned parts into new clean bags.
Dont throw anything away (including gaskets) until you have the replacement part to hand, this is to check the new part is correct.
Have a clean, dry work area, consider renting a garage if you dont have one of your own
Clean oily parts over a catch tray, dont let dirty degreaser go down the drain/road gully, this also stops you getting your driveway all oily and smelly (keeps SWMBO happy!)
Take pictures as you go along
Print out pages of the manual that you will need, read them thoroughly, really get to know the manual.
Work clean!, wear gloves if you can, this is important when doing the reassembly.
When reassembling always do a final wipe over of parts with a lint free cloth (microfibre) dirt cheap from Tesco etc.
If you have any parts machined, wash them very carefully when you get them back, they may have lots of swarf hidden in pockets/crevices.
And finally, not that im obsessed or anything.....work clean!
Good luck!
Mark
Be organised, bag and label everything that comes off the engine.
Clean and inspect parts as you proceed, put cleaned parts into new clean bags.
Dont throw anything away (including gaskets) until you have the replacement part to hand, this is to check the new part is correct.
Have a clean, dry work area, consider renting a garage if you dont have one of your own
Clean oily parts over a catch tray, dont let dirty degreaser go down the drain/road gully, this also stops you getting your driveway all oily and smelly (keeps SWMBO happy!)
Take pictures as you go along
Print out pages of the manual that you will need, read them thoroughly, really get to know the manual.
Work clean!, wear gloves if you can, this is important when doing the reassembly.
When reassembling always do a final wipe over of parts with a lint free cloth (microfibre) dirt cheap from Tesco etc.
If you have any parts machined, wash them very carefully when you get them back, they may have lots of swarf hidden in pockets/crevices.
And finally, not that im obsessed or anything.....work clean!
Good luck!
Mark
I think you would be horrified if you saw the conditions most commercial workshops work in!
markomate2
Well-Known Member
Yes, Ive seen a few that I wouldnt fix a lawn mower in!
We have Aerospace, Pharma and Formula 1 teams in our customer base, so I get to see some nice "workshops" !
I count my worst work area as my old nicely gravelled driveway, I did a suspension swap on a Midget on it, if you dropped anything it simply disappeared into the drive, never to be seen again!
We have Aerospace, Pharma and Formula 1 teams in our customer base, so I get to see some nice "workshops" !
I count my worst work area as my old nicely gravelled driveway, I did a suspension swap on a Midget on it, if you dropped anything it simply disappeared into the drive, never to be seen again!
magnetic sweeper
markomate2
Well-Known Member
That is cool! Looks like one of those "so simple, yet so useful" things, if you have a gravel driveway of course!
flat
Well-Known Member
I did none of this and spent ages working out what bolts and what lengths went were.....
If it looks right and fits etc.....
