What’s the shelf life of the injectors on one of these..... never been changed or even looked at.....

@lynall It’s the standard 2.5 diesel and it’s done 230 thousand miles...... it’s a great truck and as I don’t need an MOT living here it will hopefully keep serving me well for many years. I have had it for six years so far without a problem but only very minimal maintenance...... I am now...

Completed work on other vehicle and now need to sort out my 1986 defender 110. This is my workhorse and I use it for towing my twin axle trailer with up to 2.5 tons. It’s only ever drives 2 miles as I live on an island..... but it does have to go up some steep loose dirt hills with all that...

Ok I will say it. “The Freelander lives again” been driving it back and forth to the ferry with no problems. Will get on and give it a good clean and waxoil when the weather permits. A BIG thanks to all the encouragement and help this forum has provided. If your one of the people who have...

Ok pressure tested the psi of the cylinders, 175 175 180 175 i am assuming this is a fairly good result as they are all very similar ?

Started first time this morning, ticking over really well and only a very slight intermittent spluttering from the engine, probably due to the cracked coil packs. Really relived that I did not total it with the botched timing fiasco...... I am not going to curse myself but I am looking forward...

Pretty sure I did it your way.... put it on the crank and jammed in a wedge worked it up the front of the car and over the cam and wedged it. Then back to the crank and worked it up past the water pump and tensioner, took out the cam locking tool and turned the back cam back half a notch, fed...

Ok update. First dry day for ages...... getting good at timing belt adjustment now...... as previously pointed out I had put the timing belt on wrong, I started at the cam pulleys rather than the crank..... so when I checked today low and behold the timing was out a notch on the crank...... put...

It’s a fine art ! Still raining as per usual so not going to get onto it until this weekend at which point I will have a good look and if necessary refit the timing belt the CORRECT way ! Just to say I started it this morning and she kicked of on the first turn of the key, still not running...

They are not heavily worn and my thinking was it can’t matter which way the belt goes on as long as everything is lined up and jammed so it can’t move..... I did this by lining up the cam pulley timing marks and then worked the belt down the front of the car and then the back, everything was...

@rob_bell the whole experience is detailed in this thread..... the car has recently had an engine flush and new oil and filters, It’s not got new coils, it’s only done 50k but the coils have cracked plastic on the casings.......

I am hearing you and WILL go back and recheck / redo and hope this is the problem ! would be great if it is.

@Ross Tait hay Rossco thanks for your input. I did it that way first time round and it worked I’m not sure why I did it this way this time........ I WILL go back and look at this and hope that I’ve got it out by half a tooth.

@rob_bell thanks I will track down a compression tester if for nothing more than interest to see what’s what. And yes there is a lot to learn but I love learning and I like a challenge if it’s not to massive a job as I am building a house at the moment and that’s my massive job...... I don’t...

So the last time I changed the belt I put a tip ex line where it was originally on the crank pulley where the timing belt fits on, I carried this over onto the block so as to be double sure it would be easy to see where it went, there are also the two timing dots on the crank pulley that line up...

Yes I am...... still getting my head round all this. Unless there is an easy way of measuring the compression at home it’s not possible as this is an island with NO services at all. Getting the car to a garage is out of the question due to logistics and cost of ferry’s and truck away costs. The...

Hi @rob_bell five years ago it went to a garage for a compression test and failed, I assumed it was the head gasket but it kept going without a glitch just a lot of water topping up. Turned out to be the water pump and not the head gasket..... just a shame I did not recheck the new belt tension...

@Nodge68 thanks man, that where we stand then. It’s definatly an island car for its life. When they die here they get collected by the job lot once a year by the scrappy.

Yes, I think when I tried to start the car in gear it lurched forward but there was a rock in the way, I think it was at this point that the one or more of the pulleys slipped under the loose belt, the top cams were as you can see in the earlier post, about half a notch out and the crank one was...

I had thought of this and it would have been just as quick as my way and better..... But my mind was working in a linear direction only following my list of 1 - x jobs..... will see if it’s running any smoother today.