Peggy the farmy pick-up did seem a little quicker than I was expecting. Out accelerating a 2018 transit to 80 up a hill on the duel carriageway. I believe it has the same engine as the last Defenders, and they may have had some load, so it means nothing really. I attributed this to her being the...

Thats an intake bowl, behind the valve

I forgot to mention, I was using a very small grinding stone on the pencil air die grinder, with wd 409 which stopped the stone clogging with Alu. You can see all the ****e sticking oot better in this pic. There is also minimal machining from the fitting of valve seat inserts, and the most...

So Fourby folk got ack to me and said there is a waiting list I can Join. Here's the link for anybody interested in getting one too. https://fourby.co.uk/epages/950004277.mobile/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950004277/Products/Manifold Meantime and app 50 hours of work later, possibly more! I've...

Yes, as in first pic. But it's not easy to see.

I would keep the galv finish, if it looks good. You can clear coat then make it flat. Just going to get pics of my 88 sear box which I rebuilt recently.

Very tidy 😁

I gave them a shout but they have not come back to me, so they may not be making them anymore 😭. Maybe I buy old ones and make my own, if I can get my TIG working properly 🤣

I bought a replacement head and sold the original. It made sense to start afresh, 27 years slightly pitted valve seats and leaky stems; the original would have cost as much to have to have a head shop refurbish the old one. Also the crud from EGR was just nasty on the back of inlet valves...

The 300 TDI is a direct injection engine, so there is no fuel in the inlet ports and the directly injected diesel mixes inside a small bowl inside the piston.

That's a great idea, Thanks I'll contact them and ask 👍

When I seen all the craggy intrusions from casting on the otherwise shiny new head, I figured it was the perfect opportunity to remove the intrusions into and smooth out the ports. Since it's direct injection the fuel mixing in the piston, allows for the inlet ports to be polished too. I have...

I need some of those

Have you ever wondered why it's always cylinder no 3 that blows the head gasket. I would like to make one of these or buy one, but cannot find any available. So may buy a couple of old inlet manifolds and see if my Aluminium welding is good enough 🤣 Have a new head and gas flowing and polishing...

I know this is an old thread, but I'm fitting a new head and would like a Tdi Twin Inlet Tuned Manifold. However they do not seem to be available anymore. I've tested air forced into the manifold and with paper over the ports can measure the flow visually. The air hits the back and gives more...

I'm sure you will be driving about in no time, assuming you can find where you put all the bits 😀. As you say it's the prep that takes most of the time, so hopefully it will be downhill from here on 👍

My 109 is waiting for me to finish the chassis and rebuild her. Although she was always intended as a retirement project, and I'm busy porting and polishing a new cylinder head for my 300 TDI pick-up after the head gasket started to go. However we're about to shopping in Gigi the 1974 S3, and...

Thank You, I have the technical manual and can measure with an engineers edge and feeler gauges. Also had a chat with the knowledgeable lady at Turner engineering. Very helpful they are 👍

I know this is an old thread but... I just bought a bare complete cylinder head from Turner engineering. It came with a 3 hole gasket, and my original one looks like a no hole gasket. So I may give them a shout. Good to know they're as well regarded as YRM, whole I've used often 👍

I know this is an old thread, Reading as I'm replacing my head due to blown gasket. Exhaust gas bubbling out of expansion tank. But my Land Rover manual does state... Head can only be skimmed up to 8 thousands of an inch max and that then the valves must also be taken in the same. But a problem...