Thanks gents I shall follow both tips on sat or sun and get this motor dropped in, it annoying me now because I want it up and running lol

Hopefully James ill update this on Saturday evening when I pull everything out and start again lol

No I never removed the engine from the vehicle, it was removed and in bits when I bought it, I fitted the torque converter onto the flywheel and dropped the lot in, it's located on the splines and just sat in place on the engine mount but as I stated earlier theres a 5-6mm gap around the bell...

Is that the 2 notches on the back of the torque converter you mean?

What do you mean by pump locators? Sorry to sound dumb but this is my first v8 and first auto lol

Slight balls up so to say I've fitted the torque converter onto the engine then dropped it in! If I lift the engine and using a jack to raise the box and rotate the via the crankshaft pulley bolt will it drop in or do I have to start again?

Started fitting a replacement motor today in the disco, engine went in smoothly untill the splines started to locate on the torque converter, had to loosen both engine mounts just to get the engine sat at the correct position and now I'm stuck with a 5-6mm gap all the way around the bell housing...

does anyone have a list or any information on what size, thread and length every bolt if top end on the thor v8, bought a spare engine and im missing a load of bolts. cheers

Hi folks purchased myself a 2000 discovery v8 on LPG yesterday as sort of a spares or repair project, has the thor 4.0 v8 in it which was stripped due to over heating problems, was advised to join the forum by my boss as he said it was an excellent source for information