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What material is the spigot bearing made from? Phosphor bronze, oil impregnated? Sintered bronze ,oil impregnated? This is for my Discovery TD5, the one I have purchased is sloppy in the crankshaft, the void in the end of the crankshaft measures evenly all round. I did see an old post about...

Interesting, mine had nothing on.

Hi, Yes mine were on tight, but just about every bolt I’ve taken out of this motor seems like it takes about 250Nm or more to crack off! I wasn’t aware of any gasket to fit, there wasn’t one one previously, was there one on yours?

Ok thanks, hopefully I’ll get round to fitting that thermostat soon!!!

Hello again! This was looking at the manual you had sent me previously, I was also looking in the torque settings section at the beginning.

Hi, A couple of questions regarding torque settings: 1. I’m looking for the torque settings for the six bolts that go through the bell housing into the R380 gearbox. 2. The torque settings for the bell housing to engine. In the manual I can see: (Engine TD5 section) Gearbox housing to engine...

Ok, thanks, was getting a bit concerned!

Hi, thanks for your reply. Would you know the reason for this modification.

Whilst having my gearbox sorted another job is replacing the oil cooler to engine gasket. I noticed the coolant outlet of the oil cooler is blanked off, there is the steel pipe at the back of the engine which goes to the radiator but this isn’t connected, can’t see the bottom of the radiator...

Hi, Yes I have tried selecting gears with the yoke removed and with a screwdriver in the end of the selector shaft but still the same, someone at a gear rebuild shop suggested I checked the reverse collar was right back, it seems to be but there is little in this. Wondered if the C clip was...

Hi, I’ve uploaded a video on YouTube, the title is: Discovery 2 TD5 Gear selector problem Any ideas???

Yeah I agree, do feel like something has become misaligned. Feel like waving the 2lb magic wand Birmingham screwdriver at it!!! Appreciate your help.

Hi Bennehboy, Can not select reverse, and yes the yoke grub screw is located in the detent. The gear stick will not move into any other gear, just doesn’t locate any position where it could start to go into a gear. I took a short video but can not see how to upload it.