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Driveshafts refitted: ABS sensors refitted after the 'inserts' thoroughly cleaned and ceramic grease used to lube them: Managed to loose the ABS sensor cable bracket for the OSF so fabbed a new one for it from some stainless sheet that I had knocking around: Naturally I've found the...

Gave the hub carriers a bit of a clean and lick of paint: And new shaft seals too. Knocked up my own alignment tool to centre the hub carriers with the shaft centre having fitted new ball joints top and bottom each side using the bearing housing bolted in but no shaft: Sockets were...

CV Joints had split gaiters so I stripped and cleaned them up before re-packing with grease: Both sides got this treatment

Now going back in time to where I left it before drying up for a bit... I had a lovely time cleaning up the transmission cooler and refitting the mud guard where all the mounts for it were broken. Thankfully I have a Rivnut tool, ratchet type not pop-rivet. Slight curiosity while I...

And back to adding pics. The rocker cover all stripped down and black sludge removed: The mesh filter cleaned of sludge refitted with the cleaned up baffle plate waiting to be refitted: Baffle plate bolted back in with loctite'd screws and new seal RTV'd in place: And then the modified...

Yup, very similar games on Subaru cam covers which are lots of fun if you try to replace the seals with the engine still in the car...there's about two inches between each cover and the chassis leg... I've RTV'd the whole seal to the cover in an attempt to make things easier

Nearly got it all cleaned up now, although did snap the tabs that hold the breather fitting in place getting it out which is a pain. RTV and some creative use of lock wire should resolve it, or drilled and tapped holes... Next job is going to be getting the mesh filter dry after a couple of...

Oh it's got plenty of time to air dry don't you worry ;) I fully expect to be spending most of the day cleaning the rocker cover, and finishing cleaning the pipes. Once thge rocker cover is back on (which will come after giving the rotating parts and cam chest a wipe followed by assembly lube...

It's been a while since I last made an update to this thread, but life has been getting in the way of just about everything, and I haven't had as much time to work on the Range Rover especial now that light and weather are conspiring against me too. Suffice to say more detailed update with...

Cheers, I am toying with fitting a catch can rather than leave the breathers recirculating oil back through the intake. Maybe just a crude home brew unit just to see if the engine is breathing heavily from the crank case (which would most likely be cylinder wear related and nothing short of a...

Turbo update: New (Melett) exhaust wheel and shaft turned up last week and I set about the second, partial, rebuild (partial because I only needed to refit the shaft and wheels). First off here's a line up all the CHRA parts from the first full rebuild: And now the assembled CHRA with new...

No, the exhaust wheel and shaft are balanced as a unit after assembly at the manufacturer, while the compressor wheel is balanced on it's own. So there is no need to balance them if replacing one, the other or both. It helps that the TD04 is a sleeve bearing turbo, so really robust, but a...

Besides the Teng, Norbar and Halfords Pro torque wrenches I should probably also have my Motorq Jewellers torque wrench done as well, seeing as its certificate is about a year old, seen here next to my watchmakers stilson:

Yeah....might be an idea to have mine calibrated...annoyingly I don't have a mate in the calibration shop at work anymore who I could have snuck them in through, although I do know the manager so I should perhaps just ask! If anyone needs a bridge checking I do have a mechanical 800kN load...

For anyone's future reference the shaft and wheel are this model: https://www.turborebuild.co.uk/webshop/prod_3469437-Mitsubishi-Turbocharger-Turbine-Shaft-and-Wheel-TD04-Turbo-4917730130.html And a complete CHRA this...

Yarp, was also done at gone 10pm, with a stinking cold, so wasn't exactly firing on all cylinders either Anyway, replacement exhaust wheel and shaft ordered from Turbo Rebuild, which came to £38.10 delivered including a 10% returning customer discount, so thankfully not too painful on the...

Indeed First time I've tried to use it as a torque wrench anti-clockwise in 20 odd years too :/

Cold light of day has revealed how I managed to snap the shaft; it turns out that my 5-25Nm Teng Torque wrench only works as a torque wrench on a clockwise rotation, anti-clockwise locks it :mad:

Alternatively a new exhaust wheel and shaft is about 45 quid, again branded...that might be the best option...

A new CHRA (core) looks to be around £150 quid for a decent branded replacement, meanwhile a second hand turbo about £60 delivered, which I could just swap the wheels and shaft from into my freshly rebuilt core...and tighten the bloody nut with a lot more care