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Range Rover Blues:
If only I wasn't up to my kneck I'd say bring it over. It;s not too hard but make sure you follow the torquing up procedure. Use a good quality thread lock/lubricant on the bolts (not copper grease as soem numpty did on mine :shock: ). Don't mix up any pushrods, stick them through a bit of cardboard to keep them in order.
Use the composite gasket if you want reliability, it will lower compression though so is it a new or a recon head? you can check how much has been skimmed, on the front of that head is a square luh with a hole in the end, if it's close to the gasket surface than the outside edge it's been skimed by the difference in the 2 apparently. You want fairly even copmression on both sides of the engine.
you should change the valley gasket too.
Can't think of owt else but if you get truly in the [PooPoo] I'm not too far away, just busy as a badger for the next 2 weeks.
drmike:
I've done this job and it's not that bad if you take it steady and follow the manual - I'm no engineering genius that's for sure!
Be aware that some valley gaskets have a right and a wrong way round - get it wrong and it's water in the ol time. I'd use a composite valley gasket as well as composite head gasket.
Totally agree about keeping pushrods in cardboard to make sure they go back as they came out.
I managed to shear a rocker arm bolt but it drifted out easily enough. That was plain stupidity on my part because I was tired!
I'm sure you'll be fine. Everyone had to do this sort of job for the first time once!
Mike
gtomo2:
Thanks for the adivce i will take it in and got a full gasket set so will change the vally one as well. just need to buy a book on in now and pray the weather holds. its a second hand head dont think its been skimmed as it looks dirty around the cyl head valve area.
karlo:
Graeme i can sort you that disc its got all that info on it!
drmike:
If the head is second hand are you sure it's flat? I had my heads skimmed when I did this job as I didn't want to be doing it again in 2 months! Cost me 20 quid a head I think.
You can download the workshop manual for a V8 from a Polish site. Just google Land rover workshop manual V8 - it should work.
Mike
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