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beast5680:
always worth speaking to your local independant landy man you never know what they have stashed

Range Rover Blues:
I've just fitted a brand new head from Paddocks to my sister's motor.  One of the glow plugs had been snapped off at some point int he past and I couldn't get No.4 injector out either (otherwise I'd be selling the head on after reconning it).

Anyhoo, new head and injectors and it goes like stick now, and only £300 so not that upsetting given how much a skim and pressure testing might have cost,

Anyway, there's a couple of places on E-Bay selling them for that sort of money when I last looked but as one was Paddocks I drove over, backed the car up to the stores and filled it with goodies :)

RichardM:
I've got hold of a head now, just need to get it skimmed and pressure tested.  Yes the piston will need replacing as well, but the bore is OK...it's lucky I enjoy lying under the car on the front drive...at least my neighbours tell me I do, they see a lot of me out there.  This time last year it was lots of welding and between there's all the routine servicing.

barmiebrumie:
I did somthing similer on a Porsche years ago, was fitting rear shocks & 'lost' a 10mm bolt so just replaced with a new one, started ok & then stuck on full trottle  :shock: , swithched off thinking the floor mats were holding the pedal down, started again & all was well, two days later Vehicle came back  :roll:  engine had gone bang, the bolt had been sucked into the head & jammed under a valve, bolt must have droped into the air intake pipe while the filter was off to get access to the shock's, Boss was none to pleased  :oops:  :oops:  :oops:

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