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TD5 knackered at 150k?
age:
--- Quote from: crazymac on November 05, 2009, 22:38:29 ---It really is a rare thing to hear of TD5 failures!
This engine is quoted often as the most reliable engine Landrover has ever done!! I know of lots with well over 200K on them, one mate who hauls heavy stuff around the country has 245000 on his and he reckons its just about run in!
Hope you get it sorted soon.
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.......so there really is a God, and s/he hates me!!! Still agonising over which route...... recon and maybe fail again, or 3x cost for a 'Turner' AMC which I have now heard rave reviews.....? But then if Mac is right chances are the recon will be a good'un....... and actually the dismantling/labour has been quite 'fun' so not scared at the simple prospect of having to do it all again in a couple of years...... Should have the readies to do either next week, so decision time over the weekend! Cheers, A
age:
On the off-chance anyone is interested ...... AMC head arrived last Friday. What a beauty! Really clean casting, visible extra metal round the injectors etc - sadly exciting to behold!!
So, spent Sunday rebuilding - really careful check and clean of all the moving bits. Old injector seals were pretty stuck, but all nice and new now. Fair bit of burnt crud to clean off the injector itself, so guess there was a bit of seepage round the old seals. New fuel regulator fitted - casting has blank for the later 2 rail version, so looks different but none of the v2 tubes/pipes drilled or fitted so guess just a cost saving on 2 types of casting.
Checked and cleaned all the tappets and rollers. Two goes at the cam carrier seal - kept waking up Sunday not sure I'd been careful enough to avoid the oil ways so off it came! Quite alright of course, but now I know...... and the second tube of sealant was far better than the old stuff I had first time round.
Cam shaft is a very cosy fit in the new head/carrier - no doubt a good thing..... End-float well within spec. All very pre-lubed on assembly.
So, mate with torque wrench arrives tomorrow - all the manifolds cleaned and prepped - just about remember what all the plastic cups of nuts/bolts/clips belong on - need to buy some coolant to fill up with then the moment of truth....
Watch this space......!! A
Saffy:
love when people do these rebuild jobs and don't even own a torque wrench themsleves :dance:
bet you be glad to get it on the road again.
extreme90:
--- Quote from: age on November 17, 2009, 12:45:33 ---On the off-chance anyone is interested ...... AMC head arrived last Friday. What a beauty! Really clean casting, visible extra metal round the injectors etc - sadly exciting to behold!!
So, spent Sunday rebuilding - really careful check and clean of all the moving bits. Old injector seals were pretty stuck, but all nice and new now. Fair bit of burnt crud to clean off the injector itself, so guess there was a bit of seepage round the old seals. New fuel regulator fitted - casting has blank for the later 2 rail version, so looks different but none of the v2 tubes/pipes drilled or fitted so guess just a cost saving on 2 types of casting.
Checked and cleaned all the tappets and rollers. Two goes at the cam carrier seal - kept waking up Sunday not sure I'd been careful enough to avoid the oil ways so off it came! Quite alright of course, but now I know...... and the second tube of sealant was far better than the old stuff I had first time round.
Cam shaft is a very cosy fit in the new head/carrier - no doubt a good thing..... End-float well within spec. All very pre-lubed on assembly.
So, mate with torque wrench arrives tomorrow - all the manifolds cleaned and prepped - just about remember what all the plastic cups of nuts/bolts/clips belong on - need to buy some coolant to fill up with then the moment of truth....
Watch this space......!! A
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it will proberly be a royal b****** to start, but keep at it, it'll go.
did you get my pm ?
dont forget to fit the later metal dowles
if the chain drops off the crank, dont stress or panic
pop the pulley off the crank and flirt the seal out you can then make sure the dis-coloured link is inline with the mark on the crank
dan
age:
--- Quote from: Tanglefoot on November 17, 2009, 13:35:24 ---love when people do these rebuild jobs and don't even own a torque wrench themsleves :dance:
bet you be glad to get it on the road again.
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Ah but I work on the theory that a frequently used and looked after wrench is better than owning one and fetching it out of a drawer once every 10 years......!! ;) A
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