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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: gtomo2 on September 17, 2006, 08:02:19

Title: Wish me luck
Post by: gtomo2 on September 17, 2006, 08:02:19

Right going to change or at least start to change the head today. so be ready for some silly questions to be asked as not done it before :oops: the replacement head is nice and stright so it off with the old and on with the new so to speak. if it ws as easy as it sounds. i just know i will [!Expletive Deleted!] something up. oh well here i go. i am going in and my be a while :?  :D

Title: Wish me luck
Post by: wing nut on September 17, 2006, 10:15:41

good luck greame :wink:

Title: Wish me luck
Post by: PUX on September 17, 2006, 10:42:01

Good luck matey, remember take it apart and lay it out in order so u know how it goes back :D  :D  :wink:  ur be fine :D  :wink:

Title: Wish me luck
Post by: gtomo2 on September 17, 2006, 11:50:04

Said it would not got easy. broke my one and only rachet so now having to use a tee bar on the head bolts oh woe is me. informe they all have it in for me :lol:

Title: Wish me luck
Post by: Range Rover Blues on September 17, 2006, 13:06:48

Hope you've got a rorque wrench then :shock:

Title: Wish me luck
Post by: gtomo2 on September 17, 2006, 13:13:57

Quote from: "Range Rover Blues"

Hope you've got a rorque wrench then :shock:

Guess what my next question was going to be yes has anyone got a torque  wrench as mine has gone missing from my garden shed alone with some other stuff i had in there doh havent a clue when but its not there just been to get it and were it should be is a empty space. got old head off at last so now come to a stand still as have no torque wrench.

Title: Wish me luck
Post by: mud-club-matty on September 17, 2006, 13:17:41

gtomo i still not got mine so sorry not me

Title: Wish me luck
Post by: gtomo2 on September 17, 2006, 13:35:08

Here is were i am up to now. you can see the broken bolts and were the exhurst was blowing out the left port as you look at it

Title: Wish me luck
Post by: gtomo2 on September 17, 2006, 15:16:40

Well going to leave it for now as i have got a lift into work tomorrow and see if they will lean me another torque wrench or will have to go and buy one. doh

Title: Wish me luck
Post by: mud-club-matty on September 17, 2006, 16:56:42

about £50 to £60  in helfords

Title: Wish me luck
Post by: Range Rover Blues on September 18, 2006, 02:49:01

That's the driver's side isn't it? always the back exhaust port that seems to go on mine too :?

Title: Wish me luck
Post by: gtomo2 on September 18, 2006, 19:01:37

Quote from: "Range Rover Blues"

That's the driver's side isn't it? always the back exhaust port that seems to go on mine too :?

Yes thats the one. after all the work i did sunday and help from karlo we found out the flippen bolt holes on the new head are not metric and guess what bolt we had :roll: . So will be talking nicly to the fitters and grab a hand full of assorted bolts to try