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    Calne, UK

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    Cars, Guitars, Music and gardening (when did that sneak up on me!)

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  1. OK, went out this morning and took some more pics, I may be able to convince myself that what I previously took for a scratch/scuff may be a deliberate dot - based on the helpful picture posted by Western! However, obvious it is not, and it is only by being able to see the woodruff keyway that I can work it out.
  2. Hi Mike, If I hadn't cleansed myself of all the dead parts at the recycling centre a couple of weeks ago I would absolutely do that
  3. Thanks for the picture and link - I will investigate tomorrow - and yes if you can kill off the dead links that would be great
  4. doh, not sure what went wrong with the pictures... Let's try this looks better to me - although I could see them previously. I'm fairly sure that I have the gear the right way around but....
  5. .....much time later Many things got in the way (getting married, new driveway, new job) of my project but I have made progress and am back on the job I decided to get the block re-bored - as I was in there. costs of course have gone up as I kept finding things I really needed to do, - and this list grows. It has not been helped by my original aim of keeping my defender on the road and so the change from a disco 200 tdi to a defender was supposed to be completed as far as possible until engine which brings me on to today's problem. When I went to re-assemble the camshaft - I spotted that the keyway was cracked at the back, coupled with quite a bit of damage to the back of the cam sprocket, so new cam and sprocket ordered and fitted however, there is no dot/mark on the new cam sprocket! I have the crank at TDC with a lockpin in the flywheel, I have a lockpin in the FIP and no mark on the cam to align! I've dropped a pushrod in and can work out where the valve closure point is, but that does not feel particularly scientific - I was rather hoping that it would be cam sprocket key at 12:00 but very much doubt it is as simple as that! I have of course disposed of my old sprocket - as the pile of removed parts was getting unmanageable without keeping damaged u/s ones. So can anyone advise me of the best approach for setting the camshaft? and.....given the FIP has been removed how confident can I be that I have the lockpin in the right place - the hole did not align particularly well and articles I've read suggest it should pull out freely. Sorry I'm sure I should be able to work this out for myself - but feel a lack of confidence. All advice as always welcome
  6. Thanks once again Western! Quite a difference in price! I will order the Turner product today
  7. Ok, measured everything, inspected the bores with a bright light, can’t see any piston damage so have put an order together for Turners. One annoyance is I chucked my cylinder head gasket away as part of last Sunday’s de-grease-athon clear-up. So no I have no idea how many dots......grrrrrr
  8. Hi folks, Can anyone point me at a supplier for Hylomar 2000 for sealing sump to ladder on 200tdi. I can find 50g on eBay, but looking at the amount I’ve cleaned of my engine I’m not convinced that is enough (but I’m happy to take guidance ) Hylomar list a 250g cartridge on their web site but I can’t find a stockist. I’m loathe to use an unrecommended alternative. Young man in Halfords looked at me like I’d got two heads when I asked- it was a long shot, and I only went in as we were in the area.... Any thoughts? regards steve
  9. It says STD on the piston so I'm assuming standard size
  10. Thanks Western - I was looking at their site as one of the options. Of course, I now have the question of are the parts different between defender 200tdi and discovery tdi as the part numbers for pistons, mains and big ends are all discovery ones ERR1387 ERR8841 ERC8839 Should I order disco parts or should they be the same? I'm guessing I should get disco ones as it is a 200tdi disc engine
  11. I’m just collating a list of parts to buy and wondered what people’s views were on the suppliers of bearings/seals/gasket sets. I’ve read on the forum that going for genuine seals is a good idea so that is a given however, is there an accepted/recommended supplier for bearings and gaskets or rebuild sets- there are so many ‘specialists’ selling spares with prices for budget and OEM parts, it feels like a bit of a minefield. Or am I just overthinking it?
  12. I still dont thing the newer versions of gunk 'the pink one' are as good as the old brown but the block, ladder and sump are cleaner
  13. Bit of a slow weekend, mainly cleaning down (and twice as much time clearing up the mess I made. lifted the crank out, top bearings weren't so bad
  14. never tried any air tools - so all to learn
  15. I have to admit it was an old socket from my first ever socket set purchased circa 1982 . Despite having other sets, I've tended to go away from the multi-point sockets (can't remember the proper name) and stick with either six sided or centre grip sockets.
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