Badger110

She’s running 😁 A few minor oil leaks though ☹️ One from the coolant pump ( which was new! ) and one from the front crankshaft seal....which was new as well!

She’s in The first casualty was the heater matrix inlet snapped off I’ve bypassed it for now as no where is open over the bank holiday

Thank you both. It throws up repercussions as we now have Milie ( basset hound ) who has grown up with her big brother ( Hudson was an Old English Sheepdog we rescued from a job I was doing ) and hasn’t lived alone, but dogs do adapt pretty well in the right environment. Back on topic, wet foot aside, it’s all back together on the bench! Hand brake still has plenty of wear so I’m draining oils ( again! ) on everything this morning and looking to get it in the engine bay tomorrow with the help of some friends. I’m also repairing the hole in the bell housing and strengthening it up abit

It's been an absent minded evening to the point I was filling up the engine with oil and getting a wet foot I'd forgotten to put the drain plug back in Still I've got the transmission bolted on I need to make up a rear engine hoist bracket...I did order one but it won't be here until next week, so I've got some 8mm steel sheet on the floor which I can make one up with

I had my bellows for the dormobile roof made from a material used to create boat hoods from. It's very strong and water proof and comes in all different colours. I also found a lovely lady near me who can make just about anything from this stuff as well, if you have a template then even better.

Pretty slow today as I had to say goodbye to my best buddy yesterday which came as a shock. He was only 6 but had some underlying problems with his joints which we knew were going to cause a problem later on in his life but not this soon...tumours which had spread made it impossible for him to lead a normal life and I couldn’t see him suffer. I know this is a Land Rover forum and sorry for going OT, but what the hell, I’m a big softy when it comes to my dogs. Anyway I have tried to keep busy and my mind occupied have got pretty much the engine done with the clutch fitted i didn’t have a clutch alignment tool but found a 1/2 extension bar and some gaffer tape made an improvisation which looks to have done a great job in keeping it all aligned. As everything is out of the truck and the gearbox will be fitted on the bench it’ll give me time to make sure it works.

Thanks for the information John I’ll leave it for now as I’d prefer to strip it down and time isn’t on my side in the workshop, although it’ll go on the board as a future project

The clutch arrived today from Ashcroft It’s a clutch fix jobby which has had good reviews so I’m confident it’ll live up to to its reputation. Timing chain all done too Any thoughts on the state of the fins in the turbo or would you feel this is normal wear n tear? There is no play in it, just rough edges

Rebuild has begun, cleaning the oil off everything has been a task but is making it worth while. Ive opted for a new water pump, not because the other one had anything wrong with it but it’s an item which can wear over time. The head has been reconditioned too Had some broken studs to remove, one came off with a nut welded on, the other had to be drilled out I also got the spigot bush out with an old bolt head and some thought. I picked up a replacement rear crank seal only to find it was a BP jobby, so I shall pick up an original tomorrow as the clutch is coming from Ashcroft tomorrow as well I’m hoping to get the clutch, flywheel, cams and timing chain and cover on tomorrow, then it’ll be gearbox and transfer on and you never know, it might be ready to go in by Friday 😁

I can grab it from Tavistock and meet some one at the M5 Exeter/a30 or hang onto it

It was one of those bolts that really didn't want to come out and was only accessible with a knuckle on the ratchet, so a pig. I was swinging off it with an extension bar when it slipped. I then snapped 2 more bolts so they've welded in well.

My guess is this little fecker isn’t meant to be in there... The clutch was done 50k ago so I’m not too worried about replacing it, however I split the block and gearbox because I wanted to check the rear crankshaft seal and I’m glad I did. looks like the spigot bearing has given up doing its job

A slight ‘ oh bother ‘ moment when I slipped with the ratchet whilst removing the bolt securing the bell housing to the block and smashed into a bracket which then felt it was time to break free from said bell housing Fortunately it’s not a critical part and I’ll find something to fix it back with and make a bracket up that will bolt to the bodywork rather than the bell housing and we’ll say no more about it. Tis but a flesh wound

It was one of the deciding factor before I knew of the X eng kit as I didn't want to remove the ARB due to experiencing more body roll. That and a set of OME's coming up too good to miss

A few side by side pics of the timing chain and guide The wear on the main guide is evident and it looks like it’s been replaced with a different material. The chain is a tad stretched but this could be perfectly normal

I might look at that X-eng one for my set up as my weight is getting a tad top heavy, nothing major or over balanced, but every bit helps

Did you get to the bottom of the issue with this?

After several emails and chats with others who have this kit, we narrowed it down with the help from Gwyn Lewis, to a set up identical to his 3" lift which uses standard or 1" spring increase. List of parts are as follows to get these to fit; For the front ( puma model 110 ) GL1056 Pair Front STD Height H/Duty Turrets (inc Relocator) GALV GL1053 Pair Turret Securing Rings H/Duty GL1054 Pair Front Spring Retainers GL1057B-2 Pair Front Extended Bump Stops BLACK Pair of Puma front brake hoses For the rear ( puma model 110 ) GL1065 Pair Rear Springs re locators Chall 110/130 GL1182 Pair Rear Spring Retainers HD Round 110/130 GL1057B-2 Pair Rear Extended Bump Stops BLACK NRC4317-2 Pair Rear Spring Seats Galv 110/130 Gwyn also said you can fit the cranked trailing arms, but without a modification mount, the rear anti roll bar will have to be removed. I noticed Safari Equip for their extended 120 litre main tank do a relocation kit for the anti roll bar which drops it down...under normal circumstances with a standard tank, this should allow more articulation without causing it to flip over. That kinda clears up the original question as to what is needed/can it be done scenario for fitting 2" extended shocks with standard springs. It's all moot for me now as I bought a set of standard height OME shocks but it may help someone else asking the same question

A big expensive box of shiny engine bits arrived today, it's a shame most of it will never see the light of day as it'll squashed or within the head! I dropped off the camshaft carrier, rocker cover and air intake manifold to be cleaned as well...this has now put me in the position to whip the bottom out of the engine bay and clean that to get rid of the oil and look at the clutch whilst I''m there. Why do we do these things and escalate a simple timing chain/injector reseat into a strip the engine and whip it out the engine bay! On a side note, a set of OME shocks arrived today from @SteveG but ended up at the post office as I wasn't in, so I have them to fit whilst waiting for the head to be finished More shiny stuff!

I’d take 3 years at least, far too much to miss on the way!

I took the head down to be skimmed, valve seats re done and all other manor of bits so I get back a nice shiny reconditioned head and whilst there I showed the chap the cams. He said it's nothing to worry about, there is no sign of roughness or uneven wear looking at them, but he was happy to take a better look and get them measured up so I left them with him to do as well.

It’s looking much roomier in there since the last pic I saw What’s the plan for the chassis, clean and galv or paint or go with the original patina effect 😁

Moving on with the grubby stuff, the engine is becoming more and more stripped out and now we’re at the point of waiting for a delivery from turners & britcar to begin the rebuild....it’s the little things you don’t think of you need like bolts etc...I reckon it’s cost me about £110 in replacement bolts! I also found a hardcore spider who has been living next to the block for however long judging by his web. Here he is coming up for a nosy

Ahh yes I’ve got you if I mount a point on the upper rail and another on the rock slider that could work

I guess it’s hard to capture it on a phone, they obviously aren’t dull like new, but not what I’d call glazed as such. You’d expect some discolouration given the mileage, however it’s not even across the cam. Those closer to the bulkhead on the inlet side are showing more signs of discolouration than at the front. interestingly the injector with the worse blowback was the one nearest the bulkhead.