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  1. 3 hours ago, geoffbeaumont said:

    Question is...do you ever get one rebuilt before you have to buy another on to tide you over? 😄

    Probably not. :blink:

    2 minutes ago, elbekko said:

    At this point do you have enough of them to sell a few for core charge, and rebuild the best one with the proceeds?

    Unlikely, disco engines range from about £400-£1k complete. The block is only worth about £150 and the head is more valuable to me as a spare. It's about £1k in parts to do a freshen up and that's assuming no machining is required.

    Mike

  2. 10 minutes ago, daveturnbull said:

    Spotted on eBay it's even in Southampton.

    Thanks I did see that but it's still over £1k in parts because you'd do the rings, mains etc while it's a bare block. I could do that with the one I took out (was my back up plan) but can't really afford that at the moment and there's a risk it needs machining.

    What I'm getting is a running engine I can just put in. Then rebuild one of mine when time and finances permit.

    Mike

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  3. Thank you Peaklander I'm trying to find one closer but we'll see how that goes.

    In other news it's out.

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    I now know exactly what happened to the clutch.

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    At the top behind the fingers is a bit of metal and some springs not quite in their correct position so the friction plate has exploded.

    Mike

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  4. 29 minutes ago, Jon W said:

    Did Ross @landroversforever sell the 200 out of his project? Or did that happen a long long time ago?

    Yes I had that engine years ago and that one snapped a cam pulling of the drive in our 110. Sold it on as parts about 5 years ago.

    Given current developments and a lack of disco 200's I am starting to lean towards buying a td5 disco to strip. But it's academic until I've finished the job that'll pay for some of it.

    Mike

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  5. Damper has been removed and the slave is td5 from memory, there's no fluid loss in the master. It's also worth noting it's a V8 box on a diesel so it's possible the splines have let go, but It feels to me more like the arm has punched through. When I get it home I'll pull the slave but I suspect the engine is coming out and possibly the gearbox. Looks like I'll be borrowing the mother-in-law's bike :ph34r: For now.

    Mike

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