miketomcat
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I was getting a sofa off the roof with my wife and it slipped out of my hand.
I'd like to say thanks to everyone I've had a run of bad luck and needed to vent. Hopefully things are going to improve, if not this thread may go on a while.......
Mike
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And the hits just keep coming! Just dropped something and you guessed it smashed the windscreen on the 110.
Mike
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Well it wasn't a holed piston.
Yes that is a 6mm gap in the head gasket between no4 piston and no8 cam follower. The head gasket has also gone in the middle at the back of no4 piston.
So good news is I have a serviceable engine as a spare. I'm going to rob the head for 45 and use the head off the snapped cam engine or re-con 45's head for a spare.
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I'm going to swap the head with the one from the holed piston engine assuming it's ok. The core plug thats gone is in the head anyway.
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I suspected the head gasket had gone before it froze due to excess pressure in the header tank. But didn't have time to change it plus it's not the first time it' gone so I suspect the head is warped. Trouble is both our trucks are daily drivers so I was holding out for the ibex to go on the road. That way both could get some tlc without leaving us vehicleless.
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Well the good news it the new motor is up and running after an oil leak from the cooler pipes and a stuck boost pin. However my luck hasn't improved much 45 has now blown another core plug so I'm now certain the head gasket has gone. This is not even funny any more I think I may be fixing this then selling 45. I simply don't have time for this and it's wearing thin on my boss.
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Western it will varie from gearbox to gearbox due to wear in the linkages. Best you can do is wined it in or out by trial and error. If you can see the linkages it should be fairly easy to work out how much is needed.
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That or the pop last time melted the wire insulation enough that when you refitted the alternator. The wire rubbed though/already had and shorted to the block thus causing the rest to melt and catch fire.
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I was referring to the pitting on the pulley where it goes through the front cover seal. It may clean up with some merry cloth. As for the rubber I've seen worse but I'd be temptd to replace it.
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The woodruff key lines up with the arrow for tdc. The tdc mark on the damper should line up with a casting line on the cover although some don't (I have one that doesn't). Use woodruff or flywheel for timing.
I'd be more concerned about the state of the seal surface and would probably replace it.
Mike
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Machine Mart do a automotive tap and die set it will cover most things on a land rover. Zeus book here https://m.box.com/shared_item/https%3A%2F%2Fapp.box.com%2Fs%2F4ulzu8egtjin3etmkyj5
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I can assure you facet pumps aren't all that great either. Granted not lr or diesel but I went through 4 warranty replacements on my Marcos before I gave up and went over to an su pump.
The manual pump I took off the 110 had a shorter plunger than the replacement (came with spacer). I tried it without checking it didn't bottom out but it wouldn't pump. Fitted the spacer and it worked correctly. My assumption is one pump will fit several engines just with different spacer to allow for cam throw.
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I've just fitted one that needed a spacer as without it, it didn't pump.
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There is a little bit of silver. The engine I looked at last night comes with the car still attached. So at least I can now get some of the other bits I've been planning to sort for a while now.
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Hopefully I'm looking at an engine locally tonight. I have run through all the options I can think of but keep coming back to swapping the engine being the quickest relatively cheap solution.
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Daan I either drive a land rover to work or I don't own one end of story. I've almost never owned a normal car in fact I borrowed a disco 3 briefly Saturday it's very nice but simply not me (The subject of a normal car has cropped up with the wife).
It's bad enough that the money for getting the ibex on the road is going to be used to purchase an engine. I'm not going backwards when I'm so close.
Bowie the first engine has snapped a cam due I think to a spun bearing which I believe is a block right off. The second I though was a blown turbo, I'm now thinking it maybe a holed piston. To make a good one out of the two is work wise in the realms of a re-con but without the benefit of new parts.
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Thanks ed I've got to find one first but I should be ok.
Daan that's a nice idea but that involves a lot of time and money. I did a 200tdi rebuild for a friend a few years ago it took me the best part of a month of evenings, this truck is my daily driver so I don't have that kind of time. Turner short engine is £2000 with head and sump it' £4000 The trucks only worth £2500-£3000 and I simply don't have enough money to buy a second hand one let alone re-con.
Mike
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Well that didn't go to plan either. I had a spare engine with what I thought was a blown turbo. So myself and tsd built it up with known good bits off the current engine then swapped it. Eventually we got it running albeit on 3 cylinders. After much fiddling and a short drive we have canned it as also dead. I'm now looking for another 200tdi to go in. Hopefully I can find one and have another go this weekend.
Mike
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I actually don't mind g wagons and might enjoy confusing them.
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The engine has been past it's best for a while. It's always been a pig to start and a flickering oil pressure light at tick over. You know how it is no time so just keep fingers crossed.
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But the disco doesn't need painting.
plus......I'll ring you tonight. 
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I had planned to finish off the last few bits on the ibex this weekend.
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Did a land rover crash in to a g wagon!
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After the crank pulley coming loose a little while ago. Then last couple of weeks a radiator change and a blown core plug on 45. Now it seems the 110 wants in on the action. I drove home tonight no problem then had to nip out. So jump in turn her over she catches but doesn't fire, try again this time there's a sort of clunk then she spins over very freely. Ok so that now sounds like no compression! I go out in 45 when I get back rocker box off, turn it over valves 1 and 2 are trying to move but not as normal the rest however are stationary. My conclusion is a snapped cam. The rest of this evening has been spent stripping the bits off that need to be swapped onto my spare engine. So of your bored and in Southampton this weekend feel free to come take the mickey out of me doing an engine swap in the rain........
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plus......I'll ring you tonight. 
200 TDI timing questions
in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)
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Looks like new.
Interestingly I've had a little fun with 200's recently and noticed two of them the scribe on the damper lined up with the case protrusion. The third was about 90° out fortunately I noticed after I'd timed it with the keys.
Mike