miketomcat
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38 minutes ago, cackshifter said:
That might have been crankcase pressure when the gasket blew.
I think that made it worse rather than caused as the engine had been layed up for several years.
23 minutes ago, Stellaghost said:@miketomcat I have a 200 head, has the inevitable cracks between valves but areas that are normally pitted are sound, your's FOC it you need it at some point in the future, thought I had two but when I dug them out one is a 300 regards Stephen
Thank you for the offer, I'm hoping this engine will last long enough to rebuild the other one (which was always the plan). Then I can rebuild this one for the 110 leaving a spare to rebuild later.
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I love the fact you have to cut up a rare ww2 jeep to fit this body on. Perhaps one for @Daan.
Mike
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23 minutes ago, cackshifter said:
Probably quite difficult to implement without using fossil fuels.
Plasma blast then.
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The crank oil seals are leaking front and rear which isn't ideal but if it can keep going for a while would definitely be helpful.
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And it's running again.
I'm still going to need to recon the other engine but hopefully this will buy some time.
Mike
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2 minutes ago, jason110 said:
So for clarity and at the risk of being daft. That photo above is pre-skim?
No that's freshly skimmed they took .008" off.
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The pitting is where the water way in the block end it's common to have some pitting there. This is also where the head gasket blew between but hopefully the skim will fix that. The head has light oil that the machine shop put on it at the moment.
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There is a couple of tiny cracks but the machine shop reckon it'll be ok for another 50k. I had it skimmed because the head gasket blew twice in quick succession. Thanks for the offer Jason I'm getting this one running so I can rebuild the other engine. Ed your always welcome but you know that.
Mike
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My wife has just collected the head so I guess it was fine. 🤞
Just got to refit it over the weekend as I've got to tow a boat on Monday, no pressure.
Mike
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3 hours ago, Nonimouse said:
Lots of BMC cars have them. A westminster would be best as they have a huge reservoir
Moseph, if you just want to try it, I have a spare Double chamber Disco servo, that you can have
The disco one requires some irreversible mods to the defender pedal box.
Mike
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33 minutes ago, FridgeFreezer said:
You're absolutely right - they even run on their own oil don't they?
It was only once.....and it may of been this engine.
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If your switching from a Salisbury diff to rover diff you'll need a different prop, however a puma prop may fit as they had a rover diff (I can't remember if it was standard rover or p38 type) but it will depend on your transfer box position.
Prop lengths here:
https://forums.lr4x4.com/topic/87209-prop-lengths/?do=findComment&comment=752861
Mike
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2 minutes ago, FridgeFreezer said:
That's never stopped him before
It's not like these fussy V8's if there's fuel, some compression and a bit of air it'll run.
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How about a simonr style lifting roof section.
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I'm waiting to hear. They do jobs in order they come in so it's just a case of wait, hopefully it'll be done by Friday.
Mike
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8 hours ago, Daan said:
Not sure Stephen knows who Will Warne actually is.
Bloody hard work normally.
Will was a shires member and on here he had lots of ideas for building a truck bought lots of bits then changed his mind and sold some of it again for the next great idea. Unfortunately he never really made much progress, he is a genuinely nice guy though I have seen him for years. Oh and he had a welding pigeon. Mike
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2 minutes ago, landroversforever said:
Can you have the crack welded up whilst they’ve got it to skim?
I suspect that may be cost/time prohibitive, but I'll see what they say. It could just be a score it's difficult to tell.
Mike
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I haven't put a rule over the head but the fact it's gone twice in quick succession is pretty damning.
Mike
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17 minutes ago, Wytze said:
In the now, and with what you have.. Must say.. That is how i go aswell. Those water way's are in the head and not in the block, if i remember correctly? If so, would it help to instant gasket them up?
Other way round they're in the block not the head. I would be worried the instant gasket could come adrift and block somewhere else. I have been told of someone welding them up, but that seems a lot of effort for little gain. I am however surprised the gasket isn't just blank there but I guess it's a hang up from earlier configuration's.
Mike
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1 hour ago, Wytze said:
Will keep my fingers crossed Mike. Can you see where the gasket went?
Looks like between no2 pot and the water way between 2 and 3, though the water way between 3 and 4 doesn't look great either. It will be interesting what the machine shop say especially as it looks like there might be a crack between glow plug and injector on no2. Either way it'll be going back on for now it's just how quickly I need to do the other engine.
Mike
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So the heads off again, it did get us home and lasted about a month before it blew again. This time it's stripped ready to be taken for skimming on Tuesday hopefully this will solve the problem and buy me enough time to rebuild the original engine.
Mike
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6 hours ago, simonr said:
Mo, when you say 'better braking' - do you mean more stopping force, or more pushes of the pedal before the vacuum / assistance is gone?
If the latter, a vacuum reservoir makes a big difference. I added one to my V8 90 as it never seemed to produce enough vacuum. The reservoir itself was just a Viair pressure reservoir plus a non return valve - so it would retain the vacuum.
This at least would be easy to try before changing a big chunk of the braking system.
We have a vacuum reservoir on our 110 it was a factor fit back in 83 not sure if it was an optional extra though.
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ibex 300 build
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So I left for work this morning but all was not well. Every time I stopped at a junction I left a cloud of steam when I pulled away, I managed to lessen this by running with a loose pressure cap but safe to say it's dead. I've ordered another head gasket and I'll pull the head off the other engine (got to remove it for the rebuild anyway). Hopefully that'll sort it for now. I suspect I cracked the head somewhere in the inlet or exhaust tract when adding cold water to a hot engine in the Hebrides and didn't spot it before machining unfortunately.
Mike