miketomcat

I love the fact you have to cut up a rare ww2 jeep to fit this body on. Perhaps one for @Daan. Mike

Plasma blast then.

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. Mike

And it's running again. I'm still going to need to recon the other engine but hopefully this will buy some time. Mike

@jason110 Nice. Mike

No that's freshly skimmed they took .008" off. Mike

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. Mike

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

The disco one requires some irreversible mods to the defender pedal box. Mike

It was only once.....and it may of been this engine. Mike

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

It's not like these fussy V8's if there's fuel, some compression and a bit of air it'll run. Mike

How about a simonr style lifting roof section. Mike

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

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

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

I haven't put a rule over the head but the fact it's gone twice in quick succession is pretty damning. Mike

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

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

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

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. Mike

I fitted a 200tdi master cylinder and servo along with the rest of the braking system on 45. The master cylinder sits at the wrong angle but isn't enough to cause problems. I had to re drill the pedal box and make openings in the side to get the nuts on. The whole system worked very well and the brakes were very good. I did it because I had all the disco bits and no money to buy/replace the existing brakes. Not sure any of this helps you mo. Mike

Ironically my mot man commented on the weap coming from the one on the 110. Another job in the list. Mike