Les Henson Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Some of you have met my sister and her hubby - Dave. Well for the last couple of weeks he's been attempting to fix his engine. You can't make this up, but here it is. He took the sump and head off to replace the rings and big-end shells Did the job, put it all back together and then realised he may have put some of the rings on the wrong way up. Took the head and sump off, put the rings on the right way up, and re-assempbled the engine. Filled it with coolant which trickled out from under the manifold - not the core plugs. Head gasket is on the wrong way round Head back off - 3rd new gasket fitted and head replaced. Engine is very stiff to turn. Sump off and big end cap no's 1 and 4 have been accidentally swapped. Re-fitted and crank turns fine. Engine starts quite easily, a little roughly, but smooths out and runs well. After a short while a rattle developes. He suspects that he might have not tightened the big-end cap bolts enough. Sump off and checks reveal all is ok. Sump back on. Wonders about tappets, so checks them and No6 was too loose. Checked and adjusted tappets and now the engine runs fine! Poor bloke, through all of this he kept smiling and joking about it. I would have set fire to the damn thing! Fair play and worth a round of applause! Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuko Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 For X-mas Les, pick up a few workshop manuals for the old boy. Todd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbeaumont Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 That makes me feel so much better about my recent engine capers Mind, at least his engine still works... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 I just pray he isn't a surgeon.... Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROGUE TROOPER Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 I just pray he isn't a surgeon....Nige No hes a Landrover main dealer service 6.2 technician!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROGUE TROOPER Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 I just pray he isn't a surgeon....Nige No hes a Landrover main dealer service technician!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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