Johnny-Marrone
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I'm currenlty living in the Falkland Islands where we have very little 'On-Road'. The majority of people drive Land Rovers - there are literally hundreds of them down here. There is no other way to get about other than 4x4 and some of the roads (and I use the word 'roads' in the broadest sense!) are challenging to say the very least.
I have a Discovery with a 200tdi engine (engine No 12L81950A) which has managed to chew up its camshaft. I'm halfway through re-building the engine but need some advice on the camshaft thrust plate (the plate which bolts onto the front of the engine block and stops the camshaft making a bid for freedom!). There appear to be 2 types - a semi-circular type which seems to ride in groove in the camshaft - and a circular type which fits over the end of the camshaft.
My Disco was fitted with the latter version and the problem appears to have come from the camshaft being 'pushed' back into the engine and the tappits falling off the cams. Is this the correct thrust plate for the 200tdi? If so, what stops the shaft from being puched into the engine.
Sorry if I have posted this in the wrong forum, but as several Land Rovers have the 200tdi engine I'm not sure where else to post.
thanks
I'm currenlty living in the Falkland Islands where we have very little 'On-Road'. The majority of people drive Land Rovers - there are literally hundreds of them down here. There is no other way to get about other than 4x4 and some of the roads (and I use the word 'roads' in the broadest sense!) are challenging to say the very least.
I have a Discovery with a 200tdi engine (engine No 12L81950A) which has managed to chew up its camshaft. I'm halfway through re-building the engine but need some advice on the camshaft thrust plate (the plate which bolts onto the front of the engine block and stops the camshaft making a bid for freedom!). There appear to be 2 types - a semi-circular type which seems to ride in groove in the camshaft - and a circular type which fits over the end of the camshaft.
My Disco was fitted with the latter version and the problem appears to have come from the camshaft being 'pushed' back into the engine and the tappits falling off the cams. Is this the correct thrust plate for the 200tdi? If so, what stops the shaft from being puched into the engine.
Sorry if I have posted this in the wrong forum, but as several Land Rovers have the 200tdi engine I'm not sure where else to post.
thanks
