Removing the head.

ratty · Jul 9, 2010

-Defender110- said:
hey, y feel guilty if you can get good money for something you've poured your on sweat and blood into? hope it all works out for you...

I can't bring myself to sell a vehicle if it has a fault with it. Knowing the past HG history on my TD5 I still don't 100% trust it to last indefinately. I'd rather have the hg go again and sell it as a non runner than have someone buy it and then have the hg go on them in say 6 months time and them not have the funds or knowledge to repair it.

I sold my old escort cabriolet to a mates son 8 years ago. I let him have it for half what I wanted for it in case it played up on him. He finally sold it last year for £100 more than he'd paid me for it. It went through every MOT with just silly things like bulbs need doing. It never broke down or needed anything more than a service.

I sold him the missus's dads car dirt cheap too. it was the same story with that anorl.

fanatic · Jul 9, 2010

ratty said:
I can't bring myself to sell a vehicle if it has a fault with it. Knowing the past HG history on my TD5 I still don't 100% trust it to last indefinately. I'd rather have the hg go again and sell it as a non runner than have someone buy it and then have the hg go on them in say 6 months time and them not have the funds or knowledge to repair it.

I sold my old escort cabriolet to a mates son 8 years ago. I let him have it for half what I wanted for it in case it played up on him. He finally sold it last year for £100 more than he'd paid me for it. It went through every MOT with just silly things like bulbs need doing. It never broke down or needed anything more than a service. I sold him the missus's dads car dirt cheap too. it was the same story with that anorl.

Blimey what a kind and generous person.

Done my stepdad a Kangoo van similar situation

-Defender110- · Jul 10, 2010

Got it off today.... gasket looks fine, gonna have the head checked for warps or cracks next week.... any suggestions as to what else it might be??

ratty · Jul 11, 2010

-Defender110- said:
Got it off today.... gasket looks fine, gonna have the head checked for warps or cracks next week.... any suggestions as to what else it might be??

was it located using nylon or steel dowels. Any chance of a birdseye piccy of the block.

-Defender110- · Jul 11, 2010

plastic dowls, broke one but ill have to replace em withe steels anyway wont i?
not at the jeep at the moment but will get the pick up asap

-Defender110- · Jul 11, 2010

ok so heres the cylinders, some of the last pics just show where i just found what looks to be coolant thats leaked down from the back left side of the block, could have been there from before the head was taken off??

taffi_jj · Jul 11, 2010

-Defender110- said:
plastic dowls, broke one but ill have to replace em withe steels anyway wont i?
not at the jeep at the moment but will get the pick up asap

JEEP? JEEP! i hate it when people call mine a jeep. suppose it is yours so you can call it what you want, but jeep?.... really?

thainy · Jul 11, 2010

taffi_jj said:
JEEP? JEEP! i hate it when people call mine a jeep. suppose it is yours so you can call it what you want, but jeep?.... really?

jeep :doh::doh:

Series71 · Jul 11, 2010

sayin jeep is nearly as bad as avin one in yer avatar !!!

taffi_jj · Jul 11, 2010

Series71 said:
sayin jeep is nearly as bad as avin one in yer avatar !!!

exactly series71 who would do that on a landy forum lol.

The Mad Hat Man · Jul 11, 2010

Series71 said:
sayin jeep is nearly as bad as avin one in yer avatar !!!

Or "truck" or "ute"

-Defender110- · Jul 11, 2010

AHHHHH ****

i didnt mean too

sorry guys... anybody got something to add as regards mechanical advice

haha

-Defender110- · Jul 12, 2010

could it be the turbo spitting oil out? just a thought... how would i inspect that? thanks

Shifty1962 · Jul 12, 2010

-Defender110- said:
plastic dowls, broke one but ill have to replace em withe steels anyway wont i?

If you have access to a lathe you could turn some steel ones up yourself from bar stock or even old bolt shanks. They are cheap anyhow so make sure you fit steel ones as the nylon ones can allow sideways movement of the head relative to the block.

-Defender110- · Jul 12, 2010

right, update, head is in getting skimmed, looks like the gasket had rusted a bit on the furthest back cylinder between it and the coolant holes, and somehow it appears the backleft hand side of the head has lifted a bit allowing coolant to **** out all over the place... hopefully ill get it back together tomorrow evening and all will be running after that

-Defender110- · Jul 12, 2010

@Shifty: Thanks for that, i might be better off doing it that way, would stealers have em yea?

Shifty1962 · Jul 12, 2010

Yes you can get them from the stealers or Paddocks, Craddocks, Turners, etc.

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