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10 thou…? i took .25 from the manual…

Hello Everyone Picked up Discovery 4 so tough I'm going need some forum members help at some point in my ownership due to nature of the beast so why not join in. Been honest I was looking at them for 2-3 years and alway put off by the shear...

result https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/tappet-assemblies.356475/

Just reading back through the posts , when it was running did you try it with fan belt removed to isolate any bearing probs on water pump / alternator , loose pulley wheels 🙁

if anything should be anti friction like teflon but not seen any online. (will have a google) i can see EW on them whats on other side

The knock was there when the rocker assembly was removed, right?

Oh, photos of the"stuff". I don't think there should be any. Everything should be immaculate. I use brake cleaner and an air line to clean everything after washing in kero.

this is the worn rocker i replaced with new on mine but didn't make any real noise, maybe time to check the valve springs make sure they not broke and sit at correct height as in manual. guess youre quite sure you have adjusted each rocker to...

thanks for the extensive reply. i could not lift the tappets with the pushrod. none stuck. though; i havent properly tried either. Some tappets did lift the roller alongside with them. about the tappets themselves. there appears to be some...

I'm just wondering people's thoughts... I'm contemplating a new thread. Now just humour me for a minute and hear me out. I'd love to have your thoughts on this idea as I think it would really help us all in complying with the OP's request. New...

Cheers thanks mate 👍

I will probably get my local landy garage to chuck the new bags in as i need the car for a trip in the coming weeks. Thank you anyway.

I too forgot to ignore this today. Assuming it's not too late, I shall do so now.

Very kind offer. Seems too much to ask really as it doesn't look easy! Couple of pics of the offending area...

I forgot to ignore today, so doing it now.

Me too I won't be looking either 🫣🙂

once you get started there's no stopping you! the rollers look good from what i can see , should all be highly polished with no flat spots, those tappet slides should be clean brass all over not covered in black deposits, did they move ok in the...

Hi, can you put a picture up of what you need ? There's a indie place near me that is scrapping a shell (chassis rotten so they used the TD5 eng. for a defender conversion )🙄. I was going to rob a few bits off it myself so can have a look/post...

It's the weekend. Maximum ignore mode activated