Hello All,
My name is Simon, and my long time obsession with Land Rovers and more generally 'V8's has finally landed me in trouble!
I wanted a Range Rover since they first came out (yes, I'm that old & have the I Spy book to prove it) but for years have had faster & small 4WD cars in the shape of Imprezas. I finally got permission to buy a LR from my dear wife 'if it will get it out of your system'. I bought a '99 Disco 2 ES with 122k at the end of November, & all went well for a scant 3 weeks until I had the coolant flushed. That must have removed copious quantities of radweld or similar, because two days later she terminally overheated.
I was determined not to quit (it wasn't yet out of my system) & thanks to a garage managing to set fire to the car after recovery I managed to get most of the way toward an engine rebuild budget. The block has new liners courtesy of the most expert John Eales. The adventure now continues as I put the thing back in the car.
I swear I'm so close to having it running again I can taste it, but a combo of not having taken the induction & heads off plus rather vague manual wording is making the top end rebuild challenging. I should explain I dropped the lump back in without heads just to give me winching clearance. Heads are back on now, as is the fuel rail. Hopefully with help from this forum I can get it roadworthy again before its MoT expires!
Cheers All.
My name is Simon, and my long time obsession with Land Rovers and more generally 'V8's has finally landed me in trouble!
I wanted a Range Rover since they first came out (yes, I'm that old & have the I Spy book to prove it) but for years have had faster & small 4WD cars in the shape of Imprezas. I finally got permission to buy a LR from my dear wife 'if it will get it out of your system'. I bought a '99 Disco 2 ES with 122k at the end of November, & all went well for a scant 3 weeks until I had the coolant flushed. That must have removed copious quantities of radweld or similar, because two days later she terminally overheated.
I was determined not to quit (it wasn't yet out of my system) & thanks to a garage managing to set fire to the car after recovery I managed to get most of the way toward an engine rebuild budget. The block has new liners courtesy of the most expert John Eales. The adventure now continues as I put the thing back in the car.
I swear I'm so close to having it running again I can taste it, but a combo of not having taken the induction & heads off plus rather vague manual wording is making the top end rebuild challenging. I should explain I dropped the lump back in without heads just to give me winching clearance. Heads are back on now, as is the fuel rail. Hopefully with help from this forum I can get it roadworthy again before its MoT expires!
Cheers All.
