Happy Christmas fellas. My brother thought a land rover that actually moves would cheer me up. Whatanarse

I want to see pictures!

Lol yeah Ive got one lined up. But would be nice to get the old one running. Just for a while till I get time and the new one in good nick

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Few bits and bobs. Then assemble head. If it dpesnt run after that. Engine transplant

Thanks. There is still the offer of tea and cake for any volunteers. Maybe mince pies :D

No closer yet. But finish work Friday so can put some hours into her then

Wish I was up and running.

Cheers boss

Arnt lt77 quite good anyway?

Evening. Few questions about replacing the engine. The guy my dad was speaking to said I might as well have the gearbox out of his disco as well, apparently it's the best one. :what: So last night I checked the box number to try and find which one it had in it. Having found the number it was no...

Eventually got the sump off. Sp00k didn't get the extractors in the end. The last two stubborn ones were a pain. Spreading the heads out with a cold chisel gave enough purchase to get them out though. Inside everything looked good, well what I could see. I was expecting to see the crank ect. I...

Yeah I don't have one of them. That was the problem

Morning. I only had a couple of hours on the truck today as I didn't fancy walking back from the lock up. First thing was pouring a glug of oil into each cylinder. Which surpriseingly didn't drop in level for the hour and a half before I left. :thumbup: things are looking up for this engine. I...

Right explanation, bear in mind this is only forensic investigation for curiosity reasons. Taking out the valves all was going well until no. 7. This inlet valve was really stiff to get out to the point I had to take a piece of wooden dowel and tap it with a hammer. Even this took several taps...

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Oh right. The pictures of valve guides on paddocks looked like steel jobbies. I assumed they would be pressed in but figured I purhaps ease it out. Just not sure from which side. I'll explain why I'm trying in a bit once I've cleaned up

I didn't mean seals meant guides

Tap through from the top or bottom?

Quick question. How is best to remove valve seals?