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With the rot cut out (there was a lot hiding behind the rubberised underseal) I made a template from card to make up a complete repair panel: The repair panel was fabricated from 1.5mm thick sheet steel, it was never intended to be a perfect piece to look like a pressing, just something to...

And now we come to the horrors lurking at the back on the near side rear of the car behind the bumper, mud guards and arch liners, discovered while being me and cleaning the chassis off and giving it a wipe down with ACF50 and my hand disapeared into the car: Near side rearmost bodymount...

The disc backplates have had a Christmas too and have been repainted, but just to show the effects of Bilt Hamber Deox-C here's a half and half sequence showing how well it removes the rust:

Ahh, and now I know, cheers :D

Driveshafts refitted: ABS sensors refitted after the 'inserts' thoroughly cleaned and ceramic grease used to lube them: Managed to loose the ABS sensor cable bracket for the OSF so fabbed a new one for it from some stainless sheet that I had knocking around: Naturally I've found the...

Gave the hub carriers a bit of a clean and lick of paint: And new shaft seals too. Knocked up my own alignment tool to centre the hub carriers with the shaft centre having fitted new ball joints top and bottom each side using the bearing housing bolted in but no shaft: Sockets were...

CV Joints had split gaiters so I stripped and cleaned them up before re-packing with grease: Both sides got this treatment

Now going back in time to where I left it before drying up for a bit... I had a lovely time cleaning up the transmission cooler and refitting the mud guard where all the mounts for it were broken. Thankfully I have a Rivnut tool, ratchet type not pop-rivet. Slight curiosity while I...

And back to adding pics. The rocker cover all stripped down and black sludge removed: The mesh filter cleaned of sludge refitted with the cleaned up baffle plate waiting to be refitted: Baffle plate bolted back in with loctite'd screws and new seal RTV'd in place: And then the modified...

Yup, very similar games on Subaru cam covers which are lots of fun if you try to replace the seals with the engine still in the car...there's about two inches between each cover and the chassis leg... I've RTV'd the whole seal to the cover in an attempt to make things easier

Nearly got it all cleaned up now, although did snap the tabs that hold the breather fitting in place getting it out which is a pain. RTV and some creative use of lock wire should resolve it, or drilled and tapped holes... Next job is going to be getting the mesh filter dry after a couple of...

Oh it's got plenty of time to air dry don't you worry ;) I fully expect to be spending most of the day cleaning the rocker cover, and finishing cleaning the pipes. Once thge rocker cover is back on (which will come after giving the rotating parts and cam chest a wipe followed by assembly lube...

It's been a while since I last made an update to this thread, but life has been getting in the way of just about everything, and I haven't had as much time to work on the Range Rover especial now that light and weather are conspiring against me too. Suffice to say more detailed update with...

Cheers, I am toying with fitting a catch can rather than leave the breathers recirculating oil back through the intake. Maybe just a crude home brew unit just to see if the engine is breathing heavily from the crank case (which would most likely be cylinder wear related and nothing short of a...

Turbo update: New (Melett) exhaust wheel and shaft turned up last week and I set about the second, partial, rebuild (partial because I only needed to refit the shaft and wheels). First off here's a line up all the CHRA parts from the first full rebuild: And now the assembled CHRA with new...

No, the exhaust wheel and shaft are balanced as a unit after assembly at the manufacturer, while the compressor wheel is balanced on it's own. So there is no need to balance them if replacing one, the other or both. It helps that the TD04 is a sleeve bearing turbo, so really robust, but a...

Besides the Teng, Norbar and Halfords Pro torque wrenches I should probably also have my Motorq Jewellers torque wrench done as well, seeing as its certificate is about a year old, seen here next to my watchmakers stilson:

Yeah....might be an idea to have mine calibrated...annoyingly I don't have a mate in the calibration shop at work anymore who I could have snuck them in through, although I do know the manager so I should perhaps just ask! If anyone needs a bridge checking I do have a mechanical 800kN load...

For anyone's future reference the shaft and wheel are this model: https://www.turborebuild.co.uk/webshop/prod_3469437-Mitsubishi-Turbocharger-Turbine-Shaft-and-Wheel-TD04-Turbo-4917730130.html And a complete CHRA this...

Yarp, was also done at gone 10pm, with a stinking cold, so wasn't exactly firing on all cylinders either Anyway, replacement exhaust wheel and shaft ordered from Turbo Rebuild, which came to £38.10 delivered including a 10% returning customer discount, so thankfully not too painful on the...