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Getting there. New timing chain etc. fitted. Heads away to be repaired - definitely damaged.

You do indeed. And if I were doing it again I'd use one of these amplified antennas which work slightly better and are much smaller - one came bundled with a Kenwood head unit I subsequently put in my little Z3 and it works very well. Like most DAB things these days the Kinetic Digitizer can...

That's the standard amplifier for the glass FM/AM radio antenna. Might look different on earlier Clarion cars or for different markets ("Diversity Aerial" is deleted in some markets etc.). My dealer fit GPS antenna. As factory standard it is in the moulded mound below the windscreen, under...

This any better?

Let me see if I can still edit it and oblige. As you'll know from my broken engine thread I don't have the car to photograph at the moment :(

Works well, and now DAB signals are stronger, often better than FM. Haven't tried it abroad, but it covers the right DAB frequencies to do so. And I agree on the French/Belgian/Dutch stations being tedious to say the least, having just driven to the netherlands last week in something only with...

Try this:- https://www.landyzone.co.uk/posts/3553435/

So, There's better news. I had a long chat with Richard Turner yesterday who does indeed seem like a decent bloke. General conclusion is that the front cover failed which took out the chain (and then of course will probably have taken out the valve train as the engine turned). I think this...

Thule make some that go across the roof from side-to-side. Any good? I have a spare set as it happens.

Sump off - That dangling chain shouldn't be there...:( Can just see the mangled end of the chain in this photo.

I think if you can get the correct tune and cruise ECU for the engine it will work well. My cruise on my 4.6 Thor would overshoot once on resume if you resumed from a significantly lower speed that it was set at. Other than that it didn't hunt. So I think the factory PID loop is OK. I think...

Yes, Fully assembled. Just needed ancillaries fitting and installing in the car. No way for my mechanic to have got this bit wrong. Mechanic is top notch too and knows these engines inside out (usually builds concourse classic Astons and Jags - but has affection for Landies (and V8s!) having...

So, I now have the bad news, and it is VERY BAD news. Timing chain is broken and oil pump is in pieces (all new parts from Turner Engineering) . So that'll mean bent valves, and all the associated woes - at least a full top-end rebuild. After only 20k miles that is just not good enough...

Thanks Martyn. I read your thread after it was mentioned earlier - it almost made me feel better about my experience! At least nice to know I'm not the only one been bitten. Having sorted out the rest of the car, this was a determined project to get a really nice, reliable engine in there...

Fergie, yes that's my plan. Being done at the moment and maybe when complete and I have another discussion with Turner's things will look better. I won't clog the thread up with the details, but this engine was installed, run-in and maintained and used super carefully. That's not to say it...

Indeed! But I suppose we all hope a silk purse can be made from what we have with enough skill and perseverance. Agreed, and I'm sympathetic but the front cover was sold to me by Turners and still needs to be fit for purpose. They had a choice to sell something better or not sell it at all...

Yes, it doesn't seem right does it? Not ready to let this go just yet.

Thanks Bix. Invoice from Turner very clearly states 12 months. I note the extra 2 years for "top-hatted" block (which mine is) is just "on the block casting" so I suppose if I find some block swarf that has wrecked the oil pump (and goodness knows what else) I might get something on that...

:eek: Indeed! Not a nice trip and failed just as the weather turned - very much missing the old thing.

I wonder if Turner Engineering are going off the boil. I ask because I have just had a very bad experience with a "stripped" (i.e. a block fully assembled with heads, cam and rockers etc.) 4.6 Thor V8 failing after 20k miles and just outside the 12 month warranty. This engine needs no assembly...