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Just made a useful find..and it IS possible!! the trick is to remove the ABS sensor, grind a little flat on one side of the mushroom part of the new stud. This will allow the stud to sneak in if you align the stud hole and the ABS recess aperture. MAJOR BONUS!!! Using the stock stud it wont...

Anyone got details for this? I've got the disc and caliper off but it seems impossible to get a new stud in...! Its a 1999 Disco 2 TD5 Got an MOT tomorrow and need this new stud fitted! Can anyone offer any advice please? I haven't got the tools to remove the hub (or I would have) , I've...

Cheers mate. Will do. I've driven the car a lot more today. All seems good at the minute so I will put some more miles on it and update later this week. I got a giblet more air out of the system after raising the expansion bottle and all is quiet on the gurgling front, the heater is also now...

Right. Got it back together this avo. The jurys out as to the long term results..! It fired up and has run as sweet as a nut. No pressurising of the coolant system at all. And I took it for a HARD run once it had warmed up. The heater gets warm (its not exactly belting even on 28 degrees) but I...

Cheers Shifty and hallbeck eng.

cheers mate. Think my brain is fading from the cold lol will update when Ive bolted her up

i was just a little out but then I turned the engine over a couple of times before I realised!! Meaning that if I just turn the engine over one revolution and find the flywheel slot again, its not going to have piston one at TDC?! I can prob find the notch again actually if I ID rocker shaft 1...

Was just thinking. If I just spin the crank round till I find the groove again, this wont have piston 1 at tdc will it... Am I going to have to remove injector from cyl 1 to find out which rotation gives me TDC on cyl 1, and then locate flywheel groove which should be near as dammit, then lock...

ok cheers mate

Cheers. Do I need to slacken the chain tensioner off at any point during this?

Cheers mate. So do I need to keep the cam pulley bolts tight Im guessing until Ive got the flywheel slot again? How do I get the cam timing back? this is messing with my head lol

Right. Was rushing to get it back together in the rain and snow and dropped a bit of a clanger. Head is back on, I was at the stage of removing the locking pins and I removed the crank one, and then when I went to remove the cam one, it was a bit tight, so I turned the engine a fraction to...

Well I've been reading up as much as I can and it seems if diesel is getting into the sump, the crack is internal. If its pressurising only, from exhaust valve seat it seems usually on cyl 2 iirc. I've been out and thoroughly inspected the combustion chambers and valve seats and cannot see any...

Ah right, cheers mate. Well that does make sense. I remember another member saying they were usually scrap! Hmm, well I think I'm going to sleep on it and see what the spanners tell me tomorrow :D Hopefully I might end up getting some luck with this damned car :mad:

Is that even without a pressure test? where should I be looking exactly on the head please... or is 'all over' applicable ? :D Also, can anyone tell me what fuse i am best off pulling (and where its located..! ) so I can prevent ignition to build some oil pressure up before first starting...

I heard also that pressure testing wont always reveal a crack? even if done at temperature...? That was the basis I am working on!

Oh bugger....:confused: So maybe he was being optimistic?? Was yours plastic dowels or metal ones mate? any bad signs when the head was taken off?

Nope. My mates brother is head mechanic at a large independant Land rover place (I didnt know this until I bought this disco). He reckons that out of the hundreds of TD5 headgaskets they have done, only 2 early td5s have needed new heads due to cracking. Im hoping mind is with the majority. At...

Right. Got an update on this at last. I started it the other day after work but got rained off.... and then storm force winds, snow etc lol So I got back on it this afternoon and after much cursing got the head off on my own. I ended up having to remove the head, turbo and exhaust manifold as...

Will send him a recorded notice , see if he will cough up for parts at least. Seeing as how the weather has been so poor I haven't been able to finish the job yet (outside) :mad: