Wil the Range Rover

Back together

Sat, 2 Feb 2008 23:21:49 +0000

Having changed the head gaskets and inlet manifold gasket, and put everything back together it won't start! Checked the timing, had the distributor out so could have got it wrong. Anyway all seemed fine, chucked some petrol down the air intake and it ran so it wasn't spark or timing. Anyway after a bit of research, I discovered that I had a wire wrong on the coil, it was a sensing wire and logic said it went to the +ve but actually it went to -ve. Having sorted that every time I moved the harness near the distributor it stopped, so tightened the lucar connectors and that cured that. Anyway it was running for about 15 minutes and then it suddenly stopped. Wouldn't restart. Fiddled with wiring near the coil to no avail. Then fiddled with the harness at the back of the engine and I could hear the injectors clicking. I took me about an hour to discover a bad connection at the back of the engine where the injector harness picks up the earth connection. Sorted that and all is well, Joe Lucas strikes again!

Cylinder Heads part 2

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 17:58:40 +0000

Block face cleaned up and the heads re-installed along with the valley gasket. Note the use of fibre gaskets rather than the original ‘tin’ ones.

Cylinder Heads

Sat, 5 Jan 2008 18:10:38 +0000

Here the inlet Manifold is removed. The plenum chamber is also removed revealing the eight induction trumpets.

The inlet manifold, and the valley gasket removed reveals the cam, hydraulic tappets and push rods.

The left hand cylinder head looks as though it has been skimmed recently, so a good clean and it will go back on with new fibre gaskets rather than the tin ones.

Seat Switch Repairs

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:52:05 +0000

One of the first jobs was to sort out the electrical switches for the seat adjustment. They can be repaired but after stripping the drivers one, bits were missing. A new switch from Land Rover is £97 +vat, as that would be an eighth the cost of the car, that was a no go. Ebay had a number of second hand ones at £49, but investigation revealed that the switches were sourced from Mercedes. Another search on Ebay bought 2 brand new Mercedes one for a £10. Exact replacements and I can now move the seats.