Mud-club
Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: Reaper on August 27, 2005, 16:21:58
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I was going to the LRO show today but last night I thought I'd just check on a bit of a rattle that had started under the bonnet :?
this is what I found :cry: :cry: It would seem someone before me had tried to fix it with silly putty :shock:
It now looks like I need a new timing cover & housing and a PAS/alternator carrier :cry: :cry:
anyone got any good ideas or better still the above bits :)
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The only way to give you peice of mind is new parts. Unless you know someone who can TIG ali, and even then you can't guarantee it will fit after welding.
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I do ally tig at work. The problem youve got is that it will be too contaminated by now. All that oil and dirt on it will never come out enough to get a good weld.
You have two/three options.
1: You could try to weld, but i dont think it will hold for long.
2: Replace with a new timing cover.
3: Make a steel bracket, that bolts onto the original cover bolts, and others in the vacinity.
:D
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Unless you know someone who can TIG ali
It just so happens that I can TIG Ally but as Sharpshooter says I think Its going to be quite contaminated.
The parts new are:
Timing housing £440
Timing cover £209
Alt/PAS Bracket £84
another engine would be about the same money ? :?
I think I'll strip it down and have a go with the TIG :)
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Or search around some of the sellers of the spares, there must be some busted engines out there somwhere
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What you could do as a long shot!! :oops: As its been bodged before!! :o
Is Grind of the two surfaces and re-bond with some of that fancy liquid metal Then Drill And put a Strong self tapping bolt In! to secure?
Hopefully??
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Unless you know someone who can TIG ali
It just so happens that I can TIG Ally but as Sharpshooter says I think Its going to be quite contaminated.
The parts new are:
Timing housing £440
Timing cover £209
Alt/PAS Bracket £84
another engine would be about the same money ? :?
I think I'll strip it down and have a go with the TIG :)
<BUMP> fell of my chair,ive just thrown a complete front casing away at work into the scrap,you "should" be able to pick all they bits up 2nd hand for under a ton,i would try landroverheaven.co.uk or .com as they have plenty disco stuff in stock
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Pm for you Peter
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Pm for you Peter
Fanx hobbit the info is very helpfull, you also have a pm.
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Good luck :wink:
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Just a quick follow up and thanks again to all you guys, I spoke to Andy @ Landrover Heaven yesterday, very helpfull guy had exactly what I needed at a great price and best of all the bits should be here tomorrow.
:D :D :D