Cant wait to see the final bill. (for reference, for the future of the rest of us unlucky sods)
You said 3500 + vat for engine
???? ............ Turbo
?????............. ancillaries
??????........... Labour
Total??
Where do you source the engine? what if any warranty? ( I'me sure this will help some of us in the near future)
Good luck with it, you doing a good job.
LR Exchange units have 2years unlimited mileage warranties. Mark.
2006, D3 SE Auto - gone but not forgotten.
2014 BMW 530d M Sport Tourer.
1977 Triumph Spitfire 1500
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New service exchange engine from LR đ
I wonât be doing the same mileage in it that I had done before, so hopefully last me a good many more years!
Bodsy hope your not retiring from your travelling service facility I need a blank n patch
22nd Feb 2018 7:28 pm
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22nd Feb 2018 9:22 pm
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Ok, so day 3/4
What a long day! Finished last night at just after 11.30pm
But managed to at least get some paint on the chassis engine area.
A couple more challenges thrown our way...
Dismantling of the engine bits to transfer to the new one, specifically the crank case breather, and some proper gloopy oily sludge was in it. Looks like Oil way to water in the head gasket may have gone first, causing the breather to block up (and probably everything else!)
Wonât bother taking the heads off etc as itâs going back to LR.
So ordered a new breather and oil turbo feed tube as it really wasnât worth trying to clean them up and risk the new turbo that also arrived today!
Oil dipstick was slightly âstickyâ getting in and out, and another tiny dent in the tube meant it wasnât worth spending time trying to re round the tube. Another one ordered.
The water outlet on the side of the engine was brittle, and stuck in the engine. Another one ordered.
More cleaning up of the chassis and we managed to get onto cleaning the underside of the body. Another couple of hours to finish the prep tomorrow morning and then onto 2nd coat for the engine Bay Area and 1st coat for the rest of the chassis and underside of the body.
Taking slightly longer than planned, but jeez! These cars are Biiiiig!
Had a couple of visitors during the day and both separately commented on how big the chassis looks when itâs separated from the body.
More Needle gun work undertaken by the child labour team...
So not much more to take pics of at the moment. Will take some more after more paints been applied.
Talking of paint, I mixed too much up yesterday, so left some in the plastic pot.
This is 2k paint, and normally you would have a skin of paint and then wet paint underneath.
This mega tough paint was still curing, so not yet solid, thanks still, very very tough.
You can see how thick the paint is when I put a screwdriver in and twist it up.
So the chassis should be very very well protected for the future!
Great work Ian keep up the pics and updatesRange Rover Velar HSE First Edition
Disco Sport HSE Lux
Evoque Pure Tech Gone
Disco 3 Metropolis gone
Freelander ES sadly gone
Ant 1963 SWB Series 2 still here
Audi A4 gone
this week has been very very busy! (And not cheap!)
Good to hear
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23rd Feb 2018 7:02 pm
Sloppy
Member Since: 17 Jul 2013
Location: North Yorkshire
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Bodsy wrote:
Sloppy wrote:
how many miles has your original engine/car got?
1st engine from new was replaced after oil pump failure 5yrs old, 101,000 miles
Replaced foc by Lr.
That engine failed at 232,000 miles
This engine is LR service exchange, so comes with 2yr warranty
it done well then to be fair
3.5k seems reasonable for a lr unit, i wonder where they get em done?
24th Feb 2018 6:38 pm
Paul68
Member Since: 01 Mar 2015
Location: Dudley
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Autocraft driveline solutions but I donât think they sell direct to public.
24th Feb 2018 7:37 pm
Sloppy
Member Since: 17 Jul 2013
Location: North Yorkshire
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nice website says they supply to jlr, i wonder what price jlr pay for one off them? how much is a 3.0 now?
24th Feb 2018 8:12 pm
Paul68
Member Since: 01 Mar 2015
Location: Dudley
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I donât think they do the 3.0 only the 2.7 I tried all routes to buy one last year but they would not sell to me, they put me in touch with motorman a company they dealt with but I have found out recently they will not support motorman anymore as jlr have put some form of contract on them that they can only deal directly with jlr
I would imagine shortly they will be doing the 3.0 engine for discovery 4 has they are no longer made by ford at there engine plant in uk , has discovery 5 engine is a different engine single turbo
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