Member Since: 17 Aug 2024
Location: Rural Darkest Norfolk
Posts: 25
just bought a D4 with a broken crank
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Just to say high all I'm Steve part retired (60) and now fiddling with D3s and just bought a D4 with a broken crank, so you can see i am a glutton for punishment but having fun in the shed, not an expert but a keen amateur with some mechanical background and have got a lot of information and tips from this site and one of your members particularly G many thanks all. Indeed at the moment working on a 09 tdv6 it was bought as a non runner have stripped it and in the process of rebuilding have used 06 block honed from low mileage 06 complete with its pistons crank from 09 with its rods which seem new all put back together with kings just fitted oil pump and rear seal pictures where I'm up to and old shells and mark on crank now polished and addressed sorry not to good with posting pictures and words could end up anywhere all the best
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22nd Aug 2024 1:23 pm
pcjags
Member Since: 15 Aug 2024
Location: Berks
Posts: 15
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22nd Aug 2024 1:48 pm
Norfolk Steve
Member Since: 17 Aug 2024
Location: Rural Darkest Norfolk
Posts: 25
Thanks mate
22nd Aug 2024 5:21 pm
Disco-Jim
Member Since: 01 Mar 2024
Location: Wisbech
Posts: 71
I’ve got to do that to mine soon. Got a spare engine to rebuild 😎
22nd Aug 2024 5:23 pm
Norfolk Steve
Member Since: 17 Aug 2024
Location: Rural Darkest Norfolk
Posts: 25
tdv6 motor come down in price recently, cheaper to buy low milage s type one you can see running is best good service oil pump and belts, and switch, do have a couple of other motors but are for future projects I'm a bit of a hoarder don't sell much
22nd Aug 2024 7:35 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14120
Cracking work there doing mate
See the engine is coming along well , hats off to u mate as I wouldn’t know where to start
22nd Aug 2024 10:18 pm
Norfolk Steve
Member Since: 17 Aug 2024
Location: Rural Darkest Norfolk
Posts: 25
Thanks mate take my time mate but lucky to have a great machine shop just down the road for machining, measuring and advice, and you of course, but hands up ordered wrong crank bolt, forgot it was an 09 whoops, going to do heads today, but wait until i tighten the crank bolt to fit cams and do belts, may get a few other bits back on later, missis wants her auto as promised Lol all the best mate
23rd Aug 2024 7:39 am
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
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Blimey. Fair play. New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
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23rd Aug 2024 8:02 am
stuarth44
Member Since: 20 Jul 2019
Location: buderim
Posts: 11
see LR TIME on full rebuild and line boring the block for new mains oversixe
23rd Aug 2024 9:31 am
Norfolk Steve
Member Since: 17 Aug 2024
Location: Rural Darkest Norfolk
Posts: 25
Thanks guys that's funny my 06 is called sue, I have indeed watched the programme, but am really lucky to have a machine shop Ivor Searle just down the road for measurements and explanations as i often need them all the best guys
23rd Aug 2024 10:36 am
Jimbob42
Member Since: 23 Mar 2022
Location: Leicester
Posts: 179
Same boat. I’ve got mine stripped and need to sort the line boring, bearing choice part. Where are they and what did they charge? Going genuine cranks etc.
23rd Aug 2024 8:48 pm
Norfolk Steve
Member Since: 17 Aug 2024
Location: Rural Darkest Norfolk
Posts: 25
Can recommend Ivor Searle Soham Cambridgeshire give them a google, they seem to know the tdv6 to give you an idea crank run out check, journels and polish is about £80, to dip, clean and rebore and hone is about £450ish would also recommend kings all the best with your rebuild doing the same thing
24th Aug 2024 6:24 am
Jimbob42
Member Since: 23 Mar 2022
Location: Leicester
Posts: 179
Thank you. I will call them and discuss. Spoke to someone the other day who wanted to charge 4500 to build a bottom end. All I want is a decent machine shop to check alignment and tell me which bearings I need to use.
24th Aug 2024 7:47 pm
Norfolk Steve
Member Since: 17 Aug 2024
Location: Rural Darkest Norfolk
Posts: 25
Yes mate that's basically what i do crack test, run out check, journal size check and polish is about £200ish and they can supply bearings too
25th Aug 2024 10:14 am
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Member Since: 20 Dec 2023
Location: Manotick, On
Posts: 252
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