watching this makes working on a D1 gems a pleasure to this mess

Prossers! 😂, Mike you kill me! All your sayings are mine. You’re a top man!

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Lol! I knew someone would get it!

@MrBadvok

Жыл бұрын

I get all of the Mike!

Did my heads a while back. All the front end ancillaries were off and on like a hors nightie. Nipped an o ring refitting a heater pipe and could’nt work out where the hell the drip was coming from. Running down the valley and dripping down over the gearbox. At least it gets faster each time you do it😅

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

If all the bolts come out it is not such a bad job, but those secondary air injection pipes were a bitch!

Great video and Yes Prossers are still there at Dockside road

@BritannicaRestorations

11 ай бұрын

Good to know!

Crikies! I am glad I have a 300Tdi in my disco.

That's not a bullbar Mike. It's a step ladder so that the young & fit can climb onto the engine to work on it!😂

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Lol!

Just think of the Satisfaction you will have once its all back together and you get to take it for a drive, and then that little light will flicker back on. Jokes aside that looks like a pig of a job. Best of luck mate.

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

If it were not for getting the wretched engine mount nuts off and flexplate bolts out - it would be simpler to take the engine out

What an orrible job, I have just spent two days mucking about with stag cam chains thinking that was the worst job ever, and then you throw that at us. I think I would have dragged it up the common if you get my drift. Looking forward to part two. 👍

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

lol!

Man, that looked a proper testicle ache there Mike. D2 the car that keeps on giving. Nice bullbar!

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

See why I just want to do gearboxes....

@jameskerr5756

Жыл бұрын

@@BritannicaRestorations Yep.

Mike having done a few of them my self I now tighten the intake manifold tight to the heads. Dont know if you found some of the manifold bolts below torque when removing them? Use a good quality silicone sealer to coat the rubber end pieces that sit on the block before installing the tin gasket on top. I also copper grease the intake bolts. The coil packs rarely give trouble however the leads can give missfires .Whats the code on the check engine light. Engine is sludgy on the rocker shafts. They are a dirty engine anyway . Youll see 1/4" sludge in the oil pan.

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Codes 27 and 35

The more I watch videos of expert mechanics working on engines it becomes obvious that the people who design engines and cars never have to work on them! Hope it’s worth it in the end Mike. Just looked up Prossers Middlesbrough. Looks like the are still in business.

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Was so glad mine never had SAI. Total ball ache changing coil packs even then. Got rid of mine after the inside fuse box went. Gave same symptoms as dead CKPS. Would turn over but not start. Had to hunt quite a while for a replacement. None new so went 2nd hand. Hated having to get to right hand valve cover, same for RRC. Pipes over everything you want to get to. Feel for you on this one.

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

As they say - people who design these vehicles never have to work on them

When you opened the gasket set and took the small box out I thought the small box was enthusiasm to get the job done. No expletives!

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Lol!

That looks an absolute pig of a job but fair play to you for tackling it

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

It is only because he is an old customer that I will do this job

I don't envy you at all. This is why I only like working on old

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Me too!

I'm wondering if its a faulty ECU, maybe it throws a code when the pcb warms up.

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

If you saw a previous video, 2 x injector seals were the wrong size

Did you check the purge valve??? Best thing you can do is bin that 4.6.....(or melt it down) and convert to 300tdi.......

You looked a tad hot, must stay hydrated 🤪🍻🍺🥃

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Always!

Not a present journey

Bring back easy mk2 escorts and mini,s , ha ha

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

You've got the 100% right!

And been there done that

Yea those old plastic bits get really fragile after 20 years. I had to replace my air filter box and the section of the tube because it was all cracked up and I had to replace the overflow coolant tank as well because it started to crack and leak.

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

The new Grenadier - plastic manifolds and coolant connections - that's going to go down well in Africa!

@jamescaron6465

Жыл бұрын

Oh boy. I hope it’s a really good grade of plastic and not some refugee from the BMW shop floor. I live on the US gulf coast and that’s almost as bad.

@rdflo6739

Жыл бұрын

Grena-dear not going anywhere near Africa. Just like the new LRs it's all plastic and marketing faff for idiots. Although id like to run one over washboards in Namibia for a few days and see what falls off...😂

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

You have that right! Fancy 4x4's will never really go off road!

Maybe change to GPS speedo to turn off engine light

Body off job Mike.

Removing the body, is a lot easier 😂

...you could have saved a ton of money and effort by just removing the check engine light bulb....😂

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

and there would be zero difference in performance or economy

@GrumpsBarn

Жыл бұрын

@@BritannicaRestorations ...are you sure?...the weight saving alone from removing a 1 gram bulb would surely improve the economy to such an extent that St Greta would announce the saving of the lives of billions of polar bears.....oh, and on a different note, I owe you a big thankyou....I recently had to change the pinion oil seal on the trike axle and your recent video about diffs helped me sort it quickly when it suddenly became very hard to turn with the new seal and old mudshield

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

I really do not want to get into diffs as I will need more set up gear, but they are easy enough to do in a vice

Is removing the Bull Bars before you start not practical?...

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Could be - bit of a chew on though

It’s that socket that’s floundering around that’s throwing codes! You wish! 🙏🦘

@BritannicaRestorations

Жыл бұрын

Could be