How many home mechanics here that wished they had a workshop like Christian?

@JohnSmith-vi5pz

Ай бұрын

You can buy an old lathe like a Colchester Student for very sensible money. The ones from schools and colleges tend to be good buys as they have not done much work and there's little wear in the bed. Plenty of chuck crashes but they tend to survive that OK.

@bigdavesdiscovery3world414

Ай бұрын

me

@garystuart226

Ай бұрын

Plus 1 , trouble is I’ve not got expertise like Christian to use it 🤣

@RSMGAZ

Ай бұрын

I think I would wish for them to live close to me, I know that would be a big help to me as well as the brilliant videos .

@minimanx

Ай бұрын

Workshop & Vera.

That engine will be better then when it came out the factory!

@eatsinabeat

Ай бұрын

Everything the bloke fixes is better than when it came out the factory mostly, everything's in the detail as they say.

@iNeoN50

Ай бұрын

definitely

@user-ho4rv6kg8u

Ай бұрын

Larry at Degenham did his best.....

Another first class rebuild. Dave must be so proud of you 😂

@davidhailstone1519

Ай бұрын

I am.

@craiglaing2417

Ай бұрын

😅

In next week's video, Christian is seen on camel back with his toolbox & trolley jack through the sand storm in the African Kalahari Desert on a rescue mission to save Fabians arse...... 🌪🐫👳‍♂️🧰 Great video, as always, Christian & Vera

It's a combination of "NASA" and "Landrover" master mechanic ,that engine is gonna fly to the Moon 😂👍🇹🇿 Great videos

@henryfoster3212

Ай бұрын

I love watching your video thank you every Sunday y'all enjoy and happiness just being yourself it's good to see people can laugh over continents across the world about cars and about everything else 🇩🇪🇺🇸🧑‍🔧🚙🛢️🔧⚙️

Engine rebuilds are so satisfying to watch.

For Vera, Rule of Thumb is an English expression. I used to put top rings in with a small undersize step at the top, especially made for worn bores. Pistons used to expanded to take up wear. with a special expander, and yes, I have a machine shop in my garage, and am a toolmaker.

Barum Engines ( a Uk / West Country engine re manufacturer ) is just starting a you tube engine rebuild series on a D4 3.0 with crank issues.

@Vera_and_Christian

Ай бұрын

That is ok, hope he watched our videos👍🙋‍♀️

@garystuart226

Ай бұрын

Plus 1 , also been hearing about Dex crankshafts being good quality , genmot are suppose to be rubbish , but like everything can’t find an actual review about them , just hearsay , as always an extremely good video , many thks as always for taking us along on the journey

Had a good lesson at the university of Land Rover and Christian still had the energy to split wood.

As an owner of classic Land Rovers i would love to see you guys rebuild an engine of the 60's and work on older Land Rovers as well.

@Vera_and_Christian

Ай бұрын

Yeah, unfortunately, they are too expensive. And it is extremely difficult to create weekly content with an older car. We had that last year when we did a almost full restoration of my Discovery 3. Often a single video had 3 weeks worth of work in it, especially when it came to body work, grinding and rust removal. It was too much stress in addition to Christian's pretty stressful fulltime job. But hopefully in the future. 👍🙋‍♀️

I wonder if the Land Rover dealers have started using these videos to train their mechanics? Let's hope so.

@hughmarcus1

Ай бұрын

No chance. They don’t build engines. They buy them in already assembled & in a crate.

Thank you Patreons and ofcourse Christian and Vera. Oh and thanks Ford for you engines that keep us entertained.

@Vera_and_Christian

Ай бұрын

Yes, no videos if Ford engines would last. Lol. Christian

Master class. Dagenham standard exceeded……

I did picture you wearing a pair of lederhosen when you was chopping the wood Christian 'sorry' 😊

Just to put the record straight: I'm no desktop mechanic. I'm a sofa mechanic, and I have pictures to prove it, if necessary. Head gasket #3, for so little protrusion? You must be kidding! You're going to have so little compression, it's probably not going to fire. Actually, I think it's going to measure vacuum at TDC! Btw: That grey-out of the starter pack was so successful, that I can actually recommend it. I have an identical for my TDV8/SDV8. It was only two days old when I had to jump-start a Munchen-maschine with it. She believed she could sit in the car for an hour with the key in the ACC position, listening to the radio in the rain. Well. She could...

@mdshovel

Ай бұрын

I have a similar one for up to 6litre and one cold day it started 3 x 2litre diesel vans that had stood in our yard all through the Winter - one after the other and still had over half its power left

After watching all your videos I finally figured out how all that desktop mechanics are created! Even without any knowledge of engine engineering, LR or SDV6 I feel like I know everything ( but nothing about Toyota!) and be a real expert ! 😂 But I promise to stay silent, not giving advise here and grow my knowledge as a desktop mechanic by watching all the videos next to come! 😂😂 Keep them coming! 👍😉😁

At last , Sunday morning.

My Sunday is now complete I can get up and face the day ❤ You need to build a log splitter

When Land Rover becomes Science !

13:30 If he's in South Africa. In my former hometown, Midrand. There is a Landrover Specialist on the corner of Le Roux Avenue & Old Pretoria Road. The entrance is on Old Pretoria Road.

Vera and Christian I follow you both avidly each Sunday 😊. As a 68 year old aeronautical engineer/ex-commercial pilot, I value your knowledge which you freely disseminate via your UTube channel. Your English language is far more advanced than my German language, however, again no disrespect, “chamfer” is pronounced “shamfer”, not “chamfer”, not a big issue, however I thought you might like to know the English language more. My first employer in 1974 was BAC, which became British Aircraft Corporation and I worked on the Concorde project, worked in flight test. Best wishes to you and Vera, from Australia, down under 😊. Cheers Chris RSVP

@Vera_and_Christian

Ай бұрын

Thanks. The Concord was the most impressive aircraft ever build. Christian

@chrisboyes515

Ай бұрын

Christian Is there some way we can communicate privately ? I respect you and Vera’s knowledge, my father and grand father, were both tool makers, so I can appreciate your skills. How can we move forward ? Chris in Australia

@JohnSmith-vi5pz

Ай бұрын

@@Vera_and_Christian ''Concorde!'' Actually it was designed by the Brits and named by the French. :-)

@JohnSmith-vi5pz

Ай бұрын

''Chamfer'' would be fine in the US. I think most Europeans study English using American material. I remember when I stayed regularly in Helsinki and the local Fins all spoke like Yanks.

Christian, Sie sind ein absoluter Profi. Hut ab was Sie alles können. Danke Ihr beiden für die hoch interessanten Videos. LR Time: it’s what Sundays were made for.

@Vera_and_Christian

Ай бұрын

🤗🙏🙋‍♀️

Plastigauge - old school - but still nothing better 👍

@doneB830

Ай бұрын

I’m old school and that was lead wire that you measured after crushing.

@JohnSmith-vi5pz

Ай бұрын

@@doneB830 That's sheer luxury, we had to use cat poo extruded through an orifice!

@ericlello2135

Ай бұрын

If “ plastigauge “ is old school , what has taken its place ?

@JohnSmith-vi5pz

Ай бұрын

@@ericlello2135 I'm not sure what replaces it but a bore gauge and a micrometer would be more accurate I should say.

LR Time doesn't all have to be in the workshop, I for one would enjoy the occasional adventure down the road with you two. 🎬

@mdshovel

Ай бұрын

There have been several in the past with Vera's LR3 traversing the old mountain roads and hidden tunnels of the Alps .. plus the rooftop camper and slideouts from the rear .. look back a year or wo through the channel videos

It's always a good Sunday to see a video from your I enjoyed Washington and I think you'll make us all laugh your channel reach all across the world and I'm glad to see that everybody have a desktop mechanic everywhere thank you for making these videos 🇺🇸🇩🇪🧑‍🔧🚙🛢️🔧

Very nicely done. Looking forward to you two fixing the unfixable after Robin has welded it.😉

Great update. I so much want to rebuild my old engine. It lost compression in cylinder 1, crank is still good. Maybe a winter project? Top tip for the log splitting, sit them in an old tyre, or 2 as it stops them moving and jumping about 👍 now I am off to watch Dave and his air con issues lol

Do you know any other garage repair store with lathe, drill mill and many others ? You are the Vidal Sassoon in mechanics. All in one. Winder bar and good morning from raining Freiburg.

Christian, Gardner engines used a tool like you made to insert the pistons, there engines all had the same diameter pistons, and came in 4,5,6 and 8 cylinder formats.

@Gman-nb9ge

Ай бұрын

Caterpillar too

I think it's time to do a restoration on a Series 1 engine....the other end of the paradigm.

Even tough I will never rebuild my own engine I am fascinated by your videos. BTW I need to go back and find your wheel alignment video. Just finished 4,500km of outback driving on some damaged roads. Wheel alignment was out and even worse after I paid the dealer AUD200 to fix it. I don't think the new operator had any idea what they were doing.

4:11 Vera is going to drive Christian crazy.

The ratcheting ring compressors scare me.....ive got one that i use.....but i have moments did i snag a ring or no...😂.,. The english language in this video is more correct than another channel doing one of these engines.....

@Vera_and_Christian

Ай бұрын

😃🙏🙋‍♀️

Top Sunday morning video entertainment, and I learn something as well, thanks to you both.

If Christian could sing Pete Seeger's wood chopping song next time that would be cool!👌

Love your Sunday video. Lots of progress. I hope your son gets his brakes sorted.

@simonbailey2151

Ай бұрын

I thought Fabian was a friend? Don’t they just have two kids, the master blacksmith and the little BMX bandit?

Ah,my Sunday morning fix. Great video.

4 the next engine build Christian will build the Jesus clip insert tool

Morning guys , hope you’ve had a good week . Great stuff as usual but I can’t guess what time your going on line anymore I used to get set up for a 9-00am start but you keep cheating on me and start at different times , utube issue or are you just teasing me ? 😂😂😂

@Vera_and_Christian

Ай бұрын

😅 yeah we always upload when we are done. Next to the endless hours of editing, getting a video ready to be online takes another 3 hours of work on upload day. Christian got up extra early today. 💪💪🙋‍♀️

@davidfuters7152

Ай бұрын

Well how ever is best for you , I’ll just keep watching what ever time you upload Not sure how you find the time to do it all and have a regular life , but I’m glad you do 👍👍👍👍

I wish Australian hardwood split like that 😁, great video as always. German precision engineering

Many thks as always for such an insightful video , u make it look so easy . Plus see that ur both becoming more and more popular throughout multiple Land Rover forums in having a huge amount of technical knowledge and brilliant humour , massive thks for sharing ur expertise each and every week

Hi Christian and Vera thanks for all 👏Have a nice day

Such an informative video, everyone should learn by this, maybe Dave is learning a trick or two from it 😉

Enjoyed the meticulous measuring, as always! As for Fabian, we have friends who lived in Africa for a couple of years in the seventies. First hand story: taxis didn’t always have working brakes (even famously indestructible Peugeots need maintenance). Planning ahead, engine braking and the handbrake did the job!

@mdshovel

Ай бұрын

A friend of mine grew up in Africa and had to drive 2 hours to take the handbrake hill-start part of the driving test

I'm looking forward to the construction of the LR TIME dyno cell. An absorber, a transducer, some foam padding to keep the neighbours happy and you're good to go.

@Vera_and_Christian

Ай бұрын

😅👍But don’t worry, we live next to a campground. I think we are the least of our neighbors problem. 👌🙋‍♀️

As usual precise analysis is great , and we need to see you travels too , even though you are better than Dave !😊

I was wondering about cleaning , looks like the copper wire brush this works well but have anyone tried to add sonic cleaner also for build up?

Great to watch, and a joy to look forward to :)

Vera and Christian, have you ever opined on the stewardship of Land Rover (Rover Group, BMW, Ford, Tata) and do you still consider them to be a unique brand or a subordinates of the owners? Who did the most for Land Rover through things like expansion, investment, technology integration, quality management improvements or diversification of engine, transmission, drivetrain, suspension or brake system products? Phil.😎😇

@-DC-

Ай бұрын

Contracted to the J bit of JLR and Ford put in a massive investment when they were involved, Jaguar was absolutely Prehistoric before Ford Ownership TBH.

New camera looks amazing 😻

That’s one lovely ring Christian! Does Dave have one? Nice work, very well.

I’m watching Dave’s channel now to see when you two get a mention! 😂

@Vera_and_Christian

Ай бұрын

😅👍🙏🙋‍♀️

yayyyyy, at last a LR Time video. 🙂

So far not so much was wrong with that engine, but after all this it should be as near perfect as it can be. The fact that the pistons show scarcely any wear is a good sign that it was not neglected. However, that said it's still an expensive replacement.

Good update keep it up the good work 👍👍👍

Good morning Vera

The knowledge you have is unbelievable. Everything is done so accurate not many people work like that

No LS or Toyota engine swap this time ! Maybe one day LR time will do it ?

Don’t worry Disco owners your not alone, LR decided in their infinite wisdom to screw 2.2TDCI Puma owners over with their not so public oil pump recall Ford Service action 4S616 or LR Q421 it was a few years ago, but I know of two Puma’s that locked up at speed. There was also cracks on the front axle, where by the crucible / stub axle would detach itself again in motion. Another LR recall, had a new axle fitted, happy days.

Thanks again for another briliantly detailed rebuild!

Surprised that, with all your tools, you didn’t make a log splitter 😂🎉😂

How many home mechanics wished they had the knowledge Christian has.?

I am sure everything will be fine, Vera. Christian was wearing his NASA hat.

Great video as usual and not too many OMG, 😅😅

I love watching you guys interact 😊

I have a small work shop. I do envy People who have big garages to work in. I know people like to show off their huge Strapon tool boxes too. Im a harbor freight tool guy. They are holding up nice. I also order tools from Amazon. Not as much as I use too. But I'm needing a bigger tool chest.

@Vera_and_Christian

Ай бұрын

We have a HBM, reasonably priced, and it was about time we finally got one. We are working hard for it.🫣🙋‍♀️

The Ineos Grenadier Quartermaster is on sale now. Looks nice pick up truck for wealthy farmers.

Another fantastic episode ❤

How does Vera keep here yellow coat so clean? Whenever I work on a vehicle, even my black coat gets dirty!

Always good content. ❤

I think you should start a tool making service that piston ring compressor is one of the best things you have done .thank you for the video

Hey Christian, tell Vera about "rule of thumb". In the early days of the American colonies a husband could only beat his wife with a stick no wider than his thumb! Love your videos by the way even though I'm a Toyota fan boy. I'm a Brit with a German mother who lives in California, so I feel a real connection to your videos.

Nicely done Christian 👍

Guten morgen!!!! Lr time

Hello from ireland ❤

Christian and Vera. Have you considered fitting an electric oil pump to pre oil the engine at start up. These are fitted to competition engines and some tanks. I cant believe anyone would accept an engine rattling away without oil pressure for 3 or 4 seconds on each start up because the designers screwed up. You are doing a shit hot job!!

Great video guys , everything in detail as usual. Enjoyed watching 👍🏼

The rule of thumb,,,, is always use Lube on your thumb!

@GunnarMiller

Ай бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thumb

Another great episode. 👍 The madness of the Discovery used market continues. On my local ads this week. A 2015 D4 ( registered as a 5 seat commercial, so cheap road tax) 130,000 miles with full history £10,000. I presume that’s a Gen2 engine. Also a clean 2012 HSE with 140,000 miles £7250. 😬

Top class video, Dave would approve!! Please tell Fabian to drive Toyota when he goes to Africa, so he dont disturb your videos!!👍

for sure good work !! for fist 500km 5w30 would be nice to have engine bearings bedded in ( and eliminate eventual linnen ,dust crap ,filings,hairs etc , then oil change to final 5w40 and check difference on oil pressure , btw these bearings are called thinwall bearings ) from british inventor Vanderwell ( thickwall was babbit bearings) , and on used bearings you can know the wear by the colors of each layer of the different alloys used and each layer as a different color ( grey , bronze yellow and pink,...if you see pink the crankshaft is probably worn by the bearings ! and lack of lube

Once again Christian/Vera, the description and detail you give is both captivating and magnetic. As others have said, this engine will be better than when leaving JLR FACTORY

@hughmarcus1

Ай бұрын

To be accurate, leaving the Ford/Stellantis engine plant in Essex. They arrive at JLR in a crate. Though JLR isn’t using that engine any longer.

Excellent as usual, old Londoners don't say wife they refer to “Trouble & Strife” instead.

i was inspired to change the oil & filter on my Disco 4, diesel 3.0 here in Ukraine. i used the bottom sump nut and left it for a while to drain. i wasnt able in an case to have the oil sucked out the top. the old filter i opened out and there wasnt anything shiny or magnetic there, nor in the old oil. refilled with Liqui Moli Molygen 5w 30. didnt have the b***s to use 5w 40 lol...

Always good videos

Brilliant 👍👍

Cracking vid, thank you. Please keep them coming.

Thanks for a very informative video.

Another great video, love the content

good one guy's

Thank you.

You are the doktor voor the TDV6

You two are amazing at what you do!

Definitely new rings and bore de glaze

Measure Once Cut Twice 😉😱😎

I like the way you do stuff...enjoying watching..!!

New rings definately. Pistons - clean, visually inspect and measure to determine possibility for service. Piston ring gap should always be checked. Pregapped should be OK, but packaging or machining mistakes can happen. I took Automotives in high school. My first job after leaving school was at a heavy equipment wrecker, dismantling heavy equipment and cleaning parts. One of the other guys rebuilt an International engine that started on gasoline and then when warmed up a lever was turned and it switched to diesel fuel. Just after flipping it to diesel there was a crashing noise and they shut it down. A ring on one cylinder butted up tight and pulled the liner apart and it got smashed on the crank and conn rod. He can to ask me if I had heard of measuring ring gap. Farm boy never heard of that and had gotten away with not measuring for 20 years.

@Vera_and_Christian

Ай бұрын

We checked. 👍👌not everything makes it into the video or even gets filmed unfortunately. 🙋‍♀️

Very Thorough

Another great Sunday morning video and apart from the engine rebuild work it is nice to see that Christian is maintaining his physique by continuing his Lumberjack training, Dave will be so jealous! :)

Piston rings rotate on the piston in use at about 1% of engine rpm mainly due to the cross hatch honing on the bore, this is very desirable as it helps to even out wear on the piston, rings and bore. Like this the orientation of the gaps changes all the time when the engine is running, the only time the orientation of the gaps is an issue is on initial assembly where it's desirable that the gaps are not in line otherwise it's slightly possible that a vertical scratch in the bore might occur on initial startup caused by a sharp edge on the gap of a new ring and this vertical scratch might lock in the position of the gaps during future running and prevent them from turning on the piston which in turn can cause uneven wear. These instructions are taken verbatim from Harry Ricardo's superb book on 4 stroke engine development and technology. I like your show Vera and Christian and I never miss an episode, OMG Vera always cracks me up with laughing at her reactions to events and is an excellent and essential foil to your joking Christian. Roland Hayes, Prop. HT Racing Ltd

@Vera_and_Christian

Ай бұрын

Thanks. Very good to know. Christian