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Greggster

Member Since: 16 May 2015
Location: Surrey
Posts: 94

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 HT Alpine White

Excellent thread

27th May 2015 7:49pm

Raywin

Member Since: 27 Feb 2015
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 48

Welkman wrote:
Fully built up on the stand now, new clutch master and slave cylinders fitted, new release bearing. Nipping to the car parts place tomorrow for a alignment tool and then its going in

Cant be too careful with the alignment, it is bad enough swinging a car engine around trying to get it to go in but the TD5 is quite a lump, I used some dummy bolts to help i.e. get some longer bolts and cut the heads off then when you have the engine close just screw them through the bell house holes into the corresponding engine threaded hole and use them to guide the thing together.
If you decide to do this take care not to twist or put too much force on the bell housing the flange is only Aluminium.

28th May 2015 7:28am

Welkman

Member Since: 02 Nov 2014
Location: Essex colchester
Posts: 332

Hi, all bolted in and mated up ok second time. The load leveler really helps ! Going to the Netherlands for a Rave tomorrow so should be able to get back to it sunday. Just coolant pipes and fuel left to go.

So far I have managed this completely single handed.

28th May 2015 6:53pm

Welkman

Member Since: 02 Nov 2014
Location: Essex colchester
Posts: 332

Update:

Well the engine is all in, plumbed and wired complete with full ERG delete including the cooling circuit. Will it prime? Not on your nelly.

Down goes the fuel tank, about a wheelbarrow full of powdered mud all over me. Pump out and as I thought the internal filter completely covered in diesel bug. Drained the last of the fuel and that is also seriously contaminated. Tank jet washed and getting the full chemical treatment, then new filter, prime and off we go. hopefully.......

Whilst I was at it td5 clutch mod done as well.

5th Jun 2015 7:31pm

Welkman

Member Since: 02 Nov 2014
Location: Essex colchester
Posts: 332

She started and runs ! So happy. Photos to follow

17th Jun 2015 9:44pm

Anderzander

Member Since: 08 Feb 2011
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 1000

Great news !

What's the clutch mod by the way ?

17th Jun 2015 10:09pm

Welkman

Member Since: 02 Nov 2014
Location: Essex colchester
Posts: 332

have a look at this thread mate http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic6616.html

17th Jun 2015 10:13pm

Anderzander

Member Since: 08 Feb 2011
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 1000

Ahh yes ! That one, I've had 2 Td5's and done it to both

It's a really credit to you by the way to accomplish what you have with your engine - kudos !

17th Jun 2015 10:17pm

Welkman

Member Since: 02 Nov 2014
Location: Essex colchester
Posts: 332

So, just pulled the rocker cover as it was sounding like a bag of spanners and had low oil pressure. Coolant contamination has turned the oil to jelly. Not knowing if the head is cracked and the machine shop did not test it properly or the block is cracked I have gone for a 66k defender td5 from a 2006 model. Bloody expensive saga

27th Jan 2016 7:54pm

Welkman

Member Since: 02 Nov 2014
Location: Essex colchester
Posts: 332

I will have the head re tested out of curiosity I think, by a different engineering company!

27th Jan 2016 7:55pm

Welkman

Member Since: 02 Nov 2014
Location: Essex colchester
Posts: 332

Thought I would update this:

Results from the oil analysis are in. Everything pointing to a slow coolant leak into the oil.

I have flushed the system and the engine is running very sweetly, but as much as it pains me there is a definite leak so it has to come back out.

Head will come off in the next fortnight and new engine will go in.

Any advice on mating up the new engine with my old ECU via the NANOCOM appreciated.

6th Feb 2016 4:01pm

Welkman

Member Since: 02 Nov 2014
Location: Essex colchester
Posts: 332

New engine....

Click image to enlarge

60,000 miles. Looks good but I will only know how good it is when I fire it up. Need to swap the intake and exhaust manifolds but I am leaving everything else for a few thousand miles before I decide if it needs any seals etc. e

13th Feb 2016 4:23pm

Welkman

Member Since: 02 Nov 2014
Location: Essex colchester
Posts: 332

Old engine out in 2 hours on my own! Pretty happy with that. Now I need to wait for a pair of engine mounts to arrive as mine have a lot of play.

17th Feb 2016 9:49am

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