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blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17598

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

Crankshaft change with a difference!

The firm of ALE Heavylift often produces interesting videos of its work, which I tend to watch when I get the time. Usually these are heavy haulage projects, but I recently came across this video of a crankshaft change with a difference. It certainly makes most jobs on a Defender seem straightforward.

Count the chain hoists in use if you can, it is quite impressive.

31st Oct 2018 2:59pm

JWL

Member Since: 26 Oct 2011
Location: Hereford
Posts: 3443

It's when you realise that they have to go through the rigmarole of taking the old crank back off the ship!
Be a bit of a

if they took the new one down into the engine room and it was facing the wrong way as there can't be much room to spin it round.

31st Oct 2018 3:57pm

L110CDL

Member Since: 31 Oct 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 10867

Thank you blackwolf for that, it was very interesting how they got the new crankshaft into place and the only thing they did not mention is how long the whole job took, start to finish i mean, any idea's ? Clayton.

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper.

31st Oct 2018 8:15pm

diesel_jim

Member Since: 13 Oct 2008
Location: hiding
Posts: 6126

If you open it up in youtube, in the lower title/info bit it says:

The exchange took three days to complete following one week's preparation

31st Oct 2018 8:52pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17598

3 days, apparently.

Edit- beaten to it!

31st Oct 2018 8:52pm

L110CDL

Member Since: 31 Oct 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 10867

Thank you both of you

Jim, i did not know that, i do now, thank you

Clayton.

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper.

31st Oct 2018 9:47pm

leeds

Member Since: 28 Dec 2009
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 8582

Very impressive.

Hope no one at the end said, did someone remember to fit that washer/widget/thingamagig before we bolted everything down?.

Wonder how much that little engine job cost?

Handling a 7.5 tonne crankshaft in confined space often at angles shows careful planning and skilled handling.

Brendan

1st Nov 2018 11:35am

Grenadier

Member Since: 23 Jul 2014
Location: The foot of Mont Blanc...
Posts: 5878

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Corris Grey

Good video BW. Almost as impressive as man handling a wardrobe up a Victorian staircase when moving house. Serious skills

Monsieur Le Grenadier

I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list.....

2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey

1st Nov 2018 11:43am

discomog

Member Since: 09 May 2015
Location: Notts/Lincs Border
Posts: 2533

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Santorini Black

Don't think your toe-tectors would help much if that dropped on your foot. Defender 90XS SW
Mini Countryman Cooper S
Morgan Plus 8

1st Nov 2018 12:13pm

miker

Member Since: 13 Sep 2015
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1768

That's an impressive bit of manoeuvring! Well video'd too, for what it's worth!

2nd Nov 2018 5:07pm

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