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Sharpy1980 wrote:
The car is being delivered tomorrow afternoon so I should get time to check the flux capacitor and for the banana
So what's the outcome?L633 Defender
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21st Feb 2018 6:46 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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If it's got a flux capacitor it should be able to go back in time and we should have been told last October.
21st Feb 2018 7:25 pm
Sharpy1980
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The Disco only turned up about half hour ago so I only had time to have a quick scout round while it was being unloaded, the battery is dead flat not even ignition lights but the tell was when I looked in the boot and see the viscous fan and cowling when I looked under the bonnet I was expecting the timing cover to be disturbed but it’s untouched so I’m thinking the fan is off for access to the crank pulley bolt so I’m now expecting it to be seized solid, I had already locked the workshop so it will be tomorrow before I can check it .
On the plus side the car looks very presentable with only a few marks, it has 4 new matching tyres only
budgets but still,
It doesn’t have a fridge but on the plus side no sunroofs to leak
My major disappointment was when the recovery lorry arrived and it had 2 scrappers on the double deck body and mine was swinging off the spec. Erm Driver it’s an Auto with permanent 4 wheel drive... nice work 👍
Is there any chance the gearbox isn’t ruined?
Anyway I’ve ruled out the banana
21st Feb 2018 8:20 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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U mean you didn't know?
Not sure if brave or daft as a brush, or somewhere in between.
PS If you just locked the workshop you could just unlock it.
21st Feb 2018 8:23 pm
darrind
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Look man I aint falling for no banana in my tailpipe...
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DSL wrote:
U mean you didn't know?
Not sure if brave or daft as a brush, or somewhere in between.
PS If you just locked the workshop you could just unlock it.
It’s a Land Rover so if you expect it to be knackered then you won’t get too disappointed
I know better than to reopen the workshop when dinners ready so no I’m not brave
21st Feb 2018 10:07 pm
Russell
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How far did they drag it on the spectacle lift if it was a long way then yes they may we’ll have knackered the boxMY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
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21st Feb 2018 10:28 pm
Philip1972
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The dragging it begs a question from me.
In France where I go on holiday, they are hot at towing illegally parked cars.
A truck comes along, picks up the front wheel and tows it to a compound.
How would they (or anyone else) tow a disco away?
22nd Feb 2018 8:56 am
Sharpy1980
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The towed it 80 miles
Well on the plus the engine is seized solid so the body is coming off anyway and at least I don’t need to unbolt my spare gearbox from my spare engine every cloud
22nd Feb 2018 8:31 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Ah, so it wasn't a flat battery.
22nd Feb 2018 8:35 pm
mz mini
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Sounds like good old mister crankshaft might rear up at any moment Land Rover 90 - deceased
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22nd Feb 2018 8:50 pm
Sharpy1980
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DSL wrote:
Ah, so it wasn't a flat battery.
Yeah that’s flat too but it was a forecourt so I suspect it’s been sat a while, I reckon they sold it but had to buy it back when it seized and have cut there losses,
I will open the engine up once I’ve swapped it to see what went wrong and see if there are any salvageable parts for the next project although I reckon your spot on with the crank, interestingly there’s a sticker showing a recent cambelt change so I wonder if the oil pump was done as it’s right on the suspect year.
24th Feb 2018 8:16 pm
Dave Shirley
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Any updates yet?????
3rd Mar 2018 3:42 pm
Sharpy1980
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Yes it was seized solid, I’m in the process of taking the body off but it’s been slow going as I have been fairly busy with the paying customers, I’ve managed to strip off both bumpers and the wheel arch trims, rear arch liners, rear brake pipes and wear sensors,
I prefer to be doing these all day than the other stuff I normally do, my other jobs I got done today (paying) I had to check over an adblue system on a 11 litre 8x4 Renault Kerax then road test it, 3 x safety checks and running repairs on a Volvo and 2 Dafs and I fitted a set of injectors to a 7 litre 6x2 Renault Premium and road tested that, and then change an air filter and drl bulb on a 8x4 Merc Arocs, damn it seems like a lot when you write it down and I felt like I had an easy day
3rd Mar 2018 5:50 pm
Dave Shirley
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Thanks for the up date, very interesting, I used to be a truck mechanic a few years back, I don't miss it one bit although I still drive trucks occasionally. I still enjoy working on my own vehicles though, I've currently got eight so keeps me fairly busy. With the amount of work you are doing lets hope the gearbox didn't get damaged on delivery, you will need to know before you put the body back on, personally from what you have already said about the towing I'd reckon there will be some damage. No doubt in time you will strip the engine to see what caused the failure, you might even be lucky and be able to repair it. I'll look forward to your next up date report. Thanks, Dave.
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when I looked under the bonnet I was expecting the timing cover to be disturbed but it’s untouched so I’m thinking the fan is off for access to the crank pulley bolt so I’m now expecting it to be seized solid, I had already locked the workshop so it will be tomorrow before I can check it 
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hot at towing illegally parked cars.
