Show stoppers and Tilt Tray Tantrums

[land864]

I may have asked this a few times before but put it down to crap memory and poor organisation because i don't recall and I never documented it if I did

What are the things that have mucked up your holidays/trip or seen your D2/D2A come home on a Tilt Tray

I intend to hang onto my 2004 D2A HSE for quite a few years yet and am happy to put $ into it to make it a reliable and capable vehicle

It is likely to do the Great Central Desert roads in a year or two

So the things that have already been done AFAIK are


Fuel block( prev owner )
Auto ( arranged by me )
Fuel line over tank ( arranged by me )


Other than that , it's been niggly little stuff over the last year or but nothing major and it has never actually let me down or failed to proceed

Thinking back to my old D2A , I recall

Transmission cooler line blowing off just near Ouyen on a 45 degree day , towing a heavy camper trailer
Turbo boost modulator?

A list of Other little preventable stuff would be nice as well

Rear door jamming up?
Passenger window blowing fuses ( I got mine fixed . It was wiring that had worn through up behind the dash)

Stuff like that would be handy to know as its done 280,000 km

Pete

[Eevo]

my D2 only been on a tilt tray once.
ive got a terrible memory, it was either transfer case or center diff.

[rangieman]

Calling Muppet[bigwhistle]
He seems to be on first name base`s with his towie[tonguewink]

[Eevo]

Calling Muppet[bigwhistle]
He seems to be on first name base`s with his towie[tonguewink]


i'm thinking about investing shares in his local tow company

[crash]

Auto transmission line blew.

Leaking RAD hose - due to incorect fitmet by a LR mechanic

Shredded serpentine belt - was in correctly fitted after some work done by a LR mechanic.

I would be checking your UNI joints.

[PhilipA]

Worn through fuel manifold, caused by mechanic leaving unused air suspension ? harness resting on the main fuel line presumably during the recall , as the manifold date was after the car date. GRRRR.

Biggest problem was at El Questro, had to be tilt trayed to Kununurra, but transport of that and camper trailer covered by NRMA premium.
Further agro caused by RACWA agent destroying the tow coupling and Jockey wheel of my camper trailer.
NRMA were terrific.

Regards Philip A

[Pippin]

Tilt Tray twice in 12 years, Fuel Pump and Head crack/gasket with burst hoses.
Nick

[Tins]

Mine has been on a truck three times, but all for the same poorly repaired Auto.

I would ask, has the head gasket been done?

The exhaust manifold.

The exhaust manifold.

I would like to find a way to either secure the push on fittings on the trans cooler lines or replace them with something more secure.

The fuel cooler.

A spare fuel pump.

Did I mention the exhaust manifold?

Uni joints, as already mentioned.

The exhaust manifold.

[InMused]

Three occasions:

Striped centrifugal oil filter retaining fasteners. 4l of oil all over the engine bay.

Starter motor solenoid.

Harmonic balancer pulley dislodged from the crankshaft.

[Tins]

I would add a dead alternator at 5AM on the way to work. But I didn't get it towed, I charged the battery and took a spare to get it home. Amazing how quickly it went flat.

[Gumnut]

Hi,

D2 on flatbed once. Cow flat and very dead. 100km south of Tennant Creek. Stupid call centre operator in Manilla asked "any scratches or dents on bonnet", and my all time favourite "any lights broken"...... Gumnut

[rick130]

Idler pulley bearing.

No noises at all, it just locked the engine up.

For all the world I thought it was a polling starter motor after trying to jump it and swapping the batteries around. The mech that picked me up reckoned I'd hydrauliced the engine in a flooded creek.
As soon as we started pulling covers off I spotted the swarf. Bingo.

[trout1105]

D2 on flatbed once. Cow flat and very dead.

That will do it every time[bigsad]

Nearly 40 years ago I hit a cow between Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing, No flat tops those days.
I put the fan through the radiator and caved in the front of my HR sedan.
It took me 2 days on the side of the road to effect some bodgy repairs and with the help of a replacement radiator I sourced from a wreak at the community at Fitzroy Crossing (Not HR) I limped into Broom minus a bonnet 6 days after the prang.

If I was to hit a cow in my D2 without a bullbar it would be Game Over, The older cars were so much simpler to effect a running repair on.

[rick130]

If I was to hit a cow in my D2 without a bullbar it would be Game Over, The older cars were so much simpler to effect a running repair on.

Interestingly when I dropped into the smash repairs last week to get the Disco assessed the bloke there reckoned he'd rather take stuff on in the Disco than a new Hilux/Ranger/D-Max/et al.

I think it's to meet the new crash standards, but he said a simple prang deforms the chassis rails and it's game over, they crumple badly and it's major work to repair, or they are a write off.

[Rok_Dr]

Touch wood Charlie my D2 has yet to see a flat top.

And we've just got back from a 3week, 7000km lap up the great central road to Alice Springs, down through the Gawler Ranges and back across the nullabour. Except for a smashed windscreen replaced yesterday, a scuff from a parking bollard and the rear door sticking briefly on a couple of occasions there were no problems.

Replaced the Shocks and front springs and he went to the mechanic for his annual visit with the instruction to have a better than usual look over before we left. But nothing required attention which was great.

I'm planning a write up when I can get a couple of spare hours, so stay tuned.

Cheers
Steve

[Disco Muppet]

If you're so inclined.... replace the bonnet cable. BEFORE it breaks [emoji14]
Oil cooler line has seen both of mine on a flatbed. First one had unscrewed itself, I'm assuming this latest one has crapped a line. Viscous fan bearing seized and ate the belt although that was a flat tow. Faulty fuel gauge had me out of fuel and not realise it.

[ballbag]

Shredded the rubber prop shaft/diff coupling after pulling a Troopy out of trouble. Coupling may have been fitted incorrectly. Luckily at very low speed so no further damage from the flailing shaft.

Bolted shaft directly to diff and crawled out of steep mountainous trails.

Cruised at 80kph for 30kms and all was well. So well I forgot about it. That's when the pinion bearing let go.

Trailered home. Now I carry a spare coupling.

[gusthedog]

None. Always got me home.

I've had the normal dramas with my D2 such as leaky manifold, air bag replacement, power steering pump failure etc in over 10 years of ownership. But not once ever on a tilt tray to date.

See you all on this thread next week when I'm being punished for bragging by the Landy gods 😂

[land864]

Thanks team

I am putting the list together and will post it up somewhere in a month or so

You can't plan for cow or Roo flatenning. Except maybe follow close behind a truck or someone else and let them clear the way

[Tinggu]

Once in 2 years: auto trans line popped. There seems to be something special about the exhaust manifold, the exhaust manifold...........the exhaust manifold. I've got one of them and last time I took a peek it looked OK. What should I be looking for, or checking specifically?

[Designosaur]

Hydraulic lash adjuster fails and causes a bent valve. [bawl]

[Pedro_The_Swift]

and I thought dropping TWO liners was out there---

[Designosaur]

and I thought dropping TWO liners was out there---

Just think of me as different, finding new ways and problems that you didn't know existed! [tonguewink]

[Tinggu]

Hydraulic lash adjuster fails and causes a bent valve. [bawl]

Well, I'll certainly try and avoid that.

[jx2mad]

Non Landrover....but broken valve stem that totalled engine. Tray back fron Sunshine Coast to Sydney. We flew home, all thanks to NRMA. Since then a blown auto box hydralic line which dumper all the trans oil all over Victoria Rd Gladesville in peak hour traffic. Flat trayed to repairer.

[alien]

First tow was when it shredded the serpentine belt due to a seized idler pully.
The tip I have here is every 40'km I changed the belt and all pullies(adjuster/idler/fan) and put them
in the back as spares.

Second, third and forth was the timing chain breaking, yes 3 of them and then it went to another member as a non runner.

Flat towed it home behind the RRC when the turbo let go 4km from home.

Like wise when the cooler hose swages let go 1km from work.
Flat towed it to the yard to strip the pipes out.

Managed to drive it to the automatic repaired by manually selecting 1 to start off when the sprag clutch broke.

Hope this helps too...
TD5 Auto Service time items to watch. (https://www.aulro.com/afvb/technical-chatter/115235-td5-auto-service-time-items-watch.html)

[rick130]

Hydraulic lash adjuster fails and causes a bent valve. [bawl]

Wow, that's a new one.

[rangieman]

Seems to be a theme here something to do with that horrid ZF[bigwhistle]

[discorevy]

Wow, that's a new one.

I've seen three different td5's with this , every one had head work where some halfwit had used silicone between head and cam cover which had very effectively blocked the oil galleries supplying the lash adjusters.:bat:

[Designosaur]

I've seen three different td5's with this , every one had head work where some halfwit had used silicone between head and cam cover which had very effectively blocked the oil galleries supplying the lash adjusters.:bat:

I did check the oil passages on strip down, no blockage there. I was the half wit who was last in there too doing the head gasket and had, as per the head gasket tutorial on here, been careful not to overdo the sealant there[tonguewink] It was not silicone but not the factory spec sealant either so who knows.