Thread: 1996 Deisel - Broken crank shaft

Maybe another opinion from a different specialist?

I have found MR auto at Redcliffe excellent.

Where and who is the mechanic? (send that in in a PM) A timing belt takes all of a day if your drunk..

even in that state if youve got the right gear its redonkulously hard to cock it up.

Depending on when you want it looked at I might be able to swing by...

(have a quicky job upcoming in paddington)

Originally Posted by rick130

The only thing I don't like about those Frank is that I worry about core thickness as you are taking the bore out so far, much further than a normal 300Tdi OS piston.

Rick, I didn't know that, I was under the impression that the kit came with whatever OS piston you needed, say for instance if your bore would clean up at 30 thou. you would order 30 thou. OS pistons.
I have a set of LR genuine Pistons @ 60 thou. OS, what is the limit do you know, Regards Frank.

Frank, I've posted bore sizes and maximum OS piston sizes once before and I can't find the bloody post !

IIRC the 2.8 uses a 93mm bore and the Tdi is something like 90.5mm ?
If that's right, 2.5mm = 0.100" bigger bore which is a loooong way, particularly if a block has any core shift, and it's not unknown in Landy blocks apparently.