Thread: worn bearing noise on TD5 idle

Originally Posted by BIG O

Good miles I'll bet.

Some one else did them. I got him at 325 and have been briging him back to life.
CHeers

Matt

Matt, I gave you a bum steer, actually I was sold the wrong bearing, it was cheap any way and will dropped in the bin.

The actual bearing you want is a SKF or other brand 3206 A-2RS Double row angular contact bearing. The bearing I mentioned previously a 6306-2RS will not fit in both outside dia and width, suggesting it's not double row angular. Sorry if this has caused any confusion. Landrover part number is ERR5285 and Rimmer Bros in UK have them for $99.92 Aus.

BIG O
03 D2 TD5 AUTO
99 D2 TD5 AUTO ACE
94 D1 TDI 3 DOOR (GONE)

Thanks BigO.
Everyone is shut so I can't get one anyway, I'll try for the SKF on Wednesday.

might ditch the fan all together.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-...ng-bypass.html

Cheers

Matt

well the bearing pretty much fell out once I got the circlip out. there was alot of grease everywhere but after cleaning things up a little there wasn't any movement in the bearing itself. and there was NO grease in the bearing once I prised out the little plastic bearing cap. I have regreased it and put it back in with 2 grubsrews now holding it very firmly along with copious amounts of loctitie.

I have found a replacement for about $50 so I might get that and ditch the thermo fan idea. still nervous about throwing the belt if it isn't sitting streight. I think there is life in this bearing yet.

I have taken photos of the fitting process I have used I will post them tomorrow.

Cheers

Matt

Matt, have you seen the cooling fan kit on MM 4X4 Landrovers website. $170, looks pretty good and might be your solution..

Just got back from the trip to Gold Coast. We were flat out at a Church Conference and barry got us there well. the Fan itself is wobbly and noisy but the bearing is holding up.

At $290 for the viscouse fan I am going to the wreckers tomorrow to see if I can find a AU fan to fit. any tips on how to activate the fan? how to get it to turn on and off and isolate it to turn it off manually for a water crossing?

Cheers

Matt

Matt I have looked into this in the past as I was going to change my 80 Series Toyota to electric fan (this is the same car I am now looking at selling to fund me into a D2 so please don't shoot me. Should have not bought it in the first place but got scared off the D2 but that is another story) From my investigations the EF-EL fans are actually the highest flowing, even more so than the later AU etc. The AU etc are still good but for some reason the earlier ones actually flow even better.

Anyway this is a write up I found so hopefully it will paste OK as I can;t remember where I found it. Due to size I broke it up into seperate pages but it seems only the last page was really big so I ended up deleting some non necessary pictures. I have just installed a newer version of Word which is also making life harder so if someone wants it tidied better suggest away..

This is how to trigger it so that it mimics the original set up in the Fords. For me the trigger points of the suggested sender were not really right and at this stage I have not progressed as I was waiting till I built a new alloy radiator. I was simply going to weld a bung into my outlet off the head (hot side not thermostat side) and drill and tap for a suitable sender. I fyou search Tridons web site there are a multitude of senders with different voltages and I was also going to look at using 2 seperate ones for the right trigger points if they matched but there is no real need I suppose for the seperate triggers unless you want stepped cooling. Also the likes of Jaycar do a couple of temp controllers but I only looked at them briefly as I haven't gone further. As far as turning off you could add a master switch with another master relay and I'm sure someone smarter in the world of auto electrics could tell you which style of relay suits, maybe a changeover relay. I think yoou would still need to add another relay, even though it looks to add complexity a master switch would not carry the current safely. A changeover relay instead of being powered up all the time and switched off as needed could probably be wired to just trigger a switch off situation but ask an expert.

Fester, that is sooo good. and just what I needed. like it says, installing the fans is the easy bit. wiring them in is the tricky bit. What is the point though of a 2 speed fan. if the donk is hot enough for a Fan shouldn't it go flat out to cool it as quick as possible?

I'll be on the lookout for an EL fan.

Cheers

Matt