Thread: 2001 series 2 head gasket replacement - any special tools required??

you don't have to touch the cam to remove and refit the heads. Its pretty easy. There is a fairly detailed step by step in the thread on my d2 in my signature

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Pete

You're talking about a minimally evolved 1960s pushrod engine, heads just bolt on/off, however the chances of it being a headgasket instead of a cracked block are small. I wouldn't touch one without a budget for a fully recoed engine swapover.

Originally Posted by bee utey

You're talking about a minimally evolved 1960s pushrod engine, heads just bolt on/off, however the chances of it being a headgasket instead of a cracked block are small. I wouldn't touch one without a budget for a fully recoed engine swapover.

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Originally Posted by ryan1980

My mechanic has said he isnt sure if he can do the job as he believes there is a special cam timing tool that is required when re-fitting the heads.

How well do you know your mechanic?
If not that well, maybe he's trying to say "no, I don't touch pommy stuff". For some reason, a lot of them don't like Land Rovers.

Originally Posted by Scouse

How well do you know your mechanic?
If not that well, maybe he's trying to say "no, I don't touch pommy stuff". For some reason, a lot of them don't like Land Rovers.

Second that, "Oh land Rover, how am I going to get out of this, tell the customer some bull and they hopefully will go away." " or at least, I'm going to make it worth my while $$$$"

The only special tool you need to refit heads is an angle gauge that fits on your socket or the cheaper way mark the bolt with liquid paper and turn it to specified degrees.

The Land Rover V8 is a pretty basic engine design that goes back decades.

you want a mechanic with a bit of nouse and old school education whose actually prepared to do the strip down to find the problem and then consult on the repair.

as a DIYer...

you want 3 socket sets 1/4 3/8 and 1/2 inch drive
a damn good torque wrench and angle gauge
patients and
A copy of the RAVE for the vehicle you have.

takes me about a day to do the heads on a v8 if its the only thing I have on, theres a few "really wish Id paid to get it done now, i cant afford to get this bit wrong" moments

while you have it apart its worth spending some $$$ on getting extension cables for the coil packs and moving them to ontop of the plenum or somewhere else convenient.