What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

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Originally Posted by Pippin

Finally inserted my spare engine in my spare D2. I may never walk straight again and my ears are still ringing to the sound of the socket dropping to the bottom of the bell housing and the bastard coolant pipe at the rear that got wedged[bawl], but otherwise all good so far[smilebigeye]. I'll fire it up in the next few days with my fingers crossed of course.
Nick

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U have a spare engine for a spare car??

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Originally Posted by John_D2

5 seconds to remove old 1 with screwdriver. 1 min to apply black goop (same stuff I used on rocker cover gasket) to new plug. 30 seconds to push plug into hole.

Longest part was removing old goop/sealer with fingers followed by dry wrag, then turps and lastly metho.

Super easy job.

Had to remove a wire that was bolted with 2 bolts in front of plug. That probably took longer. If u do remove the wire watch out for the spring clip on the connector. It's easy to loose.

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Or you could buy a 10 pack of rubber grommets for $5 and replace the grommet without goup. No mess and just whack a new seal in when it starts leaking again in 50k ;)

Silicone can be bad and not allow the seal to move eg: TD5 CAM PLUG FIX!

It's a tad more for the oil proof Viton rubber o rings that go on the plug itself ;) but still not breaking the bank and should last a lot longer than 50k

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Originally Posted by gusthedog

Or you could buy a 10 pack of rubber grommets for $5 and replace the grommet without goup. No mess and just whack a new seal in when it starts leaking again in 50k ;)

Silicone can be bad and not allow the seal to move eg: TD5 CAM PLUG FIX!

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Think I might go the oring cheers mate

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Originally Posted by Mclaren00

Think I might go the oring cheers mate

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I meant o ring. I bought the nitrile jobbies rather than the viton though. Been in for 50k and no leaks. Not bad for 70cents.

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Originally Posted by gusthedog

Or you could buy a 10 pack of rubber grommets for $5 and replace the grommet without goup. No mess and just whack a new seal in when it starts leaking again in 50k ;)

Silicone can be bad and not allow the seal to move eg: TD5 CAM PLUG FIX!

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Bummer. I didn't know about silicon being bad for it. I'm sure the supplier said it was ok to use instant gasket stuff.

Is it only the o ring that gives in or does the plastic also give up?

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Originally Posted by gusthedog

I meant o ring. I bought the nitrile jobbies rather than the viton though. Been in for 50k and no leaks. Not bad for 70cents.

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I know - even better when the FKM versions cost me about $1.50 each [emoji41]

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Originally Posted by John_D2

U have a spare engine for a spare car??

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I had a wreck for spares with a good engine and picked up one with a knocking engine (Probably a bent rod) cheep on Car Sales so it didn't go to waste. There have been times today that I regretted it!
Nick

Ok everyone, I get the message that I could have got away with cheaper than $32!! But at least I've learned more about my car today.

got my cupholders installed. A simple job, but one that was made a whole lot easier with the instructions. Cheers for that.

I've said it before but you have gotta love this forum....


I also spent the evening swapping my ARB non-winch bar with another guys x-rox bar and winch. it came with a winch, which I think I will overhaul before reinstalling. Plus I want to grind off a couple of mounting tabs on the top I won't use and repaint it first before I stick the winch back in.

But the bar without the winch has lifted the front end a bit. I can't say how much as I didn't measurer it, but definitely looks to be more of a gap in the guard.