What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

They were free?

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Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Whats the attraction of the dark blue engine stands?

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He should be a Carlton supporter if he was in Vic [wink11]

And whats wrong with blue anyway,,, it's a good colour [biggrin]

Bargain! [smilebigeye]


and BLUE is a GREAT colour,,
if you add BLACK and WHITE to it,,

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Originally Posted by Chops

He should be a Carlton supporter if he was in Vic [wink11]

And whats wrong with blue anyway,,, it's a good colour [biggrin]

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Got a can or two of blue for the Wide Light? .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .......................

Didn't think so...[bigrolf]

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Originally Posted by clintooo

I've been running the akebono pads for about 1500kms. rims are still clean. It is still strange looking at silver rims.

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I have akebonos and after about 5000km i noticed they were a dull grey (not that they were that shiny to start with). Ran my finger on the wheel and it turns out the akebonos still make dust but its not as heavy and its grey instead of black. Wheels looked much better after a clean.

If the dust came from somewhere else it would have been over the car too but i only found it on the wheels.

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Originally Posted by strangy

Follow the advice of Discorevy on the other thread re:
Cam timing.
Rangieman pretty well sums up my thoughts based on the info so far.

Honestly, I have had a bad feeling about this episode from the beginning.

Keep us posted. There are s couple of members who can supply you with a second hand motor for a fair price and known condition.

FYI I've seen TD5 bores with hone marks still visible at those kms.

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so turns out there was a bit of miscommunication, the reason he said no honing was due to the cost of sourcing oversize pistons exceeding the cost of re-sleeving.

he says he's performed a wet test on the compression which confirms worn bores.

here's his description of the motor he'd like to fit;

MOTOR S/H – 212,356km
We have removed head inspected bores (still have honing marks)
Service head and replaced with new gasket and head bolts
Warranty – 6 months
Only short motor replaced using all your existing add ons
Use front cover and new bearing from existing motor


total will be $3795 if I go ahead with it,

he sounds ok now but I'm still dirty on him for going ahead with the big end bearings when there was a chance it wouldn't work.
I would have abandoned it and saved $5795 for the next car.

huge thanks to Discorevy and everyone else for your input been extremely helpful, love this forum!

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Originally Posted by Cambeaner

so turns out there was a bit of miscommunication, the reason he said no honing was due to the cost of sourcing oversize pistons exceeding the cost of re-sleeving.

he says he's performed a wet test on the compression which confirms worn bores.

here's his description of the motor he'd like to fit;

MOTOR S/H – 212,356km
We have removed head inspected bores (still have honing marks)
Service head and replaced with new gasket and head bolts
Warranty – 6 months
Only short motor replaced using all your existing add ons
Use front cover and new bearing from existing motor


total will be $3795 if I go ahead with it,

he sounds ok now but I'm still dirty on him for going ahead with the big end bearings when there was a chance it wouldn't work.
I would have abandoned it and saved $5795 for the next car.

huge thanks to Discorevy and everyone else for your input been extremely helpful, love this forum!

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Hi Cambeaner,
I don't want to be negative but this is costing you a lot of money which I think may have been unnecessary. 330,000k is not a lot for a TD5 bottom end as long as there has been a reasonable service history. Someone may correct me but you don't do a wet test on a diesel as the oil may ignite, I had no noticeable compression when turning over by hand a spare engine that was not run for 5 years until I spun it up and it runs fine. I would strongly recommend getting a second opinion before committing to an engine change.
Nick

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Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Not much, but bits and pieces have started coming in.
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Picked these up today and my Akebono brake pads will be here tomorrow morning so I know what the weekends job is! Also got to install a fuse holder from the ignition spare terminal for the Strike phone cradle, investigate why the cigar lighter isn't working, and start working out how and where to mount my iCom IC450

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Hey Disco Muppet,
Do you buy them direct from Delios??
Mind if I ask how much??

Cheers Lemo

No mate I didn't, i got them through my local brake place. $110 a corner

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Originally Posted by Pippin

Hi Cambeaner,
I don't want to be negative but this is costing you a lot of money which I think may have been unnecessary. 330,000k is not a lot for a TD5 bottom end as long as there has been a reasonable service history. Someone may correct me but you don't do a wet test on a diesel as the oil may ignite, I had no noticeable compression when turning over by hand a spare engine that was not run for 5 years until I spun it up and it runs fine. I would strongly recommend getting a second opinion before committing to an engine change.
Nick

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I am assuming a wet test is squirting oil onto the rings here, if it is i'm not sure how any mechanic can be sure the rings get oiled unless he fills the swirl cavity full with oil then more oil to flood the rings over the piston crown.
It's unlikely the oil will catch on fire as all the injectors will be removed so no compression and diesel is a fine spray when injected unlike the oil.