Thread: More disaster, catastrophe averted.

Seems a logical time to upgrade to a new Defender?

Hopefully you should have less problems with the new ride.

Originally Posted by scarry

Seems a logical time to upgrade to a new Defender?

Hopefully you should have less problems with the new ride.

Can't see that ever happening, Paul. The electrickery in D2 scares the bejesus out of me.
What happened to the old Falcons and Holdens that only needed an oil change and grease for preventative maintenance, stuff that wore out gave plenty of notice and was easy to remove, refurbish or replace and reassemble?

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Long story short, the ACE pump has dropped its guts. Collateral damage is fanbelt and top hose.
I have a new thermostat that I'll fit while I'm in the cooling department. Should I put a new water pump on too, as a preventative measure? It's just clicked over 200,000 km.

How hard is it to fit an ACE pump? Looks like the a/c compressor is in the way.

If you do the water pump, remember to replace the O ring between the block and auxiliary housing.
You need to undo the AC comp for that, but it's a case of unfoing the mounting bolts and finagleing it of the way. The hoses stay connected.
I replaced all those at 135,000km as a JIC measure.
The seals and bearings are nearly 20 years old, I've had so many O rings fail purely due to age hardening, to me it's preventative maintenance.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Can't see that ever happening, Paul. The electrickery in D2 scares the bejesus out of me.
What happened to the old Falcons and Holdens that only needed an oil change and grease for preventative maintenance, stuff that wore out gave plenty of notice and was easy to remove, refurbish or replace and reassemble?

Yes I know, its all gone with the dinosaurs.Although the D2 could be called old hat these days.
Everything has to be the complete opposite or its no good these days, complicated,difficult to repair/replace,expensive,and on it goes.
All a PITA.

One of my brothers recently bought an XY,i think it is,Falcon, for his daily, got sick of all this modern crap

I found it MUCH easier when doing the water pump to start at the front by removing the power steering pulley then the power steering pump , and then the bracket with water pump attached.
That way you don't have to remove the centrifuge.
The only poor accessibility is the middle bracket bolt at the back and a 3/8 socket and wobble extension will do it.
Regards PhilipA

Originally Posted by rick130

If you do the water pump, remember to replace the O ring between the block and auxiliary housing.
You need to undo the AC comp for that, but it's a case of unfoing the mounting bolts and finagleing it of the way. The hoses stay connected.
I replaced all those at 135,000km as a JIC measure.
The seals and bearings are nearly 20 years old, I've had so many O rings fail purely due to age hardening, to me it's preventative maintenance.

Water pump and O ring ordered from Roverlord, along with all the peripheral parts, damaged.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

I found it MUCH easier when doing the water pump to start at the front by removing the power steering pulley then the power steering pump , and then the bracket with water pump attached.
That way you don't have to remove the centrifuge.
The only poor accessibility is the middle bracket bolt at the back and a 3/8 socket and wobble extension will do it.
Regards PhilipA

This ^

That's how I did it, too
I took the exh manifold off as well, it gives more access and took the opportunity to get the thing surface ground and end holes 1 & 2 drill sizes larger to stop the warping, it had already twisted on the firewall end (and had it ceramic coated, too)

And if you have the manifold off, replace the hose off the oil cooler that's hidden in there. Yours might be the blank cap type, being the last of the 2a's.
It can get cooked as its sitting under the manifold and behind the turbo, and you don't know it's there until it pops and dumps all your coolant.