Thread: Doing the HPFP. Questions.

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

Remote hose clip tool. On my shopping list from the last time I did the thermostat replacement. Same, didn’t realise such a thing existed!

Thermostat and plastic fittings and expansion tank and coolant change next on my preventative maintenance list.

What’s the tricks around thermostat replacement? Done from beneath I believe.

There’s another plastic hose connection on the side of the block I want to get to also.

Mine’s the 3.0 which I believe has a different thermostat design than the 2.7. . I bought a new internal for mine. Getting all the hoses off was a pain. Yes done from underneath

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

Remote hose clip tool. On my shopping list from the last time I did the thermostat replacement. Same, didn’t realise such a thing existed!

I can not over state how excellent that tool is. It was $99 from a tool place in Malaga but there are cheaper clones available on eBay for a lot less.

I usually use multi-grips on those clips, but this tool made doing the coolant outlet a lot easier as it positively locks the clip open and you can use it to walk the clip up and down the hose.

As for the thermostat, it looked relatively easy to get to on the D3 once the covers were off underneath.

Originally Posted by BradC

I can not over state how excellent that tool is. It was $99 from a tool place in Malaga but there are cheaper clones available on eBay for a lot less.

I usually use multi-grips on those clips, but this tool made doing the coolant outlet a lot easier as it positively locks the clip open and you can use it to walk the clip up and down the hose.

As for the thermostat, it looked relatively easy to get to on the D3 once the covers were off underneath.

Bloody Hell! Pliers have certainly improved since I did the coolant hoses on Noah's Ark.

Gone are the days of just a pair of Short Pointy Nose & Long Pointy Nose & a pair of plain ordinary Pliers in the box.


Hose Clamp Tools

EDIT. Not just the above but all sorts of lovely gear that probably wasn't available when I was an apprentice.

I suppose I couldn't have afforded them anyway on my measly wage.

Not that i anticipate doing that job, Brad, but curious to know whether you followed a sequence to find your way through all that stuff or was it a case of eyeball the component & say "I'm coming to get you" & rip stuff out until you got there?

Originally Posted by 4bee

Not that i anticipate doing that job, Brad, but curious to know whether you followed a sequence to find your way through all that stuff or was it a case of eyeball the component & say "I'm coming to get you" & rip stuff out until you got there?

I used the sequence in the Landrover service manual.

Follow the oil separator removal sequence, then the HPFP removal/re-installation and then the oil separator re-installtion sequence.
What I do is print and staple the manual sections, but I also type up a check sheet with the theoretical steps on it. As I go I note down socket/tool sizes and any required torque values so when it goes back together I don't have to think about sizes or values, then I just check it off as I go. Each night I update the sheet with stuff I might have missed or want to do while I'm in there.

Things like the torque staging for the high pressure fuel lines, and the sequence of tightening are pretty specific. So I figure they've put them there for a reason rather than "snug up the pipe and then heave on it with a 4' long 17mm spanner". I had to ferret through some of the other manual sections to find the torque setting for the coolant outlet.

As an example I've attached my sheet for the HPFP.

LR3-HPFP Procedure.pdf

Thanks Brad, you must be a Virgo.

Nothing there where you "booted it/floored it" to purge though.

I take it you didn't discover any of those worrying 14' bolts then?

Originally Posted by 4bee

Bloody Hell! Pliers have certainly improved since I did the coolant hoses on Noah's Ark.

Gone are the days of just a pair of Short Pointy Nose & Long Pointy Nose & a pair of plain ordinary Pliers in the box.


Hose Clamp Tools

EDIT. Not just the above but all sorts of lovely gear that probably wasn't available when I was an apprentice.

I suppose I couldn't have afforded them anyway on my measly wage.

I have an entire drawer in my toolbox devoted to pliers alone.