Thread: rebuilding a 4BD1, where? and improvements?

i have a mate that may have to rebuild his 4BD1 (it is out of a mid 80's county) as his wife accidently drove it with a broken oil line somewhere and nearly ran it out of oil - was running at very low oil pressure.

he is pulling it apart this weekend to c the damage, but if he has to rebuild it we need to find a recomended mechanic who knows the motor.

it is non-turbo but will turbo it if it gets re-built. are there any improvements that can be made to these without going over the top? both for performance and strength/reliability?

i also wan to know in case i have to re-build mine one day...
cheers

the 4bd1 never gave us to many problems and can only remember 1 getting recon due to overheating the ones fitted to excavators the valves used to stick open but in those machines they are flat out all day every day.