Thread: td5 $$$$

Originally Posted by jbell110

i sent it to a landy mechanic i know. he found when he
pulled it down that 1 bolt that holds the timing chain tensioner had
broken, the bolt head was floating around the timing gear. this had
broken some time earlier, dont know how long but the bolt was rounded
off & bits of alloy have gone through the motor wearing out the big
end bearings & other bits & pieces.
Jeff

Regarding the timing chain tensioner bolt, is this an easy thing to check by taking off a cover or something, or is it a major tear down etc to check this bolt?

Originally Posted by jbell110

Well bit the bullet 2day & bought a 2nd hand td5 from
TR Spares in S.A. for $ 4900 complete including freight.
So hopefully this 1 lasts more than 146k's.
They said they had heard of the timing chain tensioner
bolt breaking, so mine's not the 1st.. Just something else
to keep an eye on.. I'll post up when I get it back with
the total $$$$$ it will still be scary I'm sure!!!!

cheers Jeff

The burning question now is what are you doing with the dead donk?

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

The burning question now is what are you doing with the dead donk?

It would make a great talking point in the garden near the bar-be-q.

I have seen people make a coffee table out of an engine bloke.(sorry no photos) The Pistons are positioned out of the block, with connecting rods attached, with a glass top sitting ontop of the pistons.

Originally Posted by crash

I have seen people make a coffee table out of an engine bloke.(sorry no photos) The Pistons are positioned out of the block, with connecting rods attached, with a glass top sitting ontop of the pistons.

like this one.... looks better as a V8 don't know how a TD5 would look though !!

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

I could believe $8k to do a full blown rebuild on a td5, assuming that its a tow in drive away rebuild that your after. Basing my charge rates on what the ADF quotes manhours for on NFW-member to pay work and my parts from the www.lanrdovers.com.au catalog

to remove a Td5 from a defender (havent even looked at a disco one yet (shudder) would take me about 6-8 hours doing it all properly and then that and a bit more to get it back in. Including the routine consumables that go with removing and installing an engine that could blow out the first 1.5-2k

no way known Im going to let you put any of the following back on an engine IVe just rebuilt without having them cleaned tested and rebuilt to next door to perfection. Turbo, radiator, intercooler, doing up each one of them is easily 8 hours worth in total so theres another 800 down the tube. chuck in some more consuables, flushers cleaners, disposal of contaminated coolant/flush and theres another grand gone. And I still havent pulled the head off.

so I get the head off, theres a heap of consumables gone, new gaskets to put in, and lets just say that it only needs a quick plane down and your valves and guides are all perfect, $750 done. but oh wait, and injectors out of spec and needs replacing theres $1200 minimum gone over and above the $750 to get the head work done.

Im not even halfway through doing the work yet and already thats pretty close to $5k gone.

new bearings, new fuel pressure regulator, new oil cooler, new fuel cooler, replacement hoses, pistons and rings, timing chain, cam, timing chain tensioner,con rods, crank? reworking the block....

Assuming the guy KNOWS what hes doing, Does what he claims $10 for a tow in drive out engine rebuild on a TD5 assuming about a 40% parts replacement isnt too bad.. Just for fun I speced out the parts only to do a TD5 from go to whoa replacing everything and I cleared $10k.

For an engine out job with minimum parts, id be raising my eyebrows at any opening "soft" quote of more than $5k.

Is it a fair assumption that after all that work the engine is very close to as good as new? And are second hand engines given the same level of treatment before they are resold or are they just extracted from a damaged vehicle and sold as is? In which case they would not last as long as the rebuild option.

Originally Posted by matbor

like this one.... looks better as a V8 don't know how a TD5 would look though !!

I hate to say but like many people's experiences with Td5's, it would fall over .

You could use 2 td5s.