Thread: Has this happened to you?

Driving past Kybra just past Eromanga and heading towards Birdsville last week the engine stops and the alternator light comes on.
After some checking it seems that the fuel pump is not working. hmmm what to do.
Just then another landrover comes along. It is the guy with his wife and young son in a county with camper trailer whom I had meet the day before in the Quilipe caravan park.( they are on a 2 year trip around Australia) Sorry, but i forget his name but he was able to give me a lift back towards Eromanga where we meet a man working on the road who is able to tow me back to Eromanga where further investigation reveals that the timing belt is broken.

Thanks to M.R. automotive who send parts up for me I am able to fix the car after getting it towed to Quiipe.
John"Jack" from John Crawley Motors helps me do the repair where we discover that the bolt has come out form the back of the timing case , got caught in the gear and so wrecked the timing belt.

(John wants to retire and is very interested in selling his business including a house. He has the RACQ agency as well if anyone is interested)

Also, I broke a rocker and when I went to replace it found that there was 3 bent push rods as well. I was going to have M.R. send them up but John straightened the old ones and we put everything back together and started the engine. It ran well so was able to drive it home .
The repair was not too difficult to do and I suprised myself that i could do it with a little help from John.
I had a shortened trip but meet some great people like Bill "kiwi" , malcom and others at Eromanga and several people in Quilipe.
Thanks to all for your assistance.
The country is a great place to visit and I plan to go back some time.

So, has anyone ever had a bolt ever come out from the back of the timing case and got caught in the timing belt?

Anthony

simple same as a petrol but with a higher rated pressure gauge, Just dont try a wet compression test, ESP on a warm engine, watched a pressure gauge go through a fibro roof once because of that........

Remove all glows/injectors (FIIK if im going to try that on a td5) thread in appropriate comp gauge into the hole and crank for at least 5 turns per cyl to get an average+ max read.

to check the cam lobes just look down the holes the rods go in when you havethem out and bar the engine over by hand 2 turns per lob. The damage your looking for will be like a pock mark somewhere on the lobe wher the piston has hit the valve used the rocker as a hammer and smashed the rod into the lobe.

a light set of "tracks" on the lobe is normal provided they dont look like grooves.