Thread: What motor is it?

Thanks 130man,

Indeed you are right. The fact is I have a few parts to get organised other than the pulleys, rear disk hubs comes to mind plus the housing for the headlight squirter or whatever they call the thing.

It would be good to find a dealer or business that can supply for a reasonable price, some of the prices I have come across have scared the crap out of me. ah well, thats how it is I suppose.

Phil

Originally Posted by Voltaren

Clean 32, if you are still watching, I noticed you are from S.A.

When I first got my Discovery I bought a couple of parts from a business in Adelaide who does the Land Rover stuff, here is the problem, I cannot remember for the life of me what the business was called.

Is there a chance you might know this business?

Phil

where in adelaide, north, south or central?

I've dealt a bit with British 4WD in Hobart. They don't have the biggest range but pricing and service is good. From memory I got both belts from them for about $40 total.
They advertise on this site, or you can find them at british4wd.com.

There is a section here somewhere about recommended online suppliers.

There are lots of threads about squealing 300tdi belts which would be worth a read if you're having those sort of problems.
The bearings in the 300tdi idlers are quite easy to replace (around $10 each) and much cheaper than replacing the whole pulley.
Its also possible to replace the fan bearing (haven't done it myself yet) rather than having to replace the whole timing belt cover.

Steve

Clean 32 I got to admit I have no idea, I remember being given a phone no. but thats it, just the same thanks for taking an interest.

Steve G, thanks for that.
Two days before having to make a 1200k trip the idler started making a slight noise, The very morning I had to leave the bloody thing starts squealing, a can of spray oil helped now and again and maybe just maybe stopped the the thing giving up the ghost. Nothing like living on the edge.

Anyways a bit of help and research here has got me clued up on changing the bearings, all should be good.

voltaren