Thread: TD5 Head Gasket How many Holes?

The holes are just below the coolant outlet fitting and IIRC are visible before removing the head.

you may needa torch and give the area a good clean aswell can be hard to spot but there is a tab that sticks out from the head gasket with the holes punched through

As both posted.A good squirt of degreaser in a can is needed to clean it up.
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Andrew

I have been wondering the exact same thing as I will be doing mine in the very neat future. Will replace the dowels with steel ones and have a look at the condition of the valves as well as fix other things while I'm there.

Yes, lots of fun will soon be had.
I read somewhere the complete kit with dowels, gaskets and bolts at $296.
Can anyone tell me where this is from?

I havnt come near this yet with prices around $388 inc GST. This included dowels, inlet, exhaust, fuel reg, rocker and head gaskets, injector o-rings copper washers and bolts. This seems pretty good to me comparing against the same sort of top kits for any other vehicle.


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Have you tried Tony at Karcraft yet???
Andrew

The 296$ quote seems very low. Even $388 seems low.

Here are the prices from LR , from about 12 months ago (all +gst) - I got a fair discount on the head bolts by asking, but cant remember if the price below was before or after - think it may have been after:

I wouldn't be skimping fitting non genuine parts, especially not the head bolts, or head gasket itself.

Head bolts ERR5384 12x$26.37

Steel dowels YLL500040 2x$1.81ea

Head gasket (thickest) LVB000260 - $155

Injector copper washers 5x$5.73 each

Injector o'rings ERR7004 5 x$12.35 (Stupid price - probably about 10c each from a seal place)

Fuel block gasket MSX000010 $6.21

Exhaust and inlet manifold gakets $45.25 and $42.05 LKG100470 and LKJ000010 (cant recall which is which)

Also worth doing exhaust manifold studs TE108051L 10x$3.84 each

nuts to suit ESR2033 10X$1.70 each

There is a small hose under the exhasut manifold too. PBH101980 $16.01

thermostat PEM100990K $52.11

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Have you tried Tony at Karcraft yet???
Andrew

Yep, They were very helpful and much better than LR but Rovacraft came in nearly $100 less for the same kit.
TRS have come up with the best so far and are boasting a superior kit. Though I think the superior bit might just come down to steel dowels as opposed to plastic.

Everyone seems to be offering the same kit, I thought some may vary with bolts but all are the same bolt price give or take $5, It will come down to freight to Alice I think.