300Tdi rebuild Fitting the head Pt11

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[@harveysmith100]

Owning a 1/4" torque wrench is a lesson in how much we over tighten some bolts when we do them by feel. Nice job Mike, this could be a Land Rover engine that doesn't leak oil. Now there's a thing.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

When we get the rear seal we will see!

[@WhosAGoodDogue]

Well....that was 23 mins and 18 secs of well worth watching. Sat here....2.45pm, with a double Jack Daniels, 'cos, well, why not. Yer doing a grand job Mike. Yes, the customer will be wondering why it's taking so long, but, if I had the option of giving it to another shop that could sling it together in 2 days, or give it to you and wait a month, then I know which person I'd choose. At least giving it to you, it'll be done right. And you've proven this by showing it from almst start to finish. Proper job!

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Thanks! The problem with importing parts - you cannot have everything on the shelf as these are not fast moving parts like filters etc

[@benharrison1837]

Great job! What I wouldn’t give to rebuild my ‘71 Series 2.5 petrol all nice, tight and shiny! I appreciate your thorough workmanship.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Glad to help!

[@Reaper4367]

Thats going to purr sweatly when its installed! Looks mint Mike. Cheers mate.

[@shimsteriom4191]

Thanks Mike, your videos are a joy to watch.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I appreciate that!

[@kurt3306]

Ps. Those roughly triangle holes on the deck between the cylinders are where they mostly tend to go. At least in my experience. Have heard of people having them welded up.

[@davidwoods80]

Hey Mike! Congratulations! TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS!

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Hey, thanks!

[@mickpospiech1363]

Well that was an enjoyable 23min 18s.

[@boromickfc]

Rebuilding a engine never gets boring,cheers mike👍

[@WhosAGoodDogue]

Never gets boring....but _does_ get expensive! lol

[@BritannicaRestorations]

You are very right there !

[@nzrestoration9486]

I have to confess after all that work I would have bought new injectors! Remember the last saga with injectors on that old 2.5! It’s about cost I’m sure. Great video as usual.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Indeed - this had been an expensive build and really out of budget

[@666DW]

Another great video👍🏻 I recall my time assembling those rocker assemblies from 50 or so components to a fully built assembly with a given time of about 2 minutes. Those flat mild springs were a very poor design, very sharp and caused many issues, mainly the fact that they were received from the supplier devoid of being hardened, thus having no tension in them. Once assembled a 6mm steel rod bent at each end was located into the end posts to prevent the assembly springing apart before fitting into the head. If my memory serves me right the 200Tdi used a different set up, using shaped sintered spacers in place of the aluminium column posts. The rockershaft also located into dowels in the head at both ends and the middle. The injector washers were fitted into the head using a makeshift pushrod to ensure they were seated before the injectors were fitted and Beru glow plugs were the OEM choice as fitted at the factory which were supplied without washers and nuts. I noticed that you haven’t fitted the 3 lifting brackets to the head, in particular the angled one as fitted using the head bolts near the fuel pump. Has their been a design change?

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Good info there - nice to get an inside story! I have only seen the 3rd lifting eye on the HS2.8 never on the 300Tdi This engine had the front and rear eyes missing

[@kurt3306]

Great video. I fitted a multi layer steel hg and new head to my 300tdi a while ago has performed great since. This is after the failure of two traditional type gaskets. I did tidy up my block face with a certified flat engineers block of granite first and 2000 grit paper. Interestingly the MSM 2.8 workshop manual has a different torquing sequence for the bolts. As far as I can decipher it’s a single pass of torque and a larger single angle torque on each bolt. I used the method in the LR workshop manual and so far so good on mine if taking longer to do. I have a sneaky feeling they both end up at the same desired torque anyhow 😊

[@lisalock8009]

engine coming along lovely. Dave Lisa south wales uk

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Thanks!

[@chriswebster5964]

Thanks

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Thanks Chris!

[@leighriley6277]

Always a pleasure to watch mate 👍👍

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@doorstepheights]

A hope the chassis is as sound as that engine. Or is that yer next job? Great work Mike. A joy to watch. As ave said before.....best thing on the tele by far. 👍

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Thanks 👍 Chassis and bulkhead are very good!

[@patrickjobling8676]

Excellent results squadron leader.. i always look forward to gettin my parts from england and or eeemericas .. brings a lil tear to the eyes .. better than chrissymoose .. no moore packets of chineese noodles ..😁😎😍

[@craig_chaznibond452]

Those bloody rocker gaskets always leak for me. I even purchased a mini torque wrench to help.

[@tobyjugs9054]

Interesting remarks about the injector sealing ring. I am a diesel fitter and some engines use copper coated steel rings. I don't know what spec Land Rover use.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

What is the point of copper coated steel washers? Especially compressible injector ones? The copper is supposed to flex to overcome irregularities in joining surfaces

[@tobyjugs9054]

@@BritannicaRestorations Sorry i was having a bit of a senior moment the copper coated steel rings are used to seal the bush which the injector sits in. To throw the cat amongst the pigeons some engines use no copper ring and rely on the two metal surfaces of the injector and injector seat to do the sealing.

[@tobyjugs9054]

I forgot to mention i like the way you do your videos. I must have tempted fate as after watching a few of your videos I've just had my first major failure on my Landy after putting it together 20 years ago.

[@fastinradfordable]

Watching this series makes me appreciate the simplicity of my 1.9 vw tdi. God bless my over head camshaft.

[@gshort4707]

My Audi 2.0 (another VAG engine) is over head cam. That is no where as simple as a 300tdi !

[@stap0035]

Great video Mike. Tentative and easy on the injector retaining bolts. I was ooohing and aahhing with you there. In a previous video, you had a glow plug stuck. Can I ask why you don't put antiseize on these? I would have thought you would have done. Maybe some expensive high temperature silicone grease... Lovely stuff

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Sorry I messed that bit out! Yes plenty of anti seize on those bad boys!

[@murantrupja393]

Hello Mike, I often watch your videos and I like them, I have a 300 tdi and it emits white and a little blue smoke in the morning when I turn it on, then how does it heat up and eliminate the smoke, yes, I want your opinion if you can Thanks

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Get the injectors tested

[@murantrupja393]

@@BritannicaRestorations thank you will check them prob seals

[@PipeDream.Adventures]

As you were fitting a new head from Turner Engineering, I was just wondering: What's your take on their high performance heads? Money well spent or wasted?

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I have fitted them in the past and I noticed no difference in power

[@antonyngaina3394]

who can share the workshop manual?

[@RoverAddis]

Hey mike nice video ..can you share the link for the upper gasket set the reinz one ....couldn’t find it...cheers

[@BritannicaRestorations]

The head set or just the gasket?

[@RoverAddis]

Britannica Restorations Ltd set of the gaskets with the valve stem seals and p gaskets and rocker cover gaskets...you said in your previous video that to match the head gasket using the reinz one

[@RoverAddis]

Britannica Restorations Ltd the head set

[@jaco451]

I see you use multi layer Head Gasket, why not the Composite Head Gasket?

[@BritannicaRestorations]

The composite does not 'give' the way the metal gasket does - fitted for years with no problems

[@chrismiller9740]

Mike, is the head for 200tdi similar to 300, and if so is the fitment similar save torque specks on head bolts?

[@nickboylen6873]

Pretty much so. The differences between the 200 and 300 are mostly minor details, other than the oil pump and vacuum pump. There are a lot of shared components, but some parts that look the same have different dimensions, so you have to check. Valve push rods are a good example - they’re shorter on the 300. I think the head bolts are too. But the rest is remarkably similar and the gaskets are identical.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Yes the fitment is the same technique, however a metal gasket is not recommended because the oil passage is different - you need a composite gasket on a 200 tdi

[@melgregory7339]

White crayon - Tippex ?

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Yes but I like to clean it off after

[@stephencooper311]

Hi mate what brand was the head gasket you used .

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Victor Reinz

[@stephencooper311]

@BritannicaRestorations hey I'm having trouble doing the valve clearance thing on my 300tdi do the have a run down video on it

[@gazzafloss]

Another LandRover first, springs that aren't...