Land Rover TDV6 Short Block Assembly in Full Detail / S4-Ep34

In this episode we assemble the lower shor block of Vera´s TDV6 Diesel engine out of her 2006 Land Rover Discovery 3.
We are not liable for any harm you do to your car, your engine, your surroundings or yourself. Use the information given in this video at your own risk.
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Vera & Christian
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[@dingleydell3250]

Great video you two and love the fact that everything needs to be “Verafied” love the content.

[@iainjackson5107]

It’s becoming a piece of art. Too good to use!

[@daves.7040]

I’ve been thinking the same thing……can you imagine the first time it gets scratched ! I really wish I lived next door yo Vera and Christian. They are so much fun.

[@iainjackson5107]

@@daves.7040 I don’t even want them to assemble the chassis to the body. The frame is too good to hide!😂

[@simon-mouse8739]

Fantastic video and great to see Vera building her own engine. Very funny with the wheel bearing clonk too😂. Hope you are enjoying your break in the states 🇺🇸

[@RickRolling-tc7vb]

You make it look so easy! Well, not too easy, but it sure does look like you're having fun. Thanks for the entertainment and the inspiration, and all the tool tips we pick up along the way.

[@terencesoutham4262]

You have a very good supervisor ❤great teamwork.

[@southhillfarm2795]

Christian or Vera just have one heck of a job to be able to entertain so well with these KZbin videos. These videos take a lot of time to make and they have an expensive hobby.

[@frednetherlands887]

This was cracking good. Christian knows how to crack one.

[@irishmanshamrock8563]

Christian, Vera wanted to ''Vera-fy'' those bolts were tight. 😀 I would love to see the face of the TUV inspector when the inspection is done. Great video. Informative and entertaining. Thank you.

[@Pesmog]

Yep, Vera-fy describes it perfectly 👍

[@MichaelNaji-s1v]

Dear Christian and Vera, thank you so much for your videos, I have learned so much and I love your sense of humour.

[@reubenhooft541]

This channel really makes me want to get a Discovery. Well done , making it look easy.

[@johnwillett4086]

👍 I collected my "new" Discovery today 😁 D4 Landmark, one of the last, registered in September 2016 with only 34k miles (54k km) on the clock and looking brand new - very happy. 😃

[@josephgittos3787]

That Chassis looks fantastic so look forward when the engine is also added

[@richardharker2775]

I cannot believe sweet little Very is so bossy, in a good way that is. This has been a funny episode.

[@TheDaf95xf]

Good morning Vera & Christian 😊 It’s I good job Vera is in charge so get it right Christian lol 😆 There’s lots of engine rebuilds on KZbin but nothing compares to yours guys and the banter between you both is some of the best 🤩 For Vera as always a big hug 🤗 and kiss 😘 Until the next one have a great week 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@daves.7040]

Happy Sunday everyone ! I can’t wait to see this Disco completed. I’ve even got my wife interested in watching this channel now. She doesn’t love my Disco as much as I do (yet) but she does like the idea of travelling down through Europe, from the UK, so fingers crossed !

[@Vera_and_Christian]

👍💪

[@grahamwest1079]

Very well done as usual. Great team work. Would be good to have a 'Vera' looking over my work as just having a pain of a job wiring contura switches on my Landy. I have the lights working but the lights on the switch don't illuminate, such fun.

[@mikeboone4425]

What a way to spend a great sunday morning again, that commercial is just to funny just toooo entertaining you guys should be on TV not youtube.. Happy Trail you 2

[@ccconlan2670]

ITS LR TIME😊😊😊 once again such great attention to detail.i cant wait to see the finished disco.this is so educational and entertaining every time.looking forward to next weeks episode 😊😊😊

[@Harry-zz8qn]

Just come across your channel and I’m loving it. Catching up slowly.

[@elvisdepelvis4431]

The two of you are such a great team. Makes me wonder how the two of you ever met and what Vera’s background is.

[@dadgarage7966]

Maybe they met in a Land Rover service department.

[@elvisdepelvis4431]

@@dadgarage7966 Somehow I think a Toyota was also involved 🤔

[@paulopinheiro7550]

Definitely: it was the car that towed the LR to the service department 🙂

[@neilsimmons7950]

Great video. I think Land Rover technicians should be your #1 followers on this channel. Impressive work Vera.

[@alexshapley8331]

👍 nearly there! looking forward to seeing the finished article. keep up the good work!

[@timothyhargreaves5273]

WOW ! 💚💚 I,m amazed at the skill of Christian

[@eddieMurphy11111]

well Vera at least you have a good teacher and over looker ,thanks for the video

[@GarrickPayne]

In the coming weeks I will get to have a go at changing rings and possibly re-honing the cylinder bore on my Hyosung. With less than 6000 km on the clock one of the ignition coils died, which probably cooked the rings. Fun! Good work as always by the way.

[@anthonyreed2228]

Perfect as always, good job Vera is there to make sure you torque the correct bolts Christian 😂, I think every workshop should come with a Vera, mine could certainly do with one 😂😂

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Indeed.

[@janbauwmans7662]

Enjoy your Sunday, great video again !

[@franklinfootface5104]

I am very sure that these two are the funniest German couple in the world. Great videos!

[@josephp5058]

Again, entertaining and informative, lm still amused even though l sold my LR 2 years ago!

[@martiniv8924]

Great video , great vibe from C&V it must be the vitamin D 😁✌🏻😎

[@Richie-C]

Super video, consistently on time, funny and of course very informative. Your channel will eventually explode, just wait and see

[@keithpvt]

Just such a pleasure to watch.. you guys are fricking awesome.. love it! 🎉❤

[@gordonbarclay6106]

Great video again taking Landrovers to bits and making them better..

[@haanjamiis]

That chassis looks beautiful.

[@mikhailbelianinov1877]

I'm becomming addicted to your weekly Sunday video releases. ))) Please keep going. I enjoy it every time so much!!!! and definitely waiting for the new LR Time episodes! Vielen Dank!

[@ainsleygraves3294]

Another great video ❤

[@nickb5391]

Another informative video, Christian you are a perfectionist not like a lot are today they just throw it all together & hope it's ok

[@desmcdermott6090]

It is all looking very good - well done

[@MorningNapalm]

"Of course, Kristian, it was a running engine!" - on the other hand, every engine is a running engine before it stops running :D

[@keltonreyneke8948]

Good work Christian and Vera!

[@allsearpw3829]

Hi loads of gear and many ideas , to keep these running . I notice most of the many pockets on your trousers are empty , is this due to the L R,s wheel bearings rattling around in Vera,s car .? Amazing work and fun to watch . 😉👍👍

[@Rickwardful]

Best VW advert ever was the one set in Japan: “Number one best selling imported car in Japan is VW Golf.” The car is then dropped from a height onto the floor, followed by “Vely tough as old boot!” Dare you do that with a Discovery?

[@johnshaw4140]

Cristian , you have the patience of a saint , I'm surprised that you allow Vera in your garage 😂

[@jamesray3920]

Another mast piece by christan that most of will never do unless lr time is your neighbor but here usa we have 4.4 v8 power it truly takes a skilled person to remember and know where all these nuts & bolts go and torque specs i can't get my nightmare lr3 to stop the transmission and suspension fault next week i buy all new heights sensors and transfer case module mine had corrosion in it but the dealer wants 1k to program it vera that's a huge OMG 😲 i only bought my lr3 for 1100.00 dollars 😢 im waiting on christan to get to this part in his rovers maintenance portion lol until then i ride in my yota oh yeah it just won't break down

[@MillfieldWheels]

Hi Christian and Vera. I've watched your channel for some time. Great content! I've been having problems deciding whether to buy a Disco 3 or Disco 4 and after a great deal of thought I've decided to buy a Mitsubishi Shogun/Pajero. Keep up the good work.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

😅👍🙋‍♀️

[@mdshovel]

Can now have Sunday breakfast 😁 Going by all your engine build videos ... how many engine reconditioners are this precise and detailed? This where the real cost is.

[@barrydavis1751]

Great job as always only one comet if your loving wife wants to help you it's a good idea to make sure that she is covered up for her own protection I know Vera has done this before but working in a workshop for many years things can happen I love you guys and really enjoy videos.❤ thanks Barry.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Yes, she can hurt herself by walking from the kitchen into the dining room. Happens all the time. Christian

[@barrydavis1751]

@@Vera_and_Christian ok well the only thing I can suggest is you cover Vera in bubble wrap and hope for the best 👍

[@ervie60]

Great job as always. Just 2 things I noticed; 1 get the block professionally cleaned and while at the machine shop 2 get the top side of the block skimmed there too. Question: how is the balance of the rotating assembly, within spec?

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Rods, crank and pistons are in spec and crank is oem = balance in spec. Skimming the block will scrap it as there is no fitting gasket available. Many folks found this out the hard way. Christian

[@ervie60]

@@Vera_and_Christian No alternative gaskets? that is bad :( Anyways, hope for the best I guess (heads and block are parallel to be gastight) Oh while the frame is easy to reach; few bottles of waxoil prayed on inside of frame tubes? Adds years of life to it :)

[@MuggaVirtualPilotMVP]

Why aren't the lobes polished if they're known for cracking? I would imaging propagation could get going on the rough surfaces. Love the videos - From Australia!

[@ВикторМанаков-к1ъ]

There are short block parts for this engine. This motor was installed on the F-150 and the crankshaft is suitable for LR there. For example crankshaft part number 9X2Z-6303-B.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

No oem bearings are available. Usually sold out. Crank is available oem indeed also from JLR. Christian

[@BerlietGBC]

Top work, and how can you not love a woman who carries a spare wheel bearing, just wonderful Christian how do you ever find time for work ?

[@MostynWitham]

Beautiful!!!!

[@slypig24]

If you could redesign the crankshaft, how much extra steel width would you want, between the journals? Which would make the whole crankshaft & engine casting longer.

[@tubytje]

Be careful if you don’t have kids yet. That one cracked me up 😂

[@-DC-]

Best LR content anywhere 👊

[@georgemobbs4413]

Great content love this channel

[@Motorcyclefan17]

Good day!

[@andrewmarkland9411]

Superb - but why didn’t you reverse the honing direction between banks…..

[@paulwalker427]

Brilliant video

[@mauritztoivonen1070]

Thank you.

[@ceescorner]

😂😂 the VW commercial reference 😂😂

[@greenbike9475]

Do you by any chance have a repairable cranckshaft for 3.0 ? I you'll like to buy it.

[@LandRoverDrive]

Hehehe, “ we had a running engine and we don’t want to make it worse “ 😂😂😂

[@spearsnatorreefa2042]

Gday chrrstian i love your vids i have a question my lr3 is going into limp mode occasionally under hard accellaration do you have any ideas its sending me mad

[@johnmelling9950]

Why do you put atf on the back of the bearings? When I was at college in the 90s i was always taught they should be spotlessly clean and free of oil because the oil film will alter the clearances

[@paulaus]

You don't want the bearing to be moving against the block at all so no lube on the back of the bearing would make more sense.

[@warwickbunn1250]

Yes that's an interesting point. If the bearings are torqued down correctly then they can't move. So I wonder if some lubricant before fitting would allow them to 'settle' into position better than a dry slide into place. 🤔

[@malcolm.703]

Another great job. 👍👏👏👏 And it’s not verify, it’s VERA-FY. 👍 😂😂😂

[@stuarth43]

when Christian line bored the block before ,where did you buy oversize mains from always a good vid you two:))

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Bored to original size. Christian

[@thompsond6380]

Hilarious especially the last bit

[@warwickbunn1250]

I used honey bee oil to hone my engine and it doesn't seem to be a problem, as its now running sweeeeet 😂 But I am having trouble finding a torque figure for the spare wheel bearing, perhaps I'll use more honey bee oil. 😉

[@cjhickspe1399]

Gotta love a woman that carries a spare wheel bearing with her at all times.

[@Bikemad24]

Such a British sense of humour

[@pantheo1090]

Great Video as always. Does the main bearings have colours on how to install them? Thanks

[@Vera_and_Christian]

It has letters👍🙋‍♀️

[@pantheo1090]

@@Vera_and_Christian Thank you for your reply. Much appreciated :)

[@jstokvis]

Wonderful

[@biz4twobiz463]

a pleasure to watch. Loving the husband and wife dynamics mixed in with Land Rover. Merci

[@gazzafloss]

German precision rebuild... I hope you billed Vera for a service call when she had the spares "clunking" about under the back seat and made you check the Disco out.

[@martinkulik9466]

Thought they built the ceramic engine part at first wow

[@danielcookeb90]

Crying laughing at Vera carrying a spare wheel bearing around! What a woman!🤣🤣

[@bugjuicer]

I'd love to see the engines you've rebuilt, on a dyno; just to see their output of a hand built engine, vs production line built engine. I'd also love to see you build up a modified engine, to see what and how you do it

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Yes if we had 250000 followers that would be possible. But only 20000 watched this video, so we are still on a very tight budget.👍🙋‍♀️

[@bugjuicer]

@@Vera_and_Christian so you're saying I need to watch this a few more times, huh...? Ok...

[@Vera_and_Christian]

UPnDOWN😅👍But not from the same account. 🙋‍♀

[@paulopinheiro7550]

Wow, seeing your videos how I may regret buying an S-type Jaguar with the 2.7d engine... btw, what is the 1/4 torque wrench you use? I'm looking for one but it would appear many are just rebranded garbage... I have to watch ALL your videos, they are like a time machine to see into my future!

[@Vera_and_Christian]

The 2.7 is reliable in the JAG 👍. Wrench is Proxxon. Christian

[@paulopinheiro7550]

@@Vera_and_Christian Thank you so much for taking the time to reply! Is the 2.7d reliable in the Jag because it's a lighter/less "abused" car? I'm still very concerned about a metalic rattling that becomes particularly loud when the engine is hot. Maybe it's nothing serious, maybe it is... Taking it to and indie Jag garage tomorrow to have then inspect it. I see Proxxon is very expensive... I will first bench-test the one I bought to see how far from spec it is before sepending that kind of money... Anyway, your videos are and wil be very useful since the engines are pretty much the same and I intend to do the maintenance and (most) repairs myself. Cheers from Portugal!

[@brumster69]

The VW advert 😆😆

[@Butcher-s]

Hi! You good command.Best regards.🤗

[@TheGrimReaper1]

I don’t know much about what you are doing, but it’s certainly easier without the body on.

[@vanzylbooysen4826]

The room you do the measurements in must be a constant 25 degrees celsius

[@stefanmaddock5516]

Torque to rotate... Verafied...

[@gordonbritton3215]

Thanks guys the moral is you can make these engines last if you keep everything in speck!

[@mikest2851]

how is the USA, have you found any v8 land rovers there?

[@Andrew-rv9qr]

Hi, I have been enjoying your videos. I am thinking of Buying a 2006 Discover 3 TDV6 with 100,000 Miles on it. Is there a certain mileage when the cranks shaft is most likely to have broken already?

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Only the 3.0 is known for snapping cranks. The 2.7 is known for the oil pump issue. Better watch all our LR3 and 2.7 L videos or you may have a terrible day. Check our most essential maintenance video at least. Christian

[@Andrew-rv9qr]

@@Vera_and_Christian great thanks, been watching lots of your videos

[@greenbike9475]

Did you ever fitter an aftermarket crankshaft, do they last or brake ?

[@Vera_and_Christian]

They do not last. Christian

[@TantersD3]

Careful, Christian, the cancel police might catch up with you yet 😂 Clunk!!

[@jfr55man]

you guys rock!

[@OrdinaryJoe12]

'of course Christian it was a running engine! lol

[@TheGalifrey]

Verify is now Verafy 🤣

[@LorenzoCase]

Still missing the extra stickers on the struts Christian, think you’re German eye for detail is slipping 😂

[@davesidwell415]

We call fitting pistons this way "selective assembly".😊

[@410dash]

You guys are too funny !!!

[@adrianrobertson1478]

OMG! Ye be talking high secrets of automotive engineering - I got lost about the second sentence! Thou doth sound convincing, Christian!

[@gastondicastelnuovo8857]

Hi guys! Do you think upgrading OEM air struts for Bilstein B6 woth the difference in money?

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Don’t know. Doubt it as the OEM struts are bulletproof. Christian

[@3wheeler1000]

Varified or Verafied?!?

[@triumphanttommo7322]

I always find 20 strokes is just right.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

😂

[@jorjimaco5331]

🍻🇦🇺👍

[@HeinerStorch]

Can you tell the difference between a short and a " long" block?

[@Vera_and_Christian]

A short block is the name for the lower end of the engine without cylinder heads. So block, crank and piston with rods. Not to be confused with the US term "small block" and "big block". US people call their engines big and a small V8 if both are available for a car. Christian