Hey Homie! Here's how they do it in the big city.. put the engine on a small trailer and take it to your local car wash and steam clean the outside! THEN start your re-build disassembly!
@@garage90uk cost me 300 for heads to be machined some years ago. Really wish I had pulled the bottom out and done it as well. Best of luck man looking forward to it!
Just found your channel, and am enjoying the project. I was looking at a 2001 Discovery just last week but decided to pass as my wife reminded me of something I said 20 years ago. Upon finishing the rescue and restoring an old Jaguar, I commented that I would never put my money and time into someone else’s neglect.( a farmer had Been using it like a truck In his field). Your Land Rover however is different. It has family history, and aside from just being tired, has a lot left in it . Best of luck. I’ll be watching.👍
Very wise words! I am partly working on this as practice also, I have always wanted to rebuild an engine and this seems like a good place to start aside from having to do everything eight times. So hopefully one day I too can work up to a Jaguar and do it justice. Thanks for watching.
The cross-bolt-mains mod was sheer genius, too bad they got most everything else wrong on their mods, plagued with cracked blocks, sand cast offsets, you name it they screwed things up the more modification Rover made to this great little Buick V8! This was the perfect V8 engine! The extra cost to produce it is what killed it and that is sad.
Not sure how many of the original 3.5 blocks cracked. I thought when they started boring them out to nearly 5 that the gap between the bores caused issues with cracks and liner slip. Definitely had a long life and went in to many a British car.
Amazing I have 245k on my 3.9l v8 95 disco - just the head gasket one time at 110k for blowing oil. Runs smooth as silk except slow up hills and at altitude.
Solid going, sounds like yours has had some good looking after unlike mine. Mind you, just so you know, mine also ran very silky, good idle and always started on the button. Did have some other signs though like getting hot and steamed some.
Water pump looked pretty new actually. The radiator is almost completely blocked with mud. So feels like if I clean it out that could well sort things. Also the temperature sensor was completely fouled up so was not reading reliably. Thanks!
There has been a shortage of parts. Particularly the cam bearings. I managed to get a set recently and funny enough was only yesterday that I dropped the block off to be cleaned and machined. Should be done in a couple of weeks and I will be able to crack on...
@@garage90uk I got impatient when I had to wait 17 days for the delivery of new cam bearings. I'm rebuilding a '95 3.9 and look forward to your rebuild.
Well done cobber. Im in the 'debate' stage.... rebuild or replace. I like my 300Tdi, but the 1995 v8i was my first. Akin to yourself, cant bring myself to scrap the old girl lol.
Thanks man! I guess it depends a bit on what you plan to do with it road trips vs mud plugging / wading. Like you say is hard to scrap but they literally just don’t make them like that anymore.
I have been slowed down a lot recently. I am still keen to get it finished. Especially as have documented half the process. Block is off to the machine shop next. Did take there before but then had work issues so had to go get it back!
Depending on the 4.0, the rod journals are bigger than the Buick 300. The mains are the same. The only motor that I’m aware of that has the same main & rod journal size is the Rover 4.6. I believe all 4.0 have cross bolted main caps, and their cranks won’t fit the other motors or the Buick 215. I’ve thought about trying the high compression pistons in my 4.0 that the TRV motor used.
@@garage90uk Thankfully I have rebuilt Rover heads waiting for the block to be finished. I hope you are still getting on with your noble project. Mine is going into a 1962 Austin Healey 3000. Best wishes.
Hey just interested in where you are sourcing your parts and if you have any loyalties towards any brands?? Loving the build it has given me inspiration to get off my arse and fix my rust bucket of a disco. Thank you!!
I am actually at a stage when this becomes important. My garage is literally being rebuilt at this moment in time. Last of the bricks went in today so almost done. Once done I am back on with cleaning and then I will need to buy all the parts. So currently I don’t particularly have any pointers but will be researching soon. Kind of want the sweet spot between price and quality. Thanks for watching!
Can you please tell us all how the Land Rover is going? I've been watching this series so closely and it is so cool. Its been 2 years and I am dying to know where things are with the Disco right now :) (please tell me you haven't scrapped it)
Thank you, it is these types of comments that make it all worth while! SO, I very much still have the Discovery. Since my last video I have had to rebuild the garage back wall, redo the roof and have started a new job. I also spent loads of time trying to wash the parts in a dishwasher but each washer I tried was broken in some way. So this is something that is still ongoing and I hope to get a video out at some point soon. Very likely next year.
and perhaps poor gas. While I don't know about the UK, the US has multiple octane choices, and anything less than 93 puts a lot of strain on these v8's. Also, as this is a pushrod v8, the advice old US hot rodders give is applicable. Zinc is key for lobe life and lifter health. Also you might want to get a snorkel, and hose down the engine bay after a long off road sesh.
It is still meant to be alive! Have had quite a few things happen like the garage falling down etc. the project has also progressed but I am behind on getting the videos out. Just got a new laptop so can actually edit what must be at least three videos worth of material! So sorry and thanks for bearing with me.
At 5:38 skip to 7:52 if you don't care about my garage wall and just want to see an engine being stripped down!
Hey Homie!
Here's how they do it in the big city..
put the engine on a small trailer and take it to your local car wash and steam clean the outside! THEN start your re-build disassembly!
@@kennyh5083 life lessons! Let me be a terrible warning. Defo will do that next time.
Nice job man! Keep it going! Get that block machined and start putting together!
Thanks 🙏🏽, am actually hoping to take it soon!
@@garage90uk cost me 300 for heads to be machined some years ago. Really wish I had pulled the bottom out and done it as well. Best of luck man looking forward to it!
Just found your channel, and am enjoying the project. I was looking at a 2001 Discovery just last week but decided to pass as my wife reminded me of something I said 20 years ago. Upon finishing the rescue and restoring an old Jaguar, I commented that I would never put my money and time into someone else’s neglect.( a farmer had Been using it like a truck
In his field).
Your Land Rover however is different. It has family history, and aside from just being tired, has a lot left in it .
Best of luck. I’ll be watching.👍
Very wise words! I am partly working on this as practice also, I have always wanted to rebuild an engine and this seems like a good place to start aside from having to do everything eight times. So hopefully one day I too can work up to a Jaguar and do it justice. Thanks for watching.
The cross-bolt-mains mod was sheer genius, too bad they got most everything else wrong on their mods, plagued with cracked blocks, sand cast offsets, you name it they screwed things up the more modification Rover made to this great little Buick V8! This was the perfect V8 engine! The extra cost to produce it is what killed it and that is sad.
Not sure how many of the original 3.5 blocks cracked. I thought when they started boring them out to nearly 5 that the gap between the bores caused issues with cracks and liner slip. Definitely had a long life and went in to many a British car.
Amazing I have 245k on my 3.9l v8 95 disco - just the head gasket one time at 110k for blowing oil. Runs smooth as silk except slow up hills and at altitude.
Solid going, sounds like yours has had some good looking after unlike mine. Mind you, just so you know, mine also ran very silky, good idle and always started on the button. Did have some other signs though like getting hot and steamed some.
That what an engine looks like when the oil is not changed at the proper intervals
Indeed, it has had a hard time. Although it would seem no lasting damage was done as bearings etc can just be replaced.
I feel your pain…I’m deep in repairs
Oh no, nothing to serious I hope! Just keep doing a bit at a time and you will get there.
Do you know why it was getting hot ? What was water pump like…
Keep up the good work…
Water pump looked pretty new actually. The radiator is almost completely blocked with mud. So feels like if I clean it out that could well sort things. Also the temperature sensor was completely fouled up so was not reading reliably. Thanks!
Did you ever end up finishing this and getting it back in the rover?
There has been a shortage of parts. Particularly the cam bearings. I managed to get a set recently and funny enough was only yesterday that I dropped the block off to be cleaned and machined. Should be done in a couple of weeks and I will be able to crack on...
@@garage90uk I got impatient when I had to wait 17 days for the delivery of new cam bearings. I'm rebuilding a '95 3.9 and look forward to your rebuild.
Well done cobber. Im in the 'debate' stage.... rebuild or replace.
I like my 300Tdi, but the 1995 v8i was my first. Akin to yourself, cant bring myself to scrap the old girl lol.
Thanks man! I guess it depends a bit on what you plan to do with it road trips vs mud plugging / wading. Like you say is hard to scrap but they literally just don’t make them like that anymore.
Are you still bothering to do it? I think I just blew a piston. I have a couple of other engines but they would need a strip down. 😢
I have been slowed down a lot recently. I am still keen to get it finished. Especially as have documented half the process. Block is off to the machine shop next. Did take there before but then had work issues so had to go get it back!
dear sirs, where may i find a stroker crankshaft kit (not a buick 300 crankshaft modded to work in a rover v8!)for a rover 4.0 v8 engine??
… sometime later … Sorry to keep you in suspense but I don’t. Good luck in your search.
Depending on the 4.0, the rod journals are bigger than the Buick 300. The mains are the same. The only motor that I’m aware of that has the same main & rod journal size is the Rover 4.6. I believe all 4.0 have cross bolted main caps, and their cranks won’t fit the other motors or the Buick 215. I’ve thought about trying the high compression pistons in my 4.0 that the TRV motor used.
How you making out with the rebuild?
Sorry, I know it is dragging on for a while. Just today I have taken the valves out of the heads. So can take heads / block to be machined.
@@garage90uk Thankfully I have rebuilt Rover heads waiting for the block to be finished. I hope you are still getting on with your noble project. Mine is going into a 1962 Austin Healey 3000. Best wishes.
Hey just interested in where you are sourcing your parts and if you have any loyalties towards any brands?? Loving the build it has given me inspiration to get off my arse and fix my rust bucket of a disco. Thank you!!
I am actually at a stage when this becomes important. My garage is literally being rebuilt at this moment in time. Last of the bricks went in today so almost done. Once done I am back on with cleaning and then I will need to buy all the parts. So currently I don’t particularly have any pointers but will be researching soon. Kind of want the sweet spot between price and quality. Thanks for watching!
Can you please tell us all how the Land Rover is going? I've been watching this series so closely and it is so cool. Its been 2 years and I am dying to know where things are with the Disco right now :) (please tell me you haven't scrapped it)
Thank you, it is these types of comments that make it all worth while! SO, I very much still have the Discovery. Since my last video I have had to rebuild the garage back wall, redo the roof and have started a new job. I also spent loads of time trying to wash the parts in a dishwasher but each washer I tried was broken in some way.
So this is something that is still ongoing and I hope to get a video out at some point soon. Very likely next year.
@@garage90uk How's the Disco so far mate?
@ not going to lie and say there is a load of progress but I am nearly done with the next video!
Looks like lack of regular oil changes with a cheap quality oil.
I reckon you are spot on there. The first oil change I did when I get the car was much needed.
and perhaps poor gas. While I don't know about the UK, the US has multiple octane choices, and anything less than 93 puts a lot of strain on these v8's. Also, as this is a pushrod v8, the advice old US hot rodders give is applicable. Zinc is key for lobe life and lifter health. Also you might want to get a snorkel, and hose down the engine bay after a long off road sesh.
What happened to this channel??
It is still meant to be alive! Have had quite a few things happen like the garage falling down etc. the project has also progressed but I am behind on getting the videos out. Just got a new laptop so can actually edit what must be at least three videos worth of material! So sorry and thanks for bearing with me.
@@garage90uk Great to hear, but most important you are alive. Dont hope it fell down on to the camper.