I fixed The Land Rover And Then It Broke Again!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- I have had nothing but problems with vehicles for the last few weeks. my Delica van broke down on the motorway. I got the Land Rover working right and then on its maiden voyage the clutch went. I had a feeling the clutch would not last long because I could smell it in the engine bay but I thought it would last a little while at least. I got Raf over to help and over two days we fixed it.
I also installed a new head on the Delica van but its still has some major problems. I think the engine needs to come out and have a rebuild. That might be a winter project.
I think lots of people like watching videos on whatever your doing! Most people are here to watch what your up to rather than the task itself imo!
Dear AXG
👍👌👏 You are absolutely right!
Best regards luck and health.
I would add that a lot of people watch Kris so they get inspired to tackle all the projects at their own house and property. at least i do!
Agreed
@@ShipCreek I agree!
I love the feeling I get when I see the blue dot next the channels name indicating a new video, I don't get that feeling for all my subscriptions tho.
I enjoy watching your videos regardless of what you’re working on. your attitude of not being discouraged but staying calm positive and tackling problems one by one is inspiring. (don’t worry, I have no illusions about there not being the fair share of swearing off camera 🙃). Really truly hope the Rover will serve you well and reliably from now on! 🙏🏼✌🏼
On Camera Yes! Off Camera he's throwing tools....😂
Thought the Land Rover was going to have the Buick/Rover aluminum V8...
Great video keep it up and love the d
Kris, I returned to watch this segment again because I am very interested in Land Rover Defenders. You deserve mechanic awards for getting it going!!!
It's hard to believe that two Land Rover specialists couldn't figure out that the timing was out. That's a lovely old Landy in good nick, you'll get it sorted in the end.
@@bluejar5614 Unless you're a mechanic I suppose!
@@bluejar5614 far is time where Land Rover was synonymous of quality and reliability!!
yes they are shite, no one believes me, designed by children for dumbed down dummies,
I think I speak for everyone (aside from the hydro people) when I say we enjoy all the update videos. Wether it's doing odd jobs, cleaning and tidying, building, wood working, gardening or w/e. We just enjoy keeping upto day with the day to day stuff 😅.
Happy to see a Deckel FP1 millingmachine in the background😊. One of the best!
Many thanks to Raf for being there for you. It's great to have an ally when things go sideways.
He must have got soo much beer for all that help. 😄
That is a seriously nice Landy and you've obviously invested a lot of time, effort and money into it. Your foresight in investing in the lift and multipurpose workshop is also inspiring. Good job. Re the van, sit on it for a while and see what the universe provides. It may be worth dropping the sump and observing the bottom end.
he is a darling car like the hummer
Check the PCV system if it has one. might be clogged. If your new head came with a new valve cover makes sure it actually has a breather or PCV fitting! Compare the old head gasket with the new one, and the old head with the new head to make sure all opening line up and exist on the new head.
Without spending money and assuming worst case it is already dead, if you can spare the time drop the sump, take the head back off and bring a few pistons out - might be a ring/piston problem although the good compressions make that less likely. Whatever you do - don't give up until you can see the cause of the problem - you can do it !
i figured timing had an argument with the neighbour one time he thought that you could put a diesel together like that one was i know you can not with me i have worked on the big stuff like 3406 cat and 400 big cam Cummins series 60 Detroits etc also i would keep that old head shave a couple thousand off of n it keep it for a spare you never know better to have and not need than to need and not have as for the land rover nice ride not my cup of tea tho i prefer an old dodge ram charger or a power wagon with a 5.9 Cummins swap in it then again that's just me
You know the geese are in trouble when Kris calls Dot with her first name Dorothy.
Your efforts are compounding, the repairing of the LandRover in your new workshop would not have previously been possible without your foresight and effort. It looks to be serendipitous, that this happened now, but it's an earned opportunity that you were able to capitalize on because of your previous efforts and vision. it's super rewarding to see you materialize this progress.
I love your video's Kris. You live the life I wish I did, but as a 60 year old I may have missed my bus. I have always been a trouble shooter, and in my younger days it was all ice engines (now its computers), so I REALLY felt your elation when you had the timing issue fixed (I had a similar issue in the early 1980s with a Datsun 180B timing chain, but once I worked out what was wrong, the feeling of winning was super), so I truly congratulate you, you not only see that there is an issue, you then feel it, and then use logic to find the answer. I nearly jumped out of my skin when I saw you find and then fix the timing issue. Well done and congratulations, keep up the great videos, I'm excited about your hydroelectric setups.😄
That’s very wholesome!
Raf is such a good one man
Never thought I’d be so interested in 33 minutes worth of automotive engineering.. but you make anything interesting :)
Very insightful :D keep doing what you doing Kris, your hard work will pay off!
Be it hydro power, building a greenhouse, repairing a vehicle or just petting the cat, people enjoy seeing a process. Anything you put out is a pleasure to watch.
More cats!
Kris, it’s not what you do, it’s the way that you do it. Regardless of the task, that’s what makes the difference with your Channel.
I recommend changing the winch wire for a synthetic rope for safety and handling. I have a lot of winching experience as an off roader I have seen both fail. Steel wire will whip dangerously when it fails but synthetic rope will just drop to the ground. Synthetic rope is far easier to handle and it is stronger at the same diameter so if you go narrower and you can gain reach. Finally it can be easily field spliced if necessary.
I first started watching your videos because of the hydroelectric stuff, but i think watching everything you post is very interesting, fun and enjoyable. Keep up the good work! 🤗🤗
Land rovers and alternative energy. Two of my favorite subjects. I've had land rovers since I was about 18 i'm 50 now and still love them.
Don't apologize for a vehicle video, it was still a great video. I always try to fix my own equipment and have experienced similar cascading issues, it was great seeing your perseverance through it all and your skill as a mechanic. Great job
Cars have a way of bringing us all to the same level of frustration. Well done you.
Stunning and brave that you think the Landrover won't keep breaking
Amazed at your skillset and knowledge. Personally I would not know where to start, so congratulations and I hope your luck has changed for the better. Best wishes to Dot and all the farm stock. A’bientot from Cleguerec (now raining again, much needed on the continent 🇪🇺
Super accolades to you Chris on repairing the Landie!!!
Mate, I could watch you mow the bloody lawn and find it inspiring and entertaining. Well done.
I'm not sure if you had the goal of inspiring others but I'm here to tell you I've moved from the city to the country, quit my job as a software engineer and have begun building out our homestead exclusively from reclaimed wood. No idea what im doing but so far so good.The creek in our land runs year round, I think we will start with a ram pump for gravity fed irrigation but hydro is coming (we are on grid). I can honestly say this all may not have happened if we had not come across your videos so many years ago. "Thank you" doesn't really capture how grateful I am to you.
Your gentle taps on the Delica and saying "old girl", almost had me shedding a tear. It is amazing how we can create relationships with inanimate objects.
I enjoy every minute of your video's regardless of the content Kris.
awesome job Kris what ever you do you make it right you must have spent thousands on the landy hopefully problem free running for many more years. i have had 3 land rovers and they are good workhorses and go anywhere vehicles
That's one of the best feelings as a DIY mechanic: after weeks / months of sweat, bad-words and bruised knuckles (and maybe bruised egos), getting your baby up and running.
Not only that, but coming away from the project with a better understanding of your vehicle and knowing it's done RIGHT.
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Again, thanks for sharing your work. :)
Nothing like the satisfaction and getting your landy working right 👍 nice job.
So what your saying is Land Rover needs to have a review of their service technicians. Good job 👍
Well done Kris, your hard work always pays off. Lets hope the people Carrier can be fixed.👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏
Good fix on the Landy, I'm sure you'll get to the bottom of the Delica too ? I'd be re-examining that "new" head though for the overpressure problem as it didn't start blowing out oil till you fitted that ?
On a lighter note, did you know 75% of all Land Rovers ever made are still on the road ? The other 25% made it home !
Kris, it would be great if you could do a video on converting a vehicle to veg oil and any hints/tips you'd recommend. Thanks so much.
Always good to have a Raf in your corner when the chips are down.
I'm so happy that you got a good deal on this land rover, you really deserve it!!
Congrats Kris! Clever fella. Good to have buddies like that too!
Nice buggy
Your work ethic is second to none,
A serious case of "have to" provides extra motivation yo!
Jesus. What a nightmare landrovers are. Well done. Really astonishing work.
No idea how you cope with the endless ordering of parts either. It's so exhausting. Stuff not in stock, bits missing. Take something apart and find you need a new seal or new bolt. Really amazing you don't go bonkers.
Are you from another planet,!,☄️😀.I’m in awe of you that you never let anything beat you ,,,miracle man 👍
The smile on your face when Dot fired up the Rover was ba beautiful thing to see!
That 'tropical' rainfall was lovely.
Nothing like fixing something that everyone else failed on, congrats.
Chris, you are extraordinary….engine-unity.
Nice Land Rover👍 basically rebuilt whoohoo your going to love that rig!🤗👍❤✌take care
A cool, analytic, intelligent mind beats jobbing experts every time.
This was actually one of my favourite videos of yours as it demonstrated the use of the infrastructure that you have built and the problem solving skills you’ve developed to save a perfectly good machine from being scrapped! Congratulations on the new ride!
You certainly have the various skills necessary to be a strongly self reliant homesteader and business operator. Congratulations for betting on yourself to be able to get the rover roving again. It would be great to have a neighbor like you! Now you have a little time cushion to find an engine or short block for the van.
Boss Man. Beautiful vehicle - sure it will now be as tenacious as its new owner !
I feel more manly watching your channel Kris. I shall go down the pub and say stuff like "gasket" and "Clutch casing" to impress the well-to-do landowners of Wiltshire where I live. I alsmost feel inspired to go and do stuff in my shed/garden. Almost...
But then... beer :(
keep up the good (and inspiring) work. You are a credit to all.
That is a surprise to see a Land Rover in the shop needing repairs. :) That Range Rover is a great looking vehicle and it will be great content to see it converted to veg oil.
I enjoy watching whatever you and Dot are filming!! So impressed how you fix everything!!! Shalom from Colorado
Another great video Kris, glad to see all the hard work paid off with the landrover, thanks for bringing us along.
Your content is in my opinion some of the best on this whole platform. How you can re-task across disciplines and just get on really is inspirational.
Well done of fixing the Rover.
So many folk are envious of your Landy, I know I am. Well done on that deal, it looks really sweet!
Convert the Mitsubishi to Electric :-)
As entertaining as ever. It reminds me so much of my dad who could put his hand to anything and do it well. A true farmer. 👍👍👍
I'm smiling for you son ..well done
You are a persistent problem solver. I'm happy when you're happy. Just brilliant, you are a genius. Greetings from Sweden. 😊
Happiness is contagious! 😊
@@samvalentine3206 Is Kris a younger version of Tim?
Wow she is gorgeous! Will be such a great vehicle once you have finished the all the maintenance.
Congrats on LR fix. A lovely machine.
Yeah it's a car repair video and you've made every bit of it interesting here with many moments of anticipation and cheers for you with each successfully completed task....
Kris you are one amazing dude.
Credit to your pal for keeping your cool when things don't go planned. Keep your head up pal and you are a true inspiration with your energy and get go attitude. Your videos always get my thumbs up
I’m new here. Subscribed and looking forward to catching up
you should have been able to have that head skimmed / Remember this injects before TDC centre you are right it as to compress the oil
Is there anything you cant do. Your a genius. You certainly deserve a day off.
Brilliant made up you’ve got the green oval sorted
The big 'issue' with running on veg oil is that it cleans all the crap. When I went over to veg oil on the T4, doing nothing more than simply using veg oil rather than diesel, the main issue was th filter clogging up quickly,which, to change on a T4 is a pain , so I simply added some cheap replaceable inline filters and all I did was filter waste oil through a j-cloth and as winters are harsh here, I would add a half a litre of white spirit to stop the oil gelling.
The clutch release bearings in these are weak - as are the clutch release arms - they will wear & then start melting the plastic (on the back of the bearing) with the heat generated which is the stank you usually smell. They do a stronger release arm & it's well worth going for when you replace the clutch/bearing.
Great catch on the timing.
Good working Kris. Bought back memories for me as one of my first jobs in the 90’s was working at land rover building axles 🙈. Lot of time spent working on defenders.
You've got some serious skills man. I agree with the others in that is enjoyable to just watch you work and talk.
It must be nice to be able to get Rover parts so quickly. I'm in Mexico and waited over a month for parts. Just did my coolant outlet pipe myself. Feels good... not a rover mech here for thousands of miles.
Your old Delica might just need a set of rings, they will have lost their tension due to the heat. Might be possible to take the head and sump off to get the pistons out.
I enjoy your videos, I currently live on off grid solar and have built my own 8KW inverter and charge controllers myself.
So good, troubleshooting minister
Cracking effort Kris!!!
Thanks so much for sharing this process with us, I think we all felt a little relieved when the Rover finally started 😂. RIP van, you will not be forgotten.
Wow! Seems i have some catching up to do!!
Nice landy mate!!
Sorry to hear about the van!!
Kris, your a mechanical genius….also carpenter, electrical and engineering……you must have had good role models
Been watching since the beginning, and this was one of my favorites. I think anyone can appreciate keeping it varied and interesting. Nice work with all the diagnostics!
Back in 1973 my brother in law took trade in of 67 gto.had new dist.air cleaner spark plugs rebuilt carb.ha ha still didn't run right mechanic gave up.i took engine apart at home ( got the car for free)found pontiac used timing gear of hub aluminum,and teeth were nylon,half teeth were broken off.replaced with steel ran fine.you could rebuild engine of van as winter project,good video,thanks.from us.of.a.!
I love watching LR’s getting fixed up. I miss my old D2 TD5. Great video.
This was a fascinating, interesting and educational video - yet I have absolutely no interest in vehicle engines! It is always a pleasure watching you determine what is wrong, how it can be fixed and then seeing your smiles of joy when the job finished. Thank you for taking us along, regardless of the type of project or job.
I literally like your videos even more now that you're working on cars. It's my main interest, but love seeing you mess about with random stuff like the generators/solar etc. It's just got even better!
I agree
Hi Kris. Lovin your enthusiasm it’s awesome 👏🏻
God love you Kris...it will get better, you both deserve everything good.🙏🥰 Good ol' Raf too👍 ( And then it never rains but it pours!🙄😄)
Amazing job on the vehicles well done you loved watching them
A very interesting and educational video.
Thanks very much.
I can only marvel at how multi skilled you are.
I wouldn’t have a clue where to start.
We used to use the rear pto to run deep well test pumps, 3 days at a stretch, at set speeds, out here. They were THE most reliable work vehicles, am talking the early 1900s
Victory!
Sadly though defenders are not readily on hand here in the states, otherwise I’d own one.
Excellent work as usual sir!
Doesn't matter what you seem to film, you make it interesting. Keep up the good work and more power to your elbow. 👍
One of the best videos I’ve seen on automotive repair. And I’ve seen many. Well done. 👍
It's always worth checking how many "HD" aftermarket parts are available for a car...if there aren't any, the car already came as "HD" from factory...
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Too bad for the van motor, that thing served you well over the years!
Thx for taking us along with you, Kris!
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Go onto a good Landrover forum, there will be plenty of professional and diy mechanics that can help you with information and what to look out for. You should drop a dial indicator probe into a cylinder to find TDC unless you have a mark on the flywheel or other. Marks on the chain don’t mean much unless you can line it up with other locations.
Drove a Landi in Tanzania and Kenya for eight years. Cannot beat teh. The sound alone does things to my heart.
I love the sound of it, the turbo spooling is music to my ears.
Great video, magic hands!
Hello Kris,
I am pleased to see the Land Rover is up and running, well done... Shame about the Delica van as it would be great to have a spare vehicle for your hydro business.
Take care.
Paul,,
Another great video. I’m surprised that you haven’t installed locking/unlocking hubs on the front axle. It would save a lot of wear & tear on the front axle shafts and improve fuel economy.
So good to see the car fixing. Nice work
I have no idea about most of this, but I am amazed at your endless skills and knowledge 🙌
Nice rig you got here! Glad your sorted out the timing. It's seems odd that bottom end is damaged, could it be just wear out crank seals due to overheating ? A leak down test could be helpful. Cheers