Good evening all,
Just a quick history of my headaches... Sorry to waffle on in advance..
So I recently bought a 2005 navara with a hole in the sump off evilbay...
It was cheap and I wanted it as a breaker.. Thrown rod I suspected. After recovering it and talking to the farmer owner I was told it was a good engine that suffered a "tractor with a bailing spike through the sump". ?!?! Anyway, I put a new radiator in it (holed), stuck a metal plate on the sump with some silicon and filled it with some oil.
A fresh battery and Turned the key for a "laugh" and it ran beautifully....
Anyway, after umming and ahhing I decided to chuck it in for an mot to see what else was needed. Shock horror, it passed with a few advisories.. Nothing major....
So my problem is this... I fixed all the odd bits and mot advisories and saved the biggest job till last.... The hole in the sump.
Now I'm aware of the blowing up problem so I checked engine block number.... Machined Smooth, The hole in the sump was big enough for me to remove a bearing shell off no 1 con rod. ACL STD bearings. So Rebuilt engine. ... ?
Looking good until I dropped the small sump pan off and found this small cranked pipe in the bottom
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So after speaking to Dave from Billcar, top man! He said it's an oil jet to oil the top of the piston and the engine has gotta come out... ?
As of today the engine is about to lift out, litterally its all disconnected ready to lift.... Bar separating from the gearbox..
I would just like advice on the following...
Which is easiest by myself with just an engine crane and no ramp...... ,, drop the front diff or pull the gearbox back? (to give enough room to pull the engine out)
When rebuilding a potentially Rebuilt engine what else should I replace/check.? .
Planning on so far
new bolts for the crank bearings.
New clutch kit, solid flywheel or dual mass?
Checking the timing chain or should I replace?
Egr blanking or removal?
Check all the bearing shells,
Replace the oil jets as needed
Front and rear crank seal if needed.
Check for scuffing on the pistons
Anything else??
Many thanks for your time/advice
Adrian
Also much thanks to Dave from Bill Car
Just a quick history of my headaches... Sorry to waffle on in advance..
So I recently bought a 2005 navara with a hole in the sump off evilbay...
It was cheap and I wanted it as a breaker.. Thrown rod I suspected. After recovering it and talking to the farmer owner I was told it was a good engine that suffered a "tractor with a bailing spike through the sump". ?!?! Anyway, I put a new radiator in it (holed), stuck a metal plate on the sump with some silicon and filled it with some oil.
A fresh battery and Turned the key for a "laugh" and it ran beautifully....
Anyway, after umming and ahhing I decided to chuck it in for an mot to see what else was needed. Shock horror, it passed with a few advisories.. Nothing major....
So my problem is this... I fixed all the odd bits and mot advisories and saved the biggest job till last.... The hole in the sump.
Now I'm aware of the blowing up problem so I checked engine block number.... Machined Smooth, The hole in the sump was big enough for me to remove a bearing shell off no 1 con rod. ACL STD bearings. So Rebuilt engine. ... ?
Looking good until I dropped the small sump pan off and found this small cranked pipe in the bottom
So after speaking to Dave from Billcar, top man! He said it's an oil jet to oil the top of the piston and the engine has gotta come out... ?
As of today the engine is about to lift out, litterally its all disconnected ready to lift.... Bar separating from the gearbox..
I would just like advice on the following...
Which is easiest by myself with just an engine crane and no ramp...... ,, drop the front diff or pull the gearbox back? (to give enough room to pull the engine out)
When rebuilding a potentially Rebuilt engine what else should I replace/check.? .
Planning on so far
new bolts for the crank bearings.
New clutch kit, solid flywheel or dual mass?
Checking the timing chain or should I replace?
Egr blanking or removal?
Check all the bearing shells,
Replace the oil jets as needed
Front and rear crank seal if needed.
Check for scuffing on the pistons
Anything else??
Many thanks for your time/advice
Adrian
Also much thanks to Dave from Bill Car
