Looking forward to that. As a boy I grew up learning about mechanics from my uncle who was an hgv mechanic. I took a different career path, I won't tell you my occupation cause you'd laugh. Anyway, I have a Td5 and disco 300tdi , practically rebuilt the tdi and being stretched now with the Td5 , diagnostics and sensors! These old trucks keep me sane. Grateful for your chanel Mike, I really look forward to your videos and the good humour. It's a real pity they don't have Td5's over there, they're great engines and we'd be a lot further on if you were demonstrating. All the best, Danny
Thanks Danny Not many Td5 here as people are put of by the electronics I was considering shipping one over and stripping it, but it costs a lot of money, and I only get £6 a day from You Tube advertising ( and then Google take 45%!) So now my philosophy is just to repair/rebuild customers vehicles Been through the importing heartaches before and that is behind me now!
I've done these before but still learned several things. Thanks Mike. The long form video is great, although I watched it in 3 parts. Had a similar problem with the bolts on the LT77 leaking oil. Someone put an old LT77 on my '91 and it didn't have the old shifting linkage. Damned drilled through holes!
The Bearmach vac pump has the same stamping, mine has failed after 6 months and was ticking by 2 months. I think out of all the noises a Land Rover can make the ticking from either the vacuum pump or the lift pump has to be the most annoying. Good video is there a torque setting for the cyclone bolts mine is still pissing out oil even with a new o ring, I managed to get cheap genuine bagged pipes, they were very soft and no longer braided.
The never-ending problem with parts The genuine vac pumps are £460! by the time I import it to Canada they would be almost $1000 Not made a penny on it
Hats off to you, I love your videos, long and short. I've got one of those slickshift kits on my R380 and would recommend to anyone. Turns it from feeling like you're stirring a cauldron to stirring a cuppa tea 😂
My LT230 leaks despite a complete reseal last year. Think it was the cheap Brit part seals. I was too cheap at the time to spring for the genuine/Oem seals. For the labor involved in removing this pig from underside the vehicle, 50.00 more in parts would have been worth it. For now I top up LT ever so often. I’m unsure all leaks can ever be permanently stopped haha.
I drilled and replaced the seal on the vacuum pump, then replaced the rivets with bolts all while leaving the pump in place on the engine. Turned out to be a good job. But I'm afraid this one is too far against the bulkhead to be able to do it in that way.
Those TDI vacuum pumps are a bleeding disaster! In 15 years of having our 90 we've replaced the pump at least 5 times. They just don't last! We've tried the OEM part, Britpart and Bearmach, they're all as bad. We're strongly considering putting an electrical pump in and forgetting the whole bloody thing
Even if you buy a genuine part at £460+tax, it still will be bad Pity they didn't put the vac pump on the back of the alternator like many other manufactures I know the exhaust is close, but it could have been modified
Hi Mike, Love the long video's ( less time to work on the RRC and Disco 1), Talking of Discos does the vacuum pump on a 200tdi sound the same as the 300tdi when worn ? would be helpful to know before I strip down the top end to replace the cam followers, The ticking only starts above 1,000 rpm. Can't wait for the 300tdi/RRC, Just what I am going to do next when I get my wife's Disco sorted.
The vac pump on the 200Tdi was a vane pump and gave very few problems The cam followers on the Tdi's also give few problems - in fact they are quite a good design - never replace the rollers with cheap aftermarket ones - they are not treated the same as originals - I have seen a few that look like thruppenny bits! Get yourself a mechanics stethoscope and try and trace the ticking
Mike, I can't believe that you are suggesting that Her Majesties army had been less than gentle whilst selecting reverse. On a side note, I hope you charged for the liter of grease that ended up on your hands.
Another plus one for a "Slickshift" upgrade by Syncro Gearboxes, if you are going to fool around with the shifter on any box, you may as well replace it with a "Slickshift" and thank yourself every time you change gears here after. www.syncrogearboxes.com
Don’t Land Rover have a part number for each leak and they are like a dog and make there territory or it is self rust proofing but got to love them for there down fall
Thanks for your demo of 300Tdi engine
No problem!
Enjoyed the video Mike, you're almost 10,000 subscribers, you deserve to get there soon
When I get there I am going to have a competition!
Looking forward to that. As a boy I grew up learning about mechanics from my uncle who was an hgv mechanic. I took a different career path, I won't tell you my occupation cause you'd laugh. Anyway, I have a Td5 and disco 300tdi , practically rebuilt the tdi and being stretched now with the Td5 , diagnostics and sensors! These old trucks keep me sane. Grateful for your chanel Mike, I really look forward to your videos and the good humour. It's a real pity they don't have Td5's over there, they're great engines and we'd be a lot further on if you were demonstrating. All the best, Danny
Thanks Danny
Not many Td5 here as people are put of by the electronics
I was considering shipping one over and stripping it, but it costs a lot of money, and I only get £6 a day from You Tube advertising ( and then Google take 45%!)
So now my philosophy is just to repair/rebuild customers vehicles
Been through the importing heartaches before and that is behind me now!
I've done these before but still learned several things. Thanks Mike. The long form video is great, although I watched it in 3 parts.
Had a similar problem with the bolts on the LT77 leaking oil. Someone put an old LT77 on my '91 and it didn't have the old shifting linkage. Damned drilled through holes!
I didn't notice - I should have checked it on the stand!
I love watching people mending stuff like this keep up the good work Mike.
Thanks!
Mike
The Bearmach vac pump has the same stamping, mine has failed after 6 months and was ticking by 2 months. I think out of all the noises a Land Rover can make the ticking from either the vacuum pump or the lift pump has to be the most annoying. Good video is there a torque setting for the cyclone bolts mine is still pissing out oil even with a new o ring, I managed to get cheap genuine bagged pipes, they were very soft and no longer braided.
The never-ending problem with parts
The genuine vac pumps are £460!
by the time I import it to Canada they would be almost $1000
Not made a penny on it
Thank you Mike. This video is most helpful.
Hats off to you, I love your videos, long and short. I've got one of those slickshift kits on my R380 and would recommend to anyone. Turns it from feeling like you're stirring a cauldron to stirring a cuppa tea 😂
I wonder if they would send me one to try?
@@BritannicaRestorations you've got a lot of international followers, might be worth getting in touch
Thanks again Mike for the knowledge, ace Vid
My LT230 leaks despite a complete reseal last year. Think it was the cheap Brit part seals. I was too cheap at the time to spring for the genuine/Oem seals. For the labor involved in removing this pig from underside the vehicle, 50.00 more in parts would have been worth it. For now I top up LT ever so often. I’m unsure all leaks can ever be permanently stopped haha.
Don't always blame the seals! I always pressure test the boxes with a smoke tester prior to fitting - then never leak for years
Very good educational video Mike thank you
Thanks Paul!
Mike
I drilled and replaced the seal on the vacuum pump, then replaced the rivets with bolts all while leaving the pump in place on the engine. Turned out to be a good job. But I'm afraid this one is too far against the bulkhead to be able to do it in that way.
Those TDI vacuum pumps are a bleeding disaster! In 15 years of having our 90 we've replaced the pump at least 5 times. They just don't last! We've tried the OEM part, Britpart and Bearmach, they're all as bad. We're strongly considering putting an electrical pump in and forgetting the whole bloody thing
Even if you buy a genuine part at £460+tax, it still will be bad
Pity they didn't put the vac pump on the back of the alternator like many other manufactures
I know the exhaust is close, but it could have been modified
Have you got a fluorescent tube in that workshop that needs changing?.
With the rubber hose to the rocker cover get genuine or oem as the aftermarket britpart collapses and no joke looks like a condom.... bhahahhaha
They are terrible - but the aftermarket silicone hoses are good
Hi mike. Great work. What gearbox/transfer case would you marry to a 300TDI for dependability and performance. Jim
R380 and LT230 as standard
Thanks mike. Keep up the terrific videos. 👌
Hi Mike, Love the long video's ( less time to work on the RRC and Disco 1), Talking of Discos does the vacuum pump on a 200tdi sound the same as the 300tdi when worn ? would be helpful to know before I strip down the top end to replace the cam followers, The ticking only starts above 1,000 rpm. Can't wait for the 300tdi/RRC, Just what I am going to do next when I get my wife's Disco sorted.
The vac pump on the 200Tdi was a vane pump and gave very few problems
The cam followers on the Tdi's also give few problems - in fact they are quite a good design - never replace the rollers with cheap aftermarket ones - they are not treated the same as originals - I have seen a few that look like thruppenny bits!
Get yourself a mechanics stethoscope and try and trace the ticking
Mike, I can't believe that you are suggesting that Her Majesties army had been less than gentle whilst selecting reverse.
On a side note, I hope you charged for the liter of grease that ended up on your hands.
on the R380 the put a syncro on reverse which helped
@@BritannicaRestorations The army would still break it!!
@@harveysmith100 My mate who was a civvy mech for the TA told me some horror stories!
@@BritannicaRestorations I feel a video coming on
Hey Mike, love your videos. Why don’t you make one with you on the beach, sipping on a margarita?
Lot's of Quebecers go to Old Orchard beach in Maine about 5 hours away - bit like Skegness
Mike...which supplier can get you the vacuum pump in one day?
Mick
Britpart via Fedex
Hi I have a question.
What is in your opinion the best oil for a r380 gearbox?
Ashcroft's use ATF so that's what I use
@@BritannicaRestorations Thanks great stuff. Love your videos 👍
What is it item your using to find the oil leak. Smoking device ?
yes
What pressure does the tester put into the system?
1 psi - if you put a lot of pressure in you can flip the oil seals
Mike czy przewidujesz konserwacje ramy.
co masz na myśli?
@@BritannicaRestorations cleaning with rust and applying anti-corrosive agents coś w tym stylu ruclips.net/video/Xnl-jgAJ34M/видео.html
Mike halo
Another plus one for a "Slickshift" upgrade by Syncro Gearboxes, if you are going to fool around with the shifter on any box, you may as well replace it with a "Slickshift" and thank yourself every time you change gears here after. www.syncrogearboxes.com
Don’t Land Rover have a part number for each leak and they are like a dog and make there territory or it is self rust proofing but got to love them for there down fall
Keeps bread on the table for me!
I agree but they are one loved machine like your best friend
Ball!