2.5 n/a diesel

[GeoffWillis]

Glad to hear how much of a bugger yours was, I thought I was just whining! Pretty clever about nosing the truck against a brick wall, I wouldn't have thought of that. Last night I made a cardboard template of a tool to lock down the Crankshaft pulley by bolting this tool to the pulley, and bracing the tool against the frame. I took that template to a machine shop today and they are going to give me quote on making the tool, I've never done that before, pretty cool! Kind of a neat shop, they had pictures on the wall of Speed Week at Bonneville salt flats last month and have the title "Worlds Fastest Corvette, in its class) of 230 mph!!. You meet the nicest people owning a landrover!!
I'll post a picture of the tool when I get it. Thanks for the input. I have to remember that the real purpose is getting the injection pump off, I'm just having trouble getting to it!!!!.
Geoff

[larry2a]

Originally Posted by GeoffWillis

Hey folks, a few questions about my engine. I've started tearing down my 2.5 n/a diesel to have the injection pump rebuilt and have some problems. I've used the following link to guide my efforts, but I'm stuck on a few details.
http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=18997
THANKYOU Les Henson!!!
The link below shows the current state of my tear down; Radiator, fan, and water pump removed:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31277813@N06/3969725817/
Now the questions:
1) I'm about to break the crankshaft pulley nut loose and want to make sure I've got things aligned correctly. Is it just a simple matter of removing the timing cover and aligning marks on the crankshaft gear and injection pump gears? The manual talks about aligning marks on the flywheel but I see no access point to the flywheel to do such an alignment.
2) Provided I can get everything "Lined up" and remove the injection pump, get it rebuilt ..., what timing issues do I have to worry about throughout the process?
Sorry to take up so much room,
Geoff

#1 I just did a timing belt replacement not too long ago...and I just lined up the marks inside the timing belt casing as stated in the manual. I did not reference to the flywheel marks. Except for a puller to pull the crankshaft pulley out, and a torque wrench, everything else was just basic metric tools. Just make sure you slowly turn the crankshaft pulley nut by wrench a few rotations after you think everything is set, just to make sure your valves are not hitting the pistons.

#2 On other brand diesels, I just installed the pump and lined up the marks. On the LR engine, I am not sure...but for some reason you are off, just rotate the pump pulley one rev and you should be spot on.

[GeoffWillis]

Thanks for the info. I've finally gotten the timing cover off, it took almost a month! I did have a special tool made to remove the crankshaft pully, but now I can get to belt/injection pump etc. I can see the arrows mentioned in the manual to line everything up so I hope to get the pump removed and belt replaced this weekend. I really hope to get this done and get the truck back on the road, the weather is just perfect and I miss the smell of diesel. I also bought a new lift pump so when all is done it should run great.
Geoff