drivesafe
Member Since: 23 Feb 2006
Location: Gold Coast, Australia
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Hi folks, this was posted on a D2 site in Australia but can anybody shed an light on it.
“ In a recent LR/RR club magazine there was an article about the TDV6. It
was all very impressive until I read "All this technical wizardry comes
at a practical cost. Apparently it is necessary to lift the body off
the chassis to service both the turbocharger and the high pressure
injection pump. This is alright when when the vehicle is under warranty
but pity the owner as these vehicles age."
Can anyone confirm that this is true? “  2008 TDV8 RR Lux + 2009 D4 2.7
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90BHP
Member Since: 18 Oct 2006
Location: Half way along the road on the right
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I have heard this too but don't know the answer. i'm sure peeps will be along soon with the man hours, labour costs and full technical answer ! "To finish first, one first has to finish ...."
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| 16th Feb 2007 8:09 am |
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LeighW
D3 Decade
Member Since: 31 Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, AUS
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'Scuse me 90BHP, but who is peeps please?
Leigh LeighW
The old girl is on her third engine...
* first ran a bearing (design failure in original engine)
* second had a failure of the water outlet on top of the engine (pls check yours)
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| 16th Feb 2007 8:24 am |
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90BHP
Member Since: 18 Oct 2006
Location: Half way along the road on the right
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generic "people" slang . I should have said, somebody will be a long presently  "To finish first, one first has to finish ...."
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| 16th Feb 2007 8:29 am |
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90BHP
Member Since: 18 Oct 2006
Location: Half way along the road on the right
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LeighW
You don't work for a german Medical company by any chance do you - you signature line is their training slogan "To finish first, one first has to finish ...."
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| 16th Feb 2007 8:31 am |
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LeighW
D3 Decade
Member Since: 31 Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, AUS
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No Christian, but I do train and I liked what it said - hence its appearance in my signature. However, I do train medical staff in Australia.
Leigh LeighW
The old girl is on her third engine...
* first ran a bearing (design failure in original engine)
* second had a failure of the water outlet on top of the engine (pls check yours)
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| 16th Feb 2007 8:41 am |
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macburns
Member Since: 25 Jan 2006
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
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I used to work at a ford dealer and at that time it was not uncommon to see the bodies of Expeditions/F150's/superduties, sometimes Excursions up in the air because the easiest way to replace motors, take off cylinder heads,etc was to remove the whole body from the chassis. At first I was SHOCKED to see this was the "easier" way to do it. But after I was taught by the head tech how to do it, honestly it wasn't nearly as bad as you would think.
-Lock steering wheel in place (extremely important)
-Disconnect steering shaft from rack&pinion/steering box
-take off brake calipers and hang on body
-disconnect various connectors (ABS, big junction blocks, etc.)
-remove a few brackets that hold lines to the body
-Evacuate A/C system (not hard with the right quipment)
-Disconnect A/C and heater lines (remove coolant obviously)
Might be a thing or two I'm forgetting, but honestly wasn't as bad as it sounds but ONLY with the right equipment of course  . We had to do this a lot for 98-99 expeditions/F150's because they were having cylinder head problems. Ford only recommends taking the heads off with the body on. So some technicians tried this and it took them FOREVER because of how cramped it is under the hood. (If you've ever done spark plugs on a 4.6/5.4 or v10 ford motor on a truck you KNOW what i mean). Anywho, we just started popping the bodies off of them and it helped out substantially.
Also had to do similar things with 95-2001 explorers with the 4.0 SOHC motor when it first came out (which is the same motor as the base LR3, but with an iron block). Ford finally has those motors right now, but WOW what a stupid design, timing chains in the front and the back, tensioners that caused them to jump time and bend valves, Plastic from chain guides that would fall off......NIGHTMARES to work on sometimes.
But don't let that scare you because I haven't heard of any timing chain/valvetrain problems with the newer motors And they are decently powerful for their size. Although ford needs to phase out their old v6's and replace it with their new 3.5L, offer diesels in LR's here, and combine Jaguar and LR dealerships like they SAID they were going to do a couple years back.
And that is the end of my rant haha.
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