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 Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Emma Scully
 1st Jan 2021 10:44 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 142 · Views: 63720 · Subject: Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Goodness me!
Another year... CV19, Brexit and auntie Emma's FreeDeux is still poorly....
But first things first. I hope that all you wonderful people are fit and well and having a lovely Christmas ... |
| Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Emma Scully
4th Oct 2019 4:40 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 142 · Views: 63720 · Subject: Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Hi BB,
ah the Velux windows, we have six to put in the roof, only had a chance to do two. This is definitely a job for two people as they are triple glazed and I can’t lift it through the frame to ... |
| Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Emma Scully
3rd Oct 2019 1:47 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 142 · Views: 63720 · Subject: Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Hi BB,
thanks, that's good advice, no engineers table but I do have a Velux window waiting to go in so I can use the glass on that 
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| Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Emma Scully
3rd Oct 2019 11:50 am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 142 · Views: 63720 · Subject: Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Hello,
A quick post-script to the previous day’s messages, your replies really do make me go back over the work I have done and the signs and symptoms of the problems following each rebuild. I go ... |
| Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Emma Scully
2nd Oct 2019 5:31 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 142 · Views: 63720 · Subject: Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Hi DD and BB,
Thanks honey, I confess, (Goodness so many confessions today!) that I didn’t measure the stems. My only excuse is that they were delivered directly to the engineer and fitted by the ... |
| Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Emma Scully
2nd Oct 2019 2:34 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 142 · Views: 63720 · Subject: Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Hi DD, thanks for your advice. As you say it does keep pointing to timing, and I have replaced the timing chain and tensioner.
Yes the cams were incorrectly placed when I got them back, i.e. the ... |
| Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Emma Scully
2nd Oct 2019 11:10 am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 142 · Views: 63720 · Subject: Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Hi Nick, thank you for your reply, apologies for confusing you. 
I am struggling with the issue and am likely making a fool of myself. I contacted the local Landrover dealer and JLR Customer ... |
| Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Emma Scully
2nd Oct 2019 8:16 am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 142 · Views: 63720 · Subject: Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Good morning DF,
thank you for your reply, I can understand your sentiment and had that have been possible a replacement engine, on reflection, would have been an easier and maybe, quicker option. ... |
| Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Emma Scully
1st Oct 2019 5:42 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 142 · Views: 63720 · Subject: Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Ah the autumn season appears like the ghost mist of early morning, the changing colours of the trees and all the furry and feathery things busy collecting… Ah sorry… Wrong forum!! 😊..
So, ... |
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Emma Scully
24th Jul 2019 6:24 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 142 · Views: 63720 · Subject: Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Hi Bob,
Tenacious or just mad.... The problem is that I look at the car or I sit in it and just feel the love 
The thing is, it ticks all my boxes Paid for, I know the history and many of the ... |
| Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Emma Scully
24th Jul 2019 5:09 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 142 · Views: 63720 · Subject: Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Hi David,
sadly no, there are a couple of full Volvo 3.2 engines for sale on eBay in Germany over £2500, but there is a LR2 head for sale on eBay in the USA. It's such a shame that their Global Sh ... |
| Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Emma Scully
24th Jul 2019 3:29 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 142 · Views: 63720 · Subject: Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Hi David
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Thanks, I hadn’t thought of the early learning centre, and a good idea because even a wooden cylinder head would be better than the one I have now!
I agree that there is no point con ... |
| Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Emma Scully
24th Jul 2019 10:01 am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 142 · Views: 63720 · Subject: Auntie Emma's update |
Hello you lovely people, time for another one of Auntie Emma’s updates!
It’s all too easy to start this with a whinge so I must be careful not to come across as, ‘Landmoaner’…
So, firs ... |
| Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Emma Scully
10th May 2019 12:32 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 142 · Views: 63720 · Subject: Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
| Ooooo! Dolomite Sprint! even the name sounds like sex! I know that it isn't quite topic but, and despite the mutterings of Clarkson et al I've always loved British cars. We have had 2 MG Maestro's and ... |
| Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Emma Scully
9th May 2019 6:30 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 142 · Views: 63720 · Subject: Our FreeDeux's got a bad head... Cylinder Head |
Hi David,
I know  I gone and broke it! You do raise a good point though because despite my whinging it was my fault to start with by driving after the temperature climbed. I can’t tell you ... |
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