If I was the final customer, of course I would be irritated at the news of the recall. At the same time, I would have the ultimate respect for the acceptance of responsibility and the desire to make it right.

Went on a speed awareness course a few years ago. Part way through there was a fire alarm so the course was running late. At the end everyone was late so poured out and set off at 50/60 mph up a 40 limit dual carriageway, INCLUDING the two trainers who, shortly before, had been self righteously telling us how evil it was to break the speed limit! Total hypocrites.

Try and keep the fire door exit Clear one day we will come and inspect you said fire man sam insurance man advice given with best intention keep up the good work lads

Really stand up manufacturer to take the ultimate position of accepting all levels of responsibility for the problem. I am impressed as there are few who would make the similar stand and take that huge whack. Keep 'em coming Lee, makes my day when ya'll post something.

I've only scanned the last ten or so comments before posting this, and Houchins states the case very well. But I'd add....*just in case this complicates* and you get stuck 'holding the bag'...run it past your solicitor to get a binding pledge from the component supplier that once you start into disassembly, they are legally liable for all costs entailed. You state (gist) 'It's a highly reputable supplier'...so this looks very good, and if they are, they will fully understand your asking them to sign a binding agreement.

Unless the engine has a main girdle with all the main caps integral, you can drop the oil pan and roll the upper bearing shells out and the new ones in. To plastigage for clearance on the crank mains, what I have done on lorry engines, is to put a piece of cardboard like from a cigarette package between the cap and the crank on say #2 and #4 and just snug the main bolts on those two. This holds the crank up to get an accurate plastigage reading on 1,3 and 5. Put cardboard in 1,3 and 5 after those clearances are verified so that 2 and 4 can be measured. Once the plastigage is read on 2 and 4, those can be torqued. Now remove the cardboard and install the rest of the mains. Con rods do not need the cardboard treatment. Saves pulling the engine in most cases. The restoration shop could possibly do this, or you could on the lift. Darn nusance to do, but so is engine R&R. Used to do this somewhat regularly as heavy trucks required a bearing roll every 250,000 miles or 400,000km. The diesels hammered the bearings so eventually the bearing shells would fatigue and flake away like sand. Usually worked out to every second or third year for long haul trucks.

Kudos to the company to admit to and try to rectify the problem. If the customer is pisses then he needs to grow up and realize the situation will be rectified. Things happen.

This is the reason for continuing to deal with that parts supplier. They're not letting things go crazy & then saying it's not their problem. They sound like you in that regard Lee. Have a great day tomorrow.

Get a voucher for the warranty labor from the parts company before the car even leaves the customer. Also, get the bearing company to handle directly without you, the arrangements with the installer. Huge risk every step on a resto, no expense spared job. One nick in the paint on the chassis and all the profit is gone.

At least they let you know, the company that supplied the bearings to your supplier will end up footing a very large bill!

I had that with Wisco in USA we fitted a set of pistons for a Suzuki GSX 1100R engine for the TT they told us there was a fault in batch of pistons. Sent us new set by express from USA we re did the motor sent them the bill which they paid plus extra for our waisted time I was very surprised

All in writing and action immediately.

Hi,just past you on the A361 both the van and kit looking good in Barum orange.

I hope everything works out well for you regarding the E30 parts coming to you out of Poland.

Glad to hear the manufacturer being proactive on the bearing recall. Understandable that you wouldn't want to torch them online. Hoping the restored Rover gets to you soonest to take care of the issue.

Have to praise the manufacturer and also the parts distributor for informing Barum on the issue they have found and also offering to cover costs. Alot of part manufacturers would of just buried there head in the sand and blamed someone else in the chain of building/fitting of the engine when something fails. Yes it's a bit of messing round for the customer but if I was them I would be made up in being told about the issue and it would only reinforce the relationship and trust in the companies that was involved in the rebuild of the Lanny.

Protecting the seats in the Kit Car during transportation. Before your next run at the track, could you find someone to make custom waterproof seat covers out of the same material as a yellow rain slicker. That material is heavy duty and thick. Try to find covers with a UV coating too. Yeah, custom covers are going to be expensive. However, the cost of the covers will be well worth it. Another, simpler idea. Here in the states when you are putting your boat away for winter storage, a marinas do offer to cover the entire boat in a white shrink wrap. When heat is applied, the wrap shrinks to fit tightly around the covered area thus sealing the boat up against the harsh weather and any animals/rodents from getting inside. The shrink wrap comes in handy rolls that can be carried to and from the track easily. This will allow you to reseal the seating area again before coming back home. The shrink wrap comes in various mils thickness. I would imagine you could buy a shite load of rolls of this material compared to the cost of customized seat covers. Good luck sorting it all out.

For your seats, get a pair of jeep waterproof covers for those rainy days, I feel like those should be a worldwide sort of item. As for warranty, definitely quickly inform customers of the recall, as well as get a written letter from the company stating all the covered expenses and full inspection process, I have plenty of experience performing recalled repairs and there has always been a technical document of what's to be done. Follow the instructions to the letter and you won't have to worry about the expenses.

I am rebuilding a series 1 as per the one that you showed a short while ago I was contacted about 2 months ago in relation to the same issue. Fortunately there was an issue with one of the liners that I supplied and the job was delayed. I was very impressed with the company as I am located in australia A lot of companies would have not bothered considering how far away I was.

If the company has a recall, it's up to you to notify next in line and inform them but end result will be the customer's discussion, as long as he is notified, good luck ,thanks for sharing sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones

Tread carefully, Lee. Make sure you have it in writing of your costs in stripping the Land Rover engine. I can see you doing the job and not getting paid?

❤love the warranty stuff 😅

I had to recall a cambelt job on a car the owner did not pay as agreed , by good fortune it was paid before release the second time , that was lucky

So you 100% are not a coward fir not naming the company. Intact you are doing the correct thing with this. Being a stand up guy working with 2 different stand up companies to try an rectify a potential issue. I say good on you an keep up the good work

Re seats you can get water proof seat covers usually used in vans perhaps you could modify them

Not been on a awareness course but i know a couple who have. Neither had mentioned getting caught so got a nice surprise when both were put on the same course day🤣

It sounds as if the recall has " safety issues" around the recall. If that's the case the bearing producer will be held liable to any consequences of a failure of product. Personal injury claims are huge, against product failure. 👍👍👍

A honest manufacture Nice.

Get Harley Davidson Leather and Suede treament - for "suede cowboy boots"and leather trim for their bikes etc etc. Repels water and on suede will get wet and it looks wet and flat, but once dry use nailbrush and looks like new!! No penertration.

Imagine if that LR engine grenanded the bottom end due to a spun bearing. The usual crowd would be crowing about 'another Barum engine warranty claim!" And yet, fortunately we know its a dodgy component because you've got someone with decent supply chain claims monitoring going on. But just shows you how easy it is for these things to be laid at your door. You have to assume the components you are supplied with are up to the job.

Some time when you have a real nice finish and perfect round hole bolt the main caps on and remeasure the hole near the bottom and see how far out of round it gets . You know all about deck plates. If you haven't got a deck plate you can use the bolts and an old set of wrist pins (gudgeon pins)cut to the right length.

Enjoy the track day 😃😃

You could try coating the seats with fabsil gold, use it to waterproof my soft top.

A carpet splash guard, I think they do a furniture one. May need re application after being sat on to much. It repels liquids (we have a product here (NZ) called scotch guard that is for both) all liquids either pool (easy to wipe/brush off) or simply run off.

Castle Coombe yesterday must have been a day of Dunlop aquajet tyres weather, never mind about dayglo waterproof clothing. It must have been Lombard RAC Rally weather.

Maybe just remove seats and put in your van..refit at track ..🤔

In general the recommendation was a max of 30 over on a Rover V8, some even suggest 20 thou. Seen a few beyond that but you do see some end up with a loose liner. I think I've got a block around here that's 60 over which must be the absolute extreme.

Ex warranty claim assesor here, about the bearings, if you inform the customer within a timely manner, that would be your first tier the 4x4 specialist, the warranty, in case of engine damage, will be with the bearing manufacturer and not with yourself. It is amicable that the manufacturer takes responsibility. Some vehicle manufacturers I worked for don't say anything and fix it when a vehicle comes in for a service and keep it quiet that there is a concern even if there is a safety factor involved. The only manufacturer I worked for that doesn't hide anything at all is Toyota and they don't hang about getting vehicles in to fix the concern even if it might not go wrong. I rather deal with that inconvenience than a breakdown or worse. I haven't worked for every manufacturer so I can only speak for my experience three manufacturers and knowledge of practises of a few others.

00:35 - Never ever been caught for speeding ever, which is quite surprising. Been caught for drink driving though in 2000. Long story. I apologised later to that new roundabout in Fishguard West Wales that I trashed, it was suddenly there! - I went straight through it in the fog at 3am in the morning. Ruined my trip to Ireland. That was a long 18 months that was, ban. 🙃

I think it's decent they've let you know about the problem Lee. Just get Devon 4x4 to get the vehicle back and drop the sump and swap the shells. Presume it's the 2.1/4 not the 2.0? Over the years we've had bearing manufacturers make bearings (in batches of 100's) in the wrong crank size, tag location, integral thrusts too wide etc. From the expensive end of the scale to the cheap. Can be a right pita. Had it this week with a customer in Norway. Bearings labelled as .020" turns out our supplier sent .050". Had to send replacements. Bearing delamination is a tough one though as you inspect the shells and you wouldn't necessarily know there's a problem. I've noticed some of the Genuine Lister Petter stuff at the moment is shocking quality. Coming out of China I believe.

Great channel. It seems that the fuel lines in the BMW go through the passenger compartment and look like they have rubber inner hose with s/s braid. Would be safer, if possible to run them under the car (using hard lines) and/or use teflon inner hose.

Should be able to replace the main bearings with the engine in a Landrover, just take the main caps off.

I would try making the speed actuators a bit longer probably about 3 nuts in total.

Production line cock ups do happen, and they many only rear their head up mainly years later. Ever restored an aircraft radial engine? Interesting engines they, their mechanicals.

get some v blocks it should help to make the round bar stable

Jigs for vee engines? Best to design and machine your own. Get the Heath Robinson design drawing board out. You know what you want yourselves. I made my own BMC classic Mini special tools years ago.

Choice az cuzzy... Cuzzworth from New Zealand

The bearings are not your fault. Just get on it. Frankly it’s excellent that the supplier has fessed up and will cover the costs. Quality company. Do more business with them.

Didn't mean to startle you as I passed you Saturday on my three wheeler, presumably on your way home from track day!

Wrap the kit car in shrink wrap to keep it dry.

If I was the owner of the LR with the dodgy bearings, I like to know, it actually increases my confidence, as the manufacturer is standing behind their product and taking it on the chine that they need to pay to strip engines and get the bearings out. Would I be miffed, yes. but given a failure could do massive damage to the engine I'd rather get it fixed than possible have to scrap the engine

For keeping the seats dry buy a cheap cantilever style parasol and base for when parked up. Alternatively fabricate and put a roof on it😂.

Just notify you customer there's a recall its up to them if they act on it or choose to wait n see if it reaches past warranty

Calico seat covers - they'll be less bum slippery.

Went for a speed awareness course donkey's years ago at the torridge council offices and listened to a load of oaps and suck eggs.

Clingfilm the seats

Large heavy duty, cut to fit seats. Secured with a tape of your choice, should keep seats dry during travel.

If it will run as good as it looks the windshield will deflect it

09:55 - Barum mind 😁😁😁👍

Might wrapping/covering the seats in (lots of) cling film stop them getting wet during transportation ???

Delaminating bearings are NOT good! Years ago when I worked for Deutz we had a main bearing go and it was a real head scratcher! Looking at the shell there was a strange pattern of spalling where the Babbit came off the copper. Sat at my desk for a while looking at it and then it hit me! The pattern was numbering, but in reverse. One of the numbers was a German 7! My theory was that there had been a wax or grease pencil mark on one of the layers which wasn't properly cleaned off before the layers were laminated. Showed it to my boss (a 50 State PE here in the US). He stared at it for a while and then said: "I see the spalling, but it looks strange". I said: "See the reverse German 7?" He broke up!

Wrap the seats with shrimk wrap.

i got caught m4 bristol 58 in a temp 50/ 60/70mph got to do workshop driving is becoming a bloody chore

Be sure that bearing company puts it in writing that they are paying ALL the costs of this repair. Don't want to get everything sorted and then they say- " Well, we only are paying for the new bearings"

Been on the “just for men” or “grecian 2000” I see 😅😅

I paid the fine and took the points when I got a ticket. I would have lost more money doing the course. This will be different for everyone, if I got another ticket then taking the fine/points may have been a bad idea. Re paying for the engine work would probably be far cheaper than the parts potentially scrapping the block which the owner may want repaired at any cost because it's the original and they would never fit anything else. A bit of a pain all around and fingers crossed they remove/replace the engine without doing any other damage.

my cousin and i changed the mains and big end shells on my 2.5 na defender we just took the sump off maybe you can do the same ,

How about getting some water proof seat covers?

How do you replace the camshaft bearings on the Rover V8 engine. ? Guess you must have done it plenty of times!

Speed awareness course, you must inform your insurance company, it will up your insurance premiums, if you don't inform your insurance company they can void your insurance and your find it very hard to get insurance.

2 eBay waterproof seat covers and some bungee cords. But it wont protect the electronic dash, steering wheel, electrics etc if its pissing it down on the journey. I know you like to show off the car travelling but I always use a cover to protect against the weather and general crap that gets thrown up.

That’s a first rate company to do that. I know too many companies that would act surprised if their product failed, even though they have had many failures. Best for this to happen, than for you to be left holding the bag

The glimpse of the Mercedes camshaft looks kind of weird. Are they worn a lot?

I hope its a purple tag rack from an E46?

15:05 - what are those strange dimples in the middle of those Mercedes knackered pistons?

The 3.5 S Motors were 10.5 to 1 compression as standard. So as long as super unleaded fuel is used there’s no problem.

Like your setup for boring V8s. Ingenious!

Why dont you change the seats for mgf they are fully waterproof?

Sounds like the white metal has become contaminated which means it doesn't bond correctly to the bearing carrier material. You can guess the rest

Put a sheet over cockpit on trailer

What diff is in the kit car?

Hope Isaac gets overtime for holding your hand to coombe? 😂😂😂

if you still have the golf engine with low oil pressure,there is an article in this months car mechanics with details of the same problem and the fix.

Which vehicle 🚗 did you get done speeding in?

How about giving tne boring machine a lick of paint before the e30.

That boring bar looks dodgy compared to a Serdi. Sorry Lee but setting a block up on a modern machine saves money . You use the boring bar and face plate on the single setup of the block .

Rather than pull the Rover motor, could you just pull the pan in the chassis and roll in the new bearings? If any bearings or the crank show an issue, then pull the motor, otherwise, the customer has their vehicle back quickly.

Oh No! I love you guys but where’s the effluent going? Oh my days. Maybe I’m “the worst that could happen……”

BMW V8? That Rover block is from before BMW got involved

that trailer needs some paint, Orange maybe ?

That’s the type of company you want to deal with.

This sounds like a no brainer to me. Good thing this company maintains a log of parts and where they come from for the purpose of traceability. Excellent manufacturing standards. Get what is to be done by Barum in writing, include the pricing details. Barum signs off and dates the agreement, faxes the agreement to the company wanting the work done. They sign and date the agreement, too, and fax the doc back to you. Then the work can begin. Both parties must sign the doc in blue pen before faxing. Blue is the only color that transfers in a fax. Blue indicates the docs are NOT copies, but originals. The days of a phone call or a good handshake are done. Get it all in writing. CYA = Cover Your Ass.

Speed awareness courses are just another way to wring a few quid out the Public and of course a few cushy jobs for whoever is in the good books of the present government.

Does anyone ever refer to it as Bare Bum Engines, because if you set up round 'ere they probably would

Google waterproof seat cover lotus

"this is an engine" pmsl

Should only need rpm and wheel speed to work out gear. The rest is bullshit

Interestng Vid......... Until you mentioned E30... 😴😴😴😴😴

It’s easy to think you are a good driver until you go on a speed awareness course. Then you realise that you are not so good. You can argue about the appropriateness of a particular road and speed limit but the fact if you are not aware of that speed limit, the camera warning signs, your speed - then what else are you unaware of?

9000 rpm, lol