Interesting that Lee tasks the apprentice with the most demanding engine build in the place.

I had to buy new disks for my SLK350 because I couldn't find anyone to cut the old ones - Now you tell me 🙂

It’s been a decade since I last cut a rotor and, you took me right back down memory lane. Thanks again Lee, and thank you for even just putting in a little tech to balance out your video. I don’t have an issue with the moaning or showing what’s coming in and out of the shop. The updates and projects are wonderful too, just please try to maintain a balance of everything and I will continue to catch every video. I know that I don’t matter in the grand scheme but I believe that a couple of other subscribers might feel similar to myself. And I’m from the other side of the Atlantic and I still stumbled upon your channel and continue to enjoy it

think you need to check where you are fitting them injectors on 19 pd head as you were pointing at the inlet ex valves and where the lifters go

Thats the wrong timing hole you need the ones with two flats the timing belt is fitted at 30 degrees after tdc

Lee! You need to watch LR Time for the correct timing position! I have a feeling you are wrong as i believe they are not timed at TDC!!!!

If Johns grinding a crank does this mean we will get to see at last.

Hi Lee, Love your channel and content but why don't you tidy up and keep your machine shop clean, it is the heart of your business and is always in sh1t order. Lovely job for a retired ex-engineer, a couple of morning a week, keep the machine clean of swarf and broom clean the floors.

Nice little tool that disk/drum skimmer. Nice vids of the day to day working of a machine shop. More interesting than watching someone honing out a cylinder for the 100th time. Sure you've driven passed my local machine shop Hamlins Engineering been going for over 100 yrs. Service should always get better as you iron out issues in all areas. Keep up the good work 👍

WARNING Lee. Watch LR Time re crank timing ring and pin for crank. You have been warned 😊

VW PD cam wear is caused solely by ignoring oil change intervals and using the wrong oil. My Passat 1.9 130 TDI did 195,000 miles on the original cam and ensured the oil change was done at the right time with the right oil.

Love when a man shows everyone his new equipment. Great video.

A torque converter is essentially a viscos fan, working off a “fan” plate spinning through oil, whose viscosity(the resistance of a fluid to a change in shape, or movement) is used as a means to cause the assembly to spin.

Back in early 90s I did a week's work experience at local brake shop, and think I spent half of that time machining a pallet load of brand new, but out of spec rotors from the local factory. I've never done it since.

Watch Wes Work bought one and rebuilt one of those brake lathes. Very nice unit!

Those Wiseco pistons are works of art. Shame no one sees them when fitted 😂

I have had a few discs machined over the years and ALWAYS found that having them surface ground has ALWAYS been far superior to lathed. It may be ok for cast iron discs but when it comes to any other alloy steel then I definitely go for surface grind.

nice old machine I love them I bet you could not get one like it today, but do me a favour clean it once in a while and it will last you out, thanks for the video.

Lee, you will need an installation tool for the magnetic pickup ring on the tdv6 Landrover engine.

I think the reason you have less problems is the people who own Cosworth’s now have more cash and are not trying to do everything on the cheap. They would rather it done correctly and will pay for it. As a result you don’t have to take on low profit stuff as much to fill up dead machine time. It’s the people that want stuff done that don’t want you to make a dollar that are the issue. You will in turn do it faster employing more Heath Robinson tactics to make a quid. Precision takes time because humans are fallible you have to give people doing precisions jobs time to second guess and recheck work and that costs money. People never factor the cost of having something done too quickly or cheaply.

You really need to check out Christian at LR Time for the build and timing of that V6. He makes tools for setting the seals at the right depths and timing the engine correctly. You've never mentioned them or the fact many people on this channel have recommended them for you to watch

This video has been straight to the point, no nonsense from the start, keep the good work up guys, but when do we get to see the crank grinding you promised?? 😎

LR Time has just rebuilt one of those

Great video and really good to see how your machines do their job.

The timing position isn’t TDC

Don't want to cause concern but I did a v6 Lion the other day, with the cam pins in, that hole in the flexplate DOES line up with the locking tool, I'm not sure you can rely on tdc, many engines don't pin at tdc these days.

Great video 👍 The pd engine was great but the cams breaking and wearing lobes they went back to the older tech😊

Lee look at the stained contraption on the wall beside your office greenery. Still needs a cover or a coat of matching wall paint. ;).

Don’t forget the crank pick up ring only goes on 1 way or it won’t start

For the discovery engine there is a lock pin that screws in the side of the block to set tdc. Don’t use flywheel.

just keep the packing of finished products up to top standard :)

U can buy anti chatter straps for the discs, solid and vented

Chaps you should promote the brake disc and drum service better… there must be a demand for it privately and within the trade…. especially for older or performance vehicles !

Great work Lee another good video very informative

Hi Regarding the vw diesel head I have had plenty of time with all of the vw diesels. The first of there engines the 1.6 idi unit was a shim and bucket design and they never suffered any scuffing of the cam or lifters the next generation that was turbocharged had hydraulic lifters and then the trouble started cams and lifters would scuff not terribly but scuff they did then the first of the di units arrived still a similar design but the scuffing got worse and finally the pd unit the worst of the lot. I don't know what the vw common rail units are like I can only imagine no better

Couldn't you hone out the injectors ports and use larger " O" ring's? we used to get mobile brake mechanics, to come and do our rotors, and drums, you get some strange head's, thanks for sharing, all the best to yous and your loved ones

Moans: You could do a special offer. One free moan with every head job. Note, the moan would not be transferable or redeemable for cash.

Watch LR times for timing up those v6 diesels up correctly. There’s a pin location on the front of the block and the flex plate hole will lock after( there’s a fair amount of give on the flex plate bolt holes) also an alignment tool for the crank reluctor ring , line that up even a tad out and it won’t fire up.

Leyland used exhaust peak on some valve timing set ups ,just be aware the flywheel will normally be marked EP.

Someone says its using wrong oil. I have done several with worn lobes that have always had PD oil. our local Euro Car parts were selling three kits a week. Also as you say getting the Injectors to seal correctly was a nightmare. we were told by a mechanic at VW they knew this and always told the customer it was abuse....

That's the thinnest cross drilled rotor I've ever seen. Yikes. I'd be weary of it exploding

Really hope you are right and i am wrong and know improved procedures and storage charges helps but Karens will always be Karens, lots of head work this week fingers crossed its not the return of karens next week?

My Polish mate put his disc`s in the lathe at work and it made nasty noises. Cutting from both sides would stop this.

wasnt that the valves on that V-dub? that didnt look like where an injector fits.. anyway always use OEM injecotr O-rings... same goes true forthose here in the states building their HEUI diesels.. aftermarket O-rings end up with fuel in the oil

I saw a disk lathe on marketplace the other day that mounted to the car itself. Basically looked like the cutting head of that amco. But there was no motor or obvious way of powering it. Otherwise I would've like to grab it. Kinda have a feeling it was just a cutting head that he got scammed into thinking was something it wasnt

Think youve learned a lot about customer relations and being more assertive/confident about your work. Your approach was too understanding giving motivation to some to take advantage, we kept telling you!

Might be because its Friday but at 12:13 your pointing at the valves instead of the injector hole, other than that its another very interesting video

A moan please clean that lovley disc hub balancer its not been touched in years needs a good clean .ill go as far as get the sove ts grease ect ill come fo it. Hate neglected machines esp wen there rare .moan over love the channel both of them. Keep up the good work premises looking good your getting there

That landrover looks very similar to the PSA dw10 b

To be honest looking at the lovely Land rover V6 it's got more of a Peugeoty(is that even a word 🤣) look about it the architecture looks like a shortened DW10/12 bar the inlet ports being on the top of the head and not the side, cam drive chain is same tensioner slightly different. Adjustable cam pulley is similar to the VW tdi setup with the three bolts. Not sure how reliable the cam chains are as there's been issues with them on the Peugeot set up and I know that they've been uprating them from 7mm to 8mm chains as they've been snapping at as little as 50k on the later1.5 partner/Berlingos😞 I do a lot of engine swaps/ repairs for ambulance trusts as they tend to break stuff most normal folks don't experience 😂

In the 80's I worked in PNG. I had a Hi Lux come in with no brakes. The driver had worn the disc out to the point it was paper thin and crumpled. Lovely 3rd world.

It cant be the hole that the torque convertor bolts too. I think you will find it's NOT TDC that it is timed at.

I’d love double a double tip….😂keep up the good content guys 👌

Need a leather strap on the rotor edge !

Was the VW head another deliberate mistake, difficult to get the injectors in with the valve 😉

Yo, moaning ist great too.

That was where the lifter cup goes not the injector?

American machine tools are the best.

Tell me where you got a dics for $20 in NZ unless its for a Fiat Uno. Lee said you can get some dics for cheap but not many and not quality in my 40 years of working in NZ

Lovely long video!

for oddball or discontinued stuff it might be a goer but discs and hubs are cheap as chips nowadays compared to machine shop prices

Im sure that Vsix is a Ford Lion engine and not a Land Rover engine?

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Have you found that the newer brake discs have such small run-out tolerances that it makes them really iffy to resurface?

Anyone that knows vw heads properly knows that VW forbid the refacing, basically they use a cheap aluminium and use a surface hardening process, skim it and its gone...

Lee, not to labour the point but, you and Isaac really need to watch LR time for the rebuild sequence. No-one doubts your professionalism guys that's why we love your channel but the quirks of this engine are major. You don't want any comeback from a disgruntled customer who will blame you for any problems on start up.

I bet you are upping your game by explaining your policies more carefully to the customer before starting work.

Good video showing plenty of engineering, just one thing you may want to note is the views you had in the first hour, 1840 views but only 396 likes, surely the other 1400 plus viewers could of liked the video, its religious to like the video to help out the channel folks

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You have better customers.

Are they called mandrel ?

Given that you live in England, it wont be long before the weather gives you something to moan about :)

Seems like nothing but drama surrounds this guy, time to move on.

I pay $20 NZ (£9) for good quality rotor (Bilsten) why would I spend money on refurbishment I doubt they would charge as little as that

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Less moaning could be because you are deleting the comments you don't like

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No title?

Those discs look a bit thin.