DIY Si
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| posted on 25/8/10 at 06:50 PM |
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Cheapest K series MLS gaskets?
Evening all.
Having brought my VVC K series, I am now looking at changing all the belts and head gasket so that I know it's been done using the uprated MLS
stuff and uprated lower oil rail.
However, where is the cheapest place to buy the bits? The MGOC want roughly £280 for the MLS head set, oil rail and head bolts, both timing belts, a
tensioner and a new water pump. Whilst I want to do it properly, I'd rather do it for less than that!
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
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RAYLEE29
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| posted on 25/8/10 at 07:35 PM |
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Hi, I bought a multi layer shim gasket from ebay ages ago and it was perfect user id is (shirley9293) and they have lots of k series stuff for sale
also you should be able to get the gasket from land rover as they reinvented it for the freelander so worth getting a price from your local landy
spares dept
Ray
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steve m
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| posted on 25/8/10 at 07:43 PM |
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As he says^^^ i also got mine off fleebay, complete with the looong head bolts, whole gasket set was £40 ish delivered, and served very well on my
r75 1.8 k series
I would buy one again if i had a K series now
Steve
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[Edited on 25/8/10 by steve m]
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DIY Si
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| posted on 25/8/10 at 07:57 PM |
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Mmm, that sounds good. I was a bit dubious about the £40-50 kits when some places want twice that for just the MLS kit and no bolts!
Off to Ebay it is then.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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steve m
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| posted on 25/8/10 at 08:17 PM |
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I have trawled through my ebay, and found that the following link, is exactley the same one that i bought
and as i said, i would again !!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROVER-FREELANDER-HEAD-GASKET-SET-AND-BOLTS-UPRATED-/200437862142?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM
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matty h
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| posted on 25/8/10 at 08:24 PM |
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Rimmer brothers of Lincoln do genuine parts.Not bad on price.
http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/
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britishtrident
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| posted on 25/8/10 at 08:36 PM |
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Whole load of rubbish talked about what you require to do the job. All you need is a multilayer head gasket, they can be found for £20
You don't need new bolts, you don't need the oil rail.
Rover bolts can officially be reused 5 times but you must check the bolts screw down fully into the block.
The block ladder isn't stronger or stiffer it is just made from a more creep ressistant aluminium alloy.
All that really matters is proper cleaning and preparation of the parts and accurate torquing and angular tightening.
However I advise fitting the PRT thermostat conversion ---- easy enough to do.
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