POSH SAR (posh search and rescue, K9 edition)

[SuperBuickGuy]

Interesting, thought I'd share.... the engine is on this ship

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/266017000/vessel:ATLANTIC_CARTIER

 

[Kyle]

thats awesome!!

 

[RamRod]

Gotta love tracking shipments! It's like counting down to Xmas all over again!


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[SuperBuickGuy]

UGH!!!!

So it wasn't on that ship, and is still sitting on a dock in Wales. I had asked a couple pointed questions about why my "tracking number" didn't resolve into an actual shipment - and the answer was "well, because it's still sitting on a dock in England until you get a broker in Seattle for us to ship it to"

dagnabit

So I called around to brokers, and the cost was running between 350 and 700 to pay duties, brokerage fees, and a bond.

ouch

so I emailed the seller and said "ummm, our deal was for me to pick it up on the outside of customs in Seattle" He was chagrined because he'd paid about 700 (of which I paid 350) to have it shipped. So we both were kind of screwed. So I said "let's reset and see if there's a better way" - if we go with FedEx they can deal with customs. He did some checking and found a reasonable deal on air shipping it here (to be here Monday-ish) for another 500. At this point, that's fine, I need the motor here and as it actually costs less than the $700; it's a $500 lesson in how to import crap... errr Land Rover stuff.... err... same thing.

so hopefully tomorrow I'll have tracking and a date certain to get my parcel.... which is kind of funny, since I'm having a electric locker shipped from Virginia.... that should arrive the same day

 

[ashexxx]

Congrats on the Disco 2! I used to have one. It got below freezing and the door handle snapped in two. The dealership told me $700 for one door handle? It was a cool truck, but the electrical gremlins drove me crazy. Here is an old joke: Why do Brits drink room temperature beer? Because Lucas electronics makes their fridges too. :gaah:

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

Congrats on the Disco 2! I used to have one. It got below freezing and the door handle snapped in two. The dealership told me $700 for one door handle? It was a cool truck, but the electrical gremlins drove me crazy. Here is an old joke: Why do Brits drink room temperature beer? Because Lucas electronics makes their fridges too. :gaah:

why do you think that George Lucas called it the dark side?

A friend worked for the EPA, and his job was testing vehicle emissions (test to see whether or not the manufacturer's claims were valid) - he was talking to some Bentley engineers, and, as the car talk progressed he asked why the English had such trouble with manufacturing electronics. The Bentley engineer said "it's because we don't believe in electricity." You know, I chuckle at that, but it makes perfect sense.

This one doesn't seem to have any gremlins yet - though I'll probably introduce one or ten when I do the A/C system and swap in the diesel.... ah well, they're light, the form follows function (there's scads of room inside), and my wife likes it... Personally, I'll take my H3 every day - but a happy wife = a happy life.

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

it has landed in the US - of course, the question is, now, when customs will approve it (crossing fingers)

Tracking history

3/18/14	1:01 AM	MEMPHIS, TN 38118, US	Clearance delay - Import
3/17/14	11:45 PM	MEMPHIS, TN 38194, US	In transit
3/17/14	10:46 PM	MEMPHIS, TN 38118, US	Arrived at FedEx location
3/17/14	2:10 PM	STANSTED, ES CM24, GB	In transit
3/17/14	1:36 PM	STANSTED, ES CM24, GB	In transit
3/14/14	6:50 AM	MANCHESTER, LA M90, GB	In transit
3/13/14	2:06 PM	MANCHESTER, LA M90, GB	At local FedEx facility
3/13/14	2:06 PM	MANCHESTER, LA M90, GB	Clearance in progress
3/13/14	12:36 PM	MANCHESTER, LA M90, GB	Clearance in progress
3/12/14	9:30 AM		Shipment information sent to FedEx

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

it has cleared customs.... I should have the motor on Tuesday

for those who are thinking of doing these things there are two forms - one of which you need to use a 3520-1 or a 3520-21. The 21 is more geared towards commercial activities. The thing you need to know for either form, though, is the year, make and VIN of the vehicle the motor came from. The nice part about the form is it tells you where to look to find out if what you're doing is going to fly.

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

now all I need is the ability to work in my sleep.... but on the bright side, my next project motor is here

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

Well, I've started working on it (with a brief interlude for a dual battery install in my H3)...
today, this showed up
a box

with a box inside

with the rest of the parts I need to do this swap .... or at least, the big bits


for those counting, that's 3 months from order to arrival...

I also did a couple little things
at some point in my life, I'm going to cast these into hood ornaments, but until then, I'll leave this epoxied here on the dash


and I got a good, solid start to install this


in here


there will be a kennel put on top of this, and the SAR, dog gear goes underneath along with a ramp for the dogs to trot in and out....

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

after a morning of wheeling the Hummer, it was time to get to work




picture to remind me what the emergency brake looks like together


there she is... all 120 hp of fry smoking fun


after spending a bit of time trying to figure out how to bolt it to the engine stand, I punted


another reminder picture

 

[Kyle]

looks like your going to be having some fun!

 

[RamRod]

is this a direct replacement or will it be a custom setup?

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

is this a direct replacement or will it be a custom setup?

I suspect a little of both. It came out of a 1997 Land Rover Defender, which is the same frame as the Discovery. So, it should pretty much bolt in place. Of course, getting something to fit isn't the hard part (at least to me) it's the wiring it so the speedo, tach, and gauges work.... I may fix the CEL by removing the bulb, but that's a bit down the road, first step is to de-engineer the motor out of the car.... did you know that Discovery radiators do not have a drain cock? it's no surprise that we beat England in the Revolutionary war....

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

I should call this my "save $40,000 build." A day or two ago, my wife said she thought maybe we should either get the new Jeep or BMW diesel (both get amazing mpgs). I said "sure, let's go look." Never argue when 1) you get to test drive new cars, and 2) do an implied "I told you so" to your wife (that's an "I told you so" without the consequences of sleeping on the couch)

So I continue on my quest to remove the motor... somehow I feel like Monte Python music should be playing in the background.... about 1/2 of me is impressed with the mechanical engineering - the other 1/2 wants to line up the electrical engineers up against the wall and shoot them.

Here's the reason for my angst


interestingly, she loves hanging in the shop with me (as opposed to my yellow-streaked mastiff who gets all in a tither over loud noises)

and she sniffs about - weird, huh? :grin:

Issue 1:

why don't they have a flat surface or even a pan rail to put a transmission jack underneath? and why hard lines to the front of the motor, then hard/soft lines to the cooler?


transfer case is out, and tomorrow I may do a detour and fix it so it has 4high and 4 high lock along with 4lo lock


so underneath is mostly apart and here's where I'm at on the top


​really, just a bit more - however, I need to figure out how to get those stupid quick-connect lines apart... there's 4 of them, 2 for the transmission and 2 for the oil cooler

 

[RamRod]

Looks like it's coming along


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[SuperBuickGuy]

onward
I spent most of my time tonight trying to get the radiator out... it also has 2, count them, 2 transmission coolers....


and the last hangup


on the hook


and look at that


and clean

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[SuperBuickGuy]

first step tonight - put the other level on the transfer case so I have 4 high and 4 high lock, Land Rover thought their SALT system was so good that you wouldn't need to lock the front/rear axles together... they were wrong, but at least they left most of the bits necessary to fix the issue


the bolt with the grease on it... gets another lever - that locks the front/rear differential... really, it's that easy

and you change this bit
notice the lever - the clean is the part going back on


drained the gas and got about 4 gallons - I'm almost certain there's more, so I'll be dropping the tank (which I'll have to do anyway to replace the pump with a low psi lift pump)


I'm glad I changed the clutch - there's probably another 20k on this clutch, but it's so easy to do right now


et voila


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[RamRod]

It drives me nuts when companies leave the fun controls up to a computer!
I wanna pull levers and push buttons!
Glad your getting control back!


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[SuperBuickGuy]

In my travels, I came across this - it'd be a fun build; but my dance card is full.... still, taking a range rover and bobtailing it.... that's just all win to me

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

if you say "why is a pipe hold it up" I'll say "because".... now that that's answered



and what stopped me from doing the belt today


you know it's on tight when it tells the air hammer to eff-off.

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

So more work



oops - I knocked the threads right off the fan pulley. Don't know what I'm going to do, probably punt and use electric fans.... the replacement part is 311.00 (ouch)
before


after


I didn't put it all back together because, there's a bit of seeping from the lower crank oil seal. It's a rubber o-ring, so I'll probably pull it the rest of the way apart to replace it.... and decide what I'm going to do about the cover...

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

So tonight.... I worked until I got stopped
First, I need to clear a new fence line.... and got stuck - and I just didn't feel like getting the pickup into the backyard to winch it out.... so it sits until tomorrow


Then I buttoned up the front of the motor

and pulled the motor mount off to copy it
then realized I need to get some 1/8" steel

So I figured I'd do something easy - a bolt-in project (see where this trainwreck is headed?)
I need another pedal


and I have one with another pedal

mind you, someone mentioned that it was a "bolt on" the new pedal.... uh, no

so I came up with a plan


and worked the plan



and ran out of wire.... I was using my "backup" spool.... ugh.

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[SuperBuickGuy]

Hopefully, this will start going together fairly quickly
not enough pedals


stock location


holes in the brake pedal


keep in mind, this is round 1




lots of marking/layout


compare - Defender RHD to Discovery LHD (discovery on right)


more compare


round 1



so I weld it together, and mock it in place.... damn, too close to the kick panel - need to move it over 2"



2" over, ground to make it purdier



time out to go look at a Jeep with wife... yep, this whole thing might be almost pointless

there we go, much better


and look, now we have enough pedals


one thing, I drove a stock Land Rover Discovery with a 5 speed; and hated how close the pedals were to the throttle pedal... this fixed the problem by using the automatic throttle pedal and moving the pedals away from the steering column, there's actually enough room to wear boots and not get hung up under the brake pedal
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[SuperBuickGuy]

so my wife decided on a new vehicle.... on one hand, I'm very happy with her getting such a capable rig - on the other hand, what am I going to do with this? ah well, I'll finish the diesel