Madrugador
New Member
Hi THEFERMANTOR,
I am in the south florida area and am having no luck in finding a good 6.2/6.5L diesel mechanic. I was told by SCTRAILRIDER that you are in the Tampa area and if so, I would like to bring my vehicle there for service. The service I would need is for the bigger things as for the smaller stuff can be handled by the local mechanics, "I think!". I would stay in a hotel in the area for a day or two until the work is completed.
I installed a 6.2L diesel into a Land Rover Defender 90 which previously had a 4.0L gas engine. I did it because LR engines are notoriously unreliable, the engine was a relatively new engine. The 6.2 that I replaced it with was a new rebuilt from the Diesel Depot, which I don't think is still in business. Now this project started in 2006, I acquired the vehicle in 2005 and to this day the vehicle have lived in mechanic shops 80% of the time because of experimentation and it was considered a side job. I think that I am on the tail end of this journey.
The problem that I am having now is that when the rpms gets between 1500 and 2000 the vehicle bucks like it is not getting a steady flow of gas, but what my mechanics discovered is that it was a problem of the injection pump gear vibrating and how the injection pump was secured. I don't completely understand the situation, but when the engine and injection pump was installed it should have been secured by three bolts but only one bolt was installed, so like an out of balanced tire at a certain speed one gets vibrations, the injection pump and the gear vibrates the same.
Even though the mechanics discovered the problem they feel a bit uncomfortable working on it. Right now they want me to locate a rebuilt injection pump, gear and nut, but after installation the timing and other things needs to be optimized. I can have you talk to the mechanics that discovered the problem, if you feel that it is necessary.
Please get back to me as to what you can do!
Thanks for your time.
-Madrugador
I am in the south florida area and am having no luck in finding a good 6.2/6.5L diesel mechanic. I was told by SCTRAILRIDER that you are in the Tampa area and if so, I would like to bring my vehicle there for service. The service I would need is for the bigger things as for the smaller stuff can be handled by the local mechanics, "I think!". I would stay in a hotel in the area for a day or two until the work is completed.
I installed a 6.2L diesel into a Land Rover Defender 90 which previously had a 4.0L gas engine. I did it because LR engines are notoriously unreliable, the engine was a relatively new engine. The 6.2 that I replaced it with was a new rebuilt from the Diesel Depot, which I don't think is still in business. Now this project started in 2006, I acquired the vehicle in 2005 and to this day the vehicle have lived in mechanic shops 80% of the time because of experimentation and it was considered a side job. I think that I am on the tail end of this journey.
The problem that I am having now is that when the rpms gets between 1500 and 2000 the vehicle bucks like it is not getting a steady flow of gas, but what my mechanics discovered is that it was a problem of the injection pump gear vibrating and how the injection pump was secured. I don't completely understand the situation, but when the engine and injection pump was installed it should have been secured by three bolts but only one bolt was installed, so like an out of balanced tire at a certain speed one gets vibrations, the injection pump and the gear vibrates the same.
Even though the mechanics discovered the problem they feel a bit uncomfortable working on it. Right now they want me to locate a rebuilt injection pump, gear and nut, but after installation the timing and other things needs to be optimized. I can have you talk to the mechanics that discovered the problem, if you feel that it is necessary.
Please get back to me as to what you can do!
Thanks for your time.
-Madrugador