There is an up side and down side to everything I guess.

"TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts." (thebloody) 07/05/2015 at 18:56 • Filed to: God damn it., Land Rover

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Decided I’d finally bite the bullet and do some preemptive maintenance on my Disco’s biggest known issue, the head gaskets. They were starting to weep and probably could have lasted another year or two, but why risk them giving up the ghost when I’m in the middle of nowhere. Everything was going fine until I got to the head bolts, seems the PO was a cheap lazy piece of shit and instead of replacing the head gaskets he just torqued them down more. I had to use this to get them off.

I’m no expert but I don’t think 4.5ft breaker bar should be needed to remove head bolts of a non commercial vehicle, guess I have no choice but to get the heads decked. On the upside my sleeves are in good shape so this truck was never over heated.

jkm7680 > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 07/05/2015 at 19:02

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Whoa, fuzzy?

Matthew Phillips > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 07/05/2015 at 19:14

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I want a Disco in my driveway last week

desertdog5051 > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 07/05/2015 at 19:31

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Some people just don’t get it. They are probably torque-to-yield and further torque just causes more problems. Good thing you found it before it really caused problems.

I ran across a guy who decided that his Harley oil leak was loose cylinder/head bolts and figured he could stop a cylinder base gasket leak by tightening the cylinder/head bolts more. He could only get to 2 of the 4 on each head, so he tightened those. Cracked the head and ruined the cylinders due to out-of-round conditions.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > jkm7680 07/05/2015 at 19:33

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Old carpet from on of the bedrooms, it’s nicer to lay on than cold concrete and I was going to throw it away so oil stains aren’t a worry.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > desertdog5051 07/05/2015 at 19:39

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Some people shouldn’t be allowed near wrenches. Blows my mind how stupid some people are.