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    That plastic door lock piece

    I made mine out of aluminum- a little bandsawing and tig welding from some scrap plate. Holding up great. It replaced a epoxied plastic original that I repaired by gluing a length of TIG rod around the outside of the snapped ring- so as to give it a bit more strength where the protruding tab...
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    wide open throttle on start (just changed HGs)

    OK- got it- was a sticking stepper motor, and after disassembly, lube and refit, it's OK. However, I've got a bit of exhaust blowby where the driver's side manifold meeds the head- cyls 1 and 7 bolh kick a bit of exhaust past the gaskets... I can isolate it to the manifold-to-head connections...
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    wide open throttle on start (just changed HGs)

    wide open throttle on start (FIXED) but now exhaust blow-by on manifold Hi all- Just changed the HGs on my 1996 GEMS 4.0 D1- been a hell of a week. It was my first time getting into any vehicle that deep and I was pretty excited to start it up this afternoon when everything was back...
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    RiRi :: 1996 Land Rover D1

    RiRi :: 1996 Land Rover D1 (2016-10-31 14:20:37)
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    head gasket debrief: lessons learned

    About to take this on as well, many thanks for the informative post. Added to the top of my HG info dump.
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    D2 Complete HdGskt Setup & More

    interested in the Hg kit as a whole; is it still available?