ianmayco68

Hi all looking for a bit of help for the stepson as I don’t know a lot about td5’s , he’s got an early td5 2000 and the rads knackered so ordered a new one from britcar , rad came a nissens jobbie but it’s modified it fits all td5’s but the bottom two outlets on the rad are blocked and there’s a small ali thing you put in the fuel cooler , has anyone had to do this with there rad and did you bother with the thing in the cooler above ? Any help much appreciated as always cheers Ian.

While everyone’s about, continuing with the wipers mod my thinking is, cut this in half , as I won’t need passenger side bit , going to remake vents and fit them differently, trim this down , weld this together to make the bracket , meant to keep the disco mounting plat as it’s got the park marked on corresponding to the motor mounting holes , then lengthen the operating rod below , the rod fits between the two spindle arm’s like this, to move it over to the end here , can anyone see any pitfalls or problems I haven’t thought of ? Before I cut the backing plate 😁 .

Cheers Fridge your a gentleman 👍.

Yes had same thoughts , but with a coolant heater and heater matrix and blower then use a bilge blower to send it through to the cabin , could incorporate a coolant cut off valve for cold air .

The missis does, that was my thinking Dave but thought I’d run it past people, even though we live very rural and frequently follow slurry and muck carts , you get used to the smell after a bit hahahaha . Thinking about it I used to have the ricirc turned off on mine for the reasons you say .

Cheers Fridge , that’s the answer I was expecting hahaha , but good idea about breakers on eBay better still there’s a 4x4 breakers in Wolverhampton might see if they are still open 👍.

Very nice landy-andy, have read through your threads Fridge and lots of useful info in there , and thank you to everyone , first question of many I’ve found the part number for the freelander earthing blocks YPC10004 & YPC10611 the later being the 8 pole one so apart from scrapyards which are no go at the minute does anyone know of somewhere I might be able to buy some from ? Did search internet but got lots of Chinese writing and nowt on eBay .

Well back on this again due to the lockdown and I'm starting to feel it again , so first up change of plan I'm still doing the wiper MOD and looking at modding the heater but decided to use the original dash and alter it . My thinking being there isn't a lot of room in there anyway and maybe Land Rover got the dimensions rite , so the last thing I want is to do it all , then drive the damn thing and find out it's more uncomfortable than normal . So the center console stays , firstly made some tabs to weld to the inside so the bear shifter and trans box lever plates can be screwed down , that was the second attempt as got the length wrong first time will use self tappers to hold them down there's no weight or force on them so should be fine .Next was to strip the vinyl of the dash top and bottom and cut the center out leaving the brace across the middle . cut the front plate too far across oooppppssss , then the end part that's separate which houses the wiper motor got some spacing plates tacked on and will eventually be welded to the other part of the dash , as the wiper motor will live higher up from now on , so once tacked together and I make sure it fits the top and some of the inside can be removed . Once this far I turned my attention to the section that will join the center console to the dash , first a couple of angled steel which will be riveted to the bulkhead each side of the center section , then a couple of flats one drilled and tapped the other drilled and counter sunk so the bottom section can be attached to the center console , it will also screw together at the sides but can't work that out till I've made the lower section , this is a piece of box section with the one face removed it will be used as a cover over the two flats when together and look like it is meant to be there , hopefully . Then lastly the upper part of the frame the bottom will be one of the flats , So that's about it not a lot accomplished but were getting there , would like thoughts on the heater I've been watching Brittanic restorations video on modding the heater , he alters his and draws the air from inside the truck , what's peoples thoughts on this good or bad idea ? cheers Ian

I use this one for econoseal connectors . https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282090702854

That’s brilliant thank you FridgeFreezer 👍 , I’ll have a good read of those , I’ve already done the chassis harness complete with connectors and the engine harness and the auto gearbox loom so it’s just the main loom but as we all know cock that up and the rest is useless. I’ve already got quality crimpers and other electrical tools I’ve brought overtime, loads of cable ties and plenty of shrink tube and terminals and connectors , only things I need to buy are cable which I do have quite a bit in my electrics box and relays who’d have to buy anyway plus even if I bought an Autosparks loom I’d still have to buy cable and bits to wire the extras in like heated screen .

This is what I remember there was a post about it a few years ago https://motogadget.com/shop/en/m-unit-blue.html .

Thank you both that's great will have a read of those articles later thank you sgo70 . Quite agree Arjan have tried the cheaper LED headlights and I don't like them have just gone back to H4 ones and night breaker bulbs , and thanks very much for the other help . My thoughts so far are , I've brought a Disco 1 engine bay fuse box , mount that in the engine bay and feed all functions through this . Then I've got one of these which I intend to use for the front lights , and for the main fuse box I've got this , all from eBay , don't know whether I'm on the rite lines , I did have a link for a wiring board which didn't need fuses will have to look if I still have it .

Cheers Arjan , I've already got all the tools and I've already done the chassis loom and the front lights loom so I thought I'd have a go . I did do a search putting LR4X4 behind but not a lot came up , I'll try altering the wording . I did realise that they would be pretty specific to the individuals needs and what works for one doesn't work for others , it was more advice on the main systems I was after , like is there a better way of wiring the indicators up for instance . cheers Ian

Hi all , the wiring loom on my project a 300tdi 90 is has been mucked about with a bit , wires cut in here and there , the dreaded choc blocks all over the place . I know I could buy a ready made one from autosparks but I haven't got £650 to spend and I feel quite confident that I could make one for far less than that , even if I just copy it . I plan to do the headlight wiring upgrade and have already made the looms up for that and I'm thinking of putting the fuse/relay box in the battery box . I know plenty on here have made there own looms , so I looking for advice , tips , do's and don'ts on how best to improve the original loom , all help and suggestions welcome . cheers and stay safe Ian

The more the merrier , post up any data you collect the more data we collect the more informative and helpful to everyone it will be .

Only this far sadly , one of the thermocouples broke and with truck problems and the other project I'm working on , also family life getting in the way I never got back round to it , but I will try and re-fit the thermocouples this week and do some more testing when the lockdown has been lifted .

This is all I got, got the power and earth for camera , and the power , earth and reverse switch lead for the monitor , then as first pic the video cable has a live on it , ahhh do you think you connect the live on the camera to the live on the video lead then to the monitor live so the camera only comes on when the reverse switch activates it.

Hi all , quick question the video lead picture here should the red live wires be connected up ? Instructions for what there is doesn’t mention them, I’ve fitted a wireless one before but not a wired one . cheers Ian

here you go the recess for the interior light is there but I fitted a MUD roof console so moved it forward.

Hahaha I took mine apart and I still can’t remember where stuff goes 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I've not seen one of those , the interior light probably screws through the light base through the liner and into that . Have you got the light to have a look ?

Good job , Yes that does sound rather nice , it's made it even more tempting to fit one in the 110 .

The next section overlaps the section you've fitted then you put the fir tree clips through both sections into the roof brace , I'll get you a pic of my 110 tomorrow . If you look at your photo here , the piece that's first you fit over the driver , the second piece you fit next at the rear , the last piece is the middle section you fit that last , that overlaps the front and back sections which you fir tree clip through the two sections into the roof this stops them sagging , the rear two sections also clip down the center you shouldn't need glue or Velcro I'll get you a pic of my 110 tomorrow .

Looks a very nice truck 👍.

https://forums.lr4x4.com/topic/104474-intercoolers-and-other-bits/ I did fridge it’s in here towards the end , I intended to do some more but haven’t got round to it as one of the thermocouples broke and life’s got in the way of me replacing it .