ianmayco68

Bonnet release catch .

Remember where I heard it now, you have too slacken the adjuster on top off the box to adjust that one .

I’m no expert on this but could it be that the shaft is tilting when on full lock , and I think I remember reading somewhere that the big screw on the side of the box with the grub screw under it if tightened takes the play out of the shaft , might be total rubbish but could be a possibility.

What was wrong with it before you reconditioned it ? And did you loosen any bolts on it or take anything apart ?

More of a Smiths man myself , got pioneer speakers in the 110 sounds very good shall be fitting some in the 90 with one of those head units by the look of it .

Just finished myself Ralph , I hate the afternoon shift . That looks the business , what’s the sound like good , reasonable? Raptor engineering do some nice dash consoles as well.

Quite true there is a limit to how bad is acceptable , don’t know what’s going on here but I received the usual email notification that someone had posted in this thread , which was western 2 posts one had a photo of the unit he’s installed working but it’s not come up in this thread , strange .

I don’t think the sound quality matters that much does it in a 200/300 tdi . But I get what you mean , I think you can get better value for money on some of these units than the big names .

That looks mint Ralph , I spent quite a bit on a Pioneer unit for the 110 that has dab with a windscreen mounted aerial and its next to useless soon as I go out of the area I live I loose signal , need to read the destructions and work out if I can sort it .

Some pics would be good western, will be looking for a unit for the project shortly.

Certainly will cackshifter , we might get another summer like last year , we can hope. They weren’t meant to be a comparison Snagger as I understand that outside temperature will affect the results. I thought that doing the test at different times of day would be more useful and helpful , and help to determine how much the outside temperature does affect it . I definitely think logging the outside temperature as L19MUD says would be most helpful as going to work today at 1.30ish driving steady at 30/40 and at 60 on one 2 mile stretch the out temp barely got above 10c .

Got a few more results today , idle was 26.8 in and 16.3 out then accelerating to 40 was 71.4 in and 18.3 out . Those were from this afternoon it’s hard to log the results on your own and I haven’t got anyone to help. Then tonight accelerating hard to 60 was 91.3 in and 16.4 out and idle was 26.8 in and 12.7 out . Both idle temperatures were taken at the end of the journey , one thing that I think is very noticeable is the outside air temperature affects the temperature coming out of the intercooler by quite a few degrees .

Try mrc4655 for the single one and mxc7264 for the double , Britcar have them about £30 they look like what your after .

I don’t think they would western as you need to measure the temperature from inside the intercooler inlet and outlet pipes, you’d need a couple of 3m thermo couples and a machine to read them like I got there’s a photo on the previous page cost about £30 all in . I’m on the iPad so can’t post links off the eBay app but if you search K type thermocouple they’ll pop up .

I can't help there as I have an oversized rad fitted , but we have got the figure's Daan got from his 300tdi in his Series , I believe that was a standard set up if my memory serves me right .

Yes the viscous fan and shroud are fitted , also the 110 is a 200tdi Defender engine don’t know whether the turbo being high up close to the bonnet would make it run a little hotter as the air might not run as fast up there and cool the turbo as much . But I was quite impressed with how low and constant it kept the temperature, it will be interesting to see what it behaves like on the 20 minute run home down the A50 . Also could the better cooling be because it’s a front mounted intercooler?

At the inlet and outlet pipes on the intercooler. It will be interesting to put them side by side with the results Daan got and see what the difference is . So I think I’ll do the same tests as he did just to see .

Hi all , sorry it's took so long to put some figures to this but sadly my father-in-law past away and my mind hasn't quite been on it but got some enthusiasm back last week so gave the 110 a service today and fitted the thermo-couples . So took here for a short drive , but just to recap she's got an Allisport front mounted intercooler , an uprated chra in the turbo and a pump tweak , so once up to temp I took a few readings as such there not to accurate as I was on my own and trying to watch multiple things is quite hard when your on country lanes . at idle in 29c out 17c doing 40 in about 60c out 20c accelerating hard up to 60 in at peak 97c out 22c these figures are very rough . I'm on afternoons next week so I'll get some more accurate readings , but the one thing that I did notice is that the in temp rose as high as 100c at one point but once the engine was up to temp the air going into the engine was never above 22c , it seemed to stay from 16c to 22c . I'll also take her for a spin down the A50 on the way home one night see how that affects the temps .

What’s the timer like DC ? Does it do 7 days ? I’m looking for 2 , 1 for the 90 and 1 for the 110 but it worries me some of that Chinese stuff is lethal.

I’m up for it, depending on the dates.

Shop4autoparts sell wax stat ones , brought a few myself .

Hi all , converting a Defender 300tdi to an automatic and I’m after the part number for the bolts that attach the flywheel to the crank . cheers Ian

Cheers all , looked quickly earlier but missed them found them know will check tomorrow. cheers Ian

Hi all , just starting on the engine rebuild for the project , and was cleaning up the valves and noticed there’s a slight amount of play between the valves and guides , just enough to notice it . Is this normal or should they be a snug fit ? If they need replacing is it a job you can do yourself ? Cheers Ian

I’ve emailed the seller so we’ll see what response I get , but they also sell a standard one , radiator , intercooler in the frame only difference I can see is the rad in.the standard kit has an Ali core going off the photos. So perhaps that’s the difference standard Ali core , military spec brass/copper like the original ones .