ianmayco68

Cheers Steve , I'll try that but think I have and the gears don't .

Hi all , hope everyone's well been a while since my last post . I rebuilt a transfer box a while ago for my project and I seem to have a problem , when difflock is engaged it works fine , its a little stiff but easily turnable with your hand which I put down to new parts but when you dis-engage difflock the output flanges turn easily but the gearing doesn't move . I've had it back apart several times and can't see any issue , although there is one . I can see the diff centre gears turning inside freely but the movement doesn't transfer to the internal gearing . The hi- lo selector is moving and engaging and when you move the gears by hand the output flanges move . It all goes together okay you don't need to force anything . There's something in there that's not in right or working correctly but I can't see it , I did think that one of the bearing preloads was wrong but thought that would just make it stiff , any help would be much appreciated . Cheers Ian

Thank you.

Hi all , so after a rest it’s time to finish the 90 . Still getting rid of it but stepson is having back and it’s replacing the old communal td5 90 we have so will still be able to drive it . Anyway progress, mostly wiring main loom nearly finished other part to it main clocks in and two facia panels hopefully will have all the wiring in by Monday night, oh one of the shifter Cheers Ian

Sadly not anymore , I've moved on to another job but I'll gladly help anyway I can , the first question would be how are you automating it ? We would normally use this type of hinge , hook and eye here's a link https://www.fhbrundle.co.uk/groups/13SWHHE__Hooks_Eyes . With these you have adjustment to get your gaps looking good when closed and to help get the automation working rite and the hinge pins can be welded on . We wouldn't diagonal brace a gate that small , if your sitting the boards inside the frame then a 20mm piece of flat stich welded to the frame top and bottom to screw the boards too and possibly a horizontal brace across the middle to stop the boards bending , are you fitting a lock of some sort to the leaves ? cheers Ian

Haven’t done anything on it yet mate , still trying to get the enthusiasm to finish the 90 , lost all interest at the minute. Started a new job last week so hoping I might start to get the will to crack on with them .

Hi all , not posted a lot recently as the interest has gone to be honest got fed up with being stuck under a defender every weekend , whether it's rebuilding one or repairing the other so decided a change was needed as I love driving and owning my defender and I don't want to get rid of them totally . So meet the new daily driver , body works a bit tatty but nothing that can't be sorted but engine runs sweet as a nut and at £600 I thought it was a bargain and it has enough mod cons to keep getting to and from work quick and pleasurable , had 90 out of it the other day but don't tell the old bill . So i'll be finishing off the 90 then selling it , the stepson's buying it back at a bargain price and @monkie is collecting the 200tdi engine out of the 110 , which means the M57 conversion can begin on the 110 when the 90's finished but I'll get a well earned break from Land Rovers in the mean time and start the 110 when I feel like it and it can be done at a leisurely pace , meaning I can bog off fishing when I want to . cheers Ian

Sorry for not answering sooner but I've been taking a break , I've got a bit fed up with being under the truck all the time so I've took a step back and took stock and made a few decisions . I will be finishing this soon and it will go up for sale , someone in the family wants it so hopefully I will be able to use it if not then someone else , I'll be keeping the 110 and doing the BMW M57 engine conversion but at a leisurely pace and I'm buying a small van to use for work , I can't be doing with working on to trucks all the time it's getting to the point where it's not enjoyable anymore . So bare with me it will be finished shortly as I've only the wiring left to do . cheers Ian

I’ve never had a problem, or it happen on the 200tdi .

I’ve got these of eBay , https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291110420183 he’s a pic fitted , I have found that you have to bend the tangs in our out sometimes and you have to fit them a certain way .

Ah well, at least I’ve jogged your memory .

Did you ever buy a puller Ross? I had a cheap no name one off eBay and when try to remove a steering box drop arm one of the legs snapped and shot across the workshop, good job the dog was over the other side otherwise it would have hurt him or me . The ones I looked at getting where these , https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352309793313 due to the feet on the legs being thin and easy to get behind things .

FRC4499 I think is what you're after , I bought the ones I got from Britcar I think . As for changing them in situ I've never tried but may be fiddly .

Think I can just cut it , so here’s what I’ve got , from light switch at the stalk , blue wire goes to relay , the blue wire the goes to the indicator stalk and there’s the blue/white for the main beam and flash , the blue/white has three off shoots two to the fuses 13 & 14 and one to the warning light . the blue has two off shoots one to the rear fog light , obviously so it only works when the lights are on and other goes to the dim dip relay then from the relay to the head light fuses sorted , I think the blue/red wire from the indicator stalk is just the trigger wire for the dim dip relay, I think 🤔.

I’ll have to look in the morning, what exactly did the dim do ?

My wiring colours are different to that Ralph , mine are as the 200tdi as in white instead of white/green . But it is an early 300tdi there wasn’t an under seat fuse box but there was a 4 fuse one in the engine bay , I’ll take some pics in the morning but the blue/white and the blue from the column switch and the relay both have two off shoots to the fuses for the lights I think .

Well bit of a problem there as that’s the only bit of the dim dip circuit left all the other bits are totally gone .

Hi all , I’ve upgraded the headlight wiring on the project as in the tech archive and totally removed the dim dip circuit, and I’m left with a blue/red wire out of the indicator stalk . Do I need to connect this to anything or cut it off?

Thank you .

So this LITTLE project is coming to an end got a few pics from the last 2 days and i'll post some up when fully together and it's finished . I'll post up after a while on how I get along with it if anyone's interested , so here's the pics before the last , I took the parts out and put sound proofing on them so shouldn't get to many vibrations . cheers Ian

It’s okay sorted it it’s m10 , oops.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣been a long couple of days .

Hi all , as title looking for a bit of help on thread size so I can get an adapter, and I haven’t a clue on old sizes . so this is 1/8”npt for a stack oil temperature gauge sender , mans this is the one I want to know the size of, is the sender out of a disco 1 oil cooler hose , am I correct in thinking it’s 1/8”bsp? Any help much appreciated as always. cheers Ian

Just a few pics nearly there , should have it all in next week cheers Ian .

Thank you, I use AS trim , it’s a closed cell foam here’s a pic , it’s not cheap but holds its shape well and 4 way stretch vinyl. I managed to get a roll of slight second for about £100 got loads left to do the door cards when I get to that bit .

So some new some old so here goes , heater box done and in , used this for the seal , and the joiney bit in , top fixing plate riveted on , and heater box fitted , it seems nice and snug and sealed but time will tell there's no movement , next up the heater ducting which went in nicely , then the bit I've been dreading THE CENTRE CONSOLE , the trimmer I'd asked to do it was very busy and I forgot to contact him and when I did he was booked but said he'd try and fit me in but not heard anything and I really need it done so had a go myself , and then made the lid , it's not come out to bad for a complete novice , one side looks better than the other due to using a heat gun . Once I started using that the job became 100 times easier . So there we are just assembly left which I might do tomorrow then the dash is complete . cheers Ian