[285/75 R16's on a Defender 90]

That looks really neat ..... no spaces or other changes to make them clear everything ??

Cheers

Martin

[285/75 R16's on a Defender 90]

Hi,

I'm thinking of changing to BF Goodrich Mud Terrain 285/75 R16 and then using these rims.

https://www.tyresdirectuk.co.uk/product/16x8-black-challenger-5x165-1-et-35-copy/

anybody got any experiances of this combination ?

My Defender already has  2" lift on Super Gaz shockers

Cheers

Martin

[Look after our defenders]

Hi, sorry to hear about your problems, I have a number of things on my Defender to try and combat this situation and as result of a conversation with a mate of mine who's a copper I have a wheel clamp attached to a rear wheel most of the time. His view (and he works in a stolen car section) they make an awful lot of noise cutting lumps of metal off the outside of the car.

[Defender 2006 TD5 Throttle Peddle Problem ...]

Hello,

Hopefully one of you can help me out. I have 55 plate TD5 90 defender which is jolly nice but I’ve got an issue with the throttle and the ecu (not un-common)

On 10 occasions in perhaps 3 months as I come to a halt the engine ecu light comes and the engine continues running but the throttle has no effect, the engines not in a limp mode it’s literally at tick over.

9 out of 10 times if I turn the ignition off and then on again the problem clears and 1 out of 10 times I need to leave the ignition off for 30 seconds to clear the fault.

If I hang my Hawkeye on the Defender the item of interest is ‘Fault 3141 Driver Demand has been faulty’, I can reset the fault and then next time it occurs the 3141 message pops back up again.

If I hang the Hawkeye on the working Defender and put it into live mode I get the following readings

 

With my foot off the peddle

17 – Driver Demand 1 = 0.60v

18 – Driver Demand 2 = 4.47v

19 – Driver Demand sup = 0.00v

With my foot flat to the floor

17 – Driver Demand 1 = 4.69v

18 – Driver Demand 2 = 0.45v

19 – Driver Demand sup = 10.00v

 

If I then drive around until I get the issue and then do the same tests again the one that’s changed is that the ‘19 – Driver Demand sup’ is on 0v all the time regardless of throttle peddle position but Demand 1 & 2 give the expected readings, turn the ignition on and off and the values come back to normal.

My vin number is 5Axxxxxx and since it’s a 2006/7 Defender I believe I have a 3 track throttle peddle which is wired to the ecu as in the attached image.

So my thinking is that I’ve got a duff cable between the ecu and the throttle or a duff throttle or a duff ecu or rubbish in the connectors at the throttle of the ecu end of the loom

My problem at the moment is I don’t understand just how the throttle peddle generates these numbers.

Is the ‘Demand sup’ a calculated number inside the ecu or is it connected with the 3rd track on the throttle, if this were the case I can hang a multimeter on the correct wire (if I know how it worked) on the throttle peddle connector and work out if it’s the peddle, the ecu or the wiring.

https://forums.lr4x4.com/topic/85126-td5-driver-demand-faults/?tab=comments#comment-730530

gives a good clue and it looks like it’s from the peddle thats producing three output voltages

Can anybody help me understand just how the 7 connection’s in the throttle peddle are used by the ecu to generate these three numbers ?

I’ve read and digested this post from ten years ago which is certainly running along the same line as my predicament

https://forums.lr4x4.com/topic/9628-td5-throttle/

but the first posts mentions the pins on the peddle connector and kinds suggests that the Driver Demand sup is on pin ‘C’

and I’m also up for any suggestions regarding experiences of this nature !

Thanks for taking the time to read my ramblings and hopefully somebody has something to say about them

Cheers

Martin

TD5 Defender in Hertfordshire