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  1. Yes, large ring, but the cable is long enough to reach to the battery, would need to be cut and trimmed for starter. Auto electrician wants to connect it to alternator as we’ve already removed the starter twice and those 3 bolts really suck!! LOL 

    Haynes diagram shows battery, so will do it there I think... thanks again...

    Any help on the relay needed as questioned above would be appreciated, need to order two ASAP...

  2. 14 minutes ago, MR-HIPPO said:

    OK, after some "testing" this end.

     

    1: Large Brown permanent live (not fused) to power the glow plugs.

    2: large Yellow (should be yellow/black?) connects to glow plugs

    3: White. fused live (should be live when ignition lights are on)

    4: white/red  crank engine  circuit the thin wire is ignition switch side of the starter relay. (I assume this shuts the timer off if you crank the engine?)

    5: Thin yellow/black from to the dash warning light. (earthing this illuminates the warning light)

    Great!! Thanks heaps :)

    But where is the large brown wire supposed to be connected to? Alternator, starter, battery etc please. It’s a long wire...

  3. 33 minutes ago, MR-HIPPO said:

    There is a brake / transmission oil temp, warning light test relay in the picture in This post, (it is the relay on the left)

    Wire colours are:

    30 black

    85 black

    86 red/white

    87 slate/red

    87a black

    The relay wiring & operation are discussed in the following few posts.

     

    @western I guess this is the relay you are referring to.

     

    Yes, that is it. Has the Slate/Red wires. Will leave a relay out of it and leave the wires blanked off if that’s a safe sensible option?

    Not sure my dash light panel has a space for it either....

  4. 43 minutes ago, western said:

    Keep the yellow volt sensitive relay, it stop rear screen heater operating when engine is not running & alternator is not charging. 

    One relay should be brake fail light check on start up, not sure of wire colours as I am not near my wiring diagrams

    Thanks. My rear window is filled in with a thick sheet of aluminium, and the loom not plugged in. So good to not have it if possible. Just leave the relay out?

    Brake fail is perhaps Slate/Red? (Grey/Red)?

  5. On 6/14/2019 at 11:08 AM, daveturnbull said:

    Glow plug timer relay.

    Thanks. Can anybody tell me what relay is required for the glow plug timer please. Technical details appreciated as I’m at a auto electrician rather than a Landy place...

    Also, on the glow plug timer relay is a long thick brown cable. Does this go to the alternator or starter? Assume the thick yellow cable goes to the glow plugs?

  6. Ok, rear loom in and working well starter serviced, new alternator being fitted, making good progress...

    Looking at the new loom (1994-1996) it has this relay part and big thick wires in the engine bay that I don’t currently have, can anybody explain its purpose please ( we are guessing by tracing the wires, and as the loom is heavily taped up it’s hard to see what goes where etc)

     

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  7. 28 minutes ago, Retroanaconda said:

    They're steel in construction. You'd likely be able to find a pulley locally. As long as it fits the shaft, takes the right size V-belt and is roughly the right diameter then it'll work.

    New ones are made from plastic it seems... going to use the old one, cheap local one on the reconditioned old one if it turns up tomorrow looking ok...

  8. 28 minutes ago, Retroanaconda said:

    In the past when I've replaced alternators they have not been supplied with the pulley. You have to take the pulley off the old one and swap it over. Can be fun getting the nut off sometimes!

    I believe RTC5686 is the part number for the pulley but check the parts book to be sure.

    Thanks, though at about 120 quid with South African tax it’s a bloody expensive piece of plastic!!! 

  9. I’m looking to put in a new 65 amp alternator with my new 1994 200TDI wiring loom, being retro fitted to a 1991 200TDI.

    LRDirect list 2 Lucas models as STC234G.TR and STC234G.C8. Any idea what the difference is please?

    https://www.lrdirect.com/STC234-Alternator-A127-65Amp-Lucas-No.-242/?keep_https=yes

    Do they come with a pulley attached? Doesn’t look like it, if not what extra parts do I need to order please? Shipping to South Africans so keen to get it correct first time :)

  10. On YouTube, look up roamingtheoutback and Britannia restorations. Both have great advice and practical solutions to this... I’m on a really slow African connection so can’t find them exactly for you etc sorry

  11. Oh, ok, we had been thinking it was the hand brake without having looked at it yet.

    I have a stubby R380, will the access be any easier? Can you do it just from underneath or will I need to take the metal gearbox plate off etc?

    Update: when you say Difflock warning light, what do you mean please? This is different from the ‘Difflock is Engaged’ light? There are two?

  12. Thanks again. Making progress :)

    next question though!

    On the rear wiring loom where it goes down from the engine bay and starts to run along the chassis (or in it as it used to do) is a Black/Blue wire that sticks out of the taped loom and has a female plug on it. It’s not being used in my current loom, just taped up unused, but then I don’t have a full set of dash lights connected. It’s not in any diagrams or colour charts. Any ideas please?

  13. Great, thanks guys.

    Can anybody tell me what thread the 200TDI has for the temperature gauge please? And any risk of it breaking off when taking it out? Replacing the thermostat last month the bolts were difficult and one broke off. Assume as it’s brass it should be ok.

    For the engine oil temperature it just seems to be a semi hopeless clip on situation opposite the fuel injection pump?

     

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  14. I’m rewiring with new looms my 200TDI 110 from 1991 with a 1994 new loom from Autosparks in South Africa.

    Seems a good opportunity to change to VDO gauges for engine temperature and oil temperature. No problem getting the gauges here, for sensors the trustworthy auto electrical I’m at says there are generic sensors that we will have to adapt to fit.

    Is there anything sensor wise for the VDO gauges that will fit the 200TDI exactly without having to modify? Or is it easy to do etc?

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