[battery light]

hi all, just finishing my rebuild and hit a problem battery light stays on even when ignition is turned off, also i want to bleed all my brakes and clutch where do i start first back or front, any idea's cheer's defender dinky

[wiring]

hi, has anyone got a diagram on how to wire the ignition barrel up thanks dinky

[rebuild]

hi, can anyone help have rebuilt my defender and now come to wiring everything back up but when i put the battery wire on the starter motor keeps clicking any suggestions thanks defender dinky.

[How to test Td5 fuel pump]

Hi All,

As my Td5 is a non started I feel the pump has seen better days, are there any diy on the driveway type tests that I can try...?

cheers

Dave..

hi,take the feed pipe off the pump and turn engine with key it should pump fuel out if not could be fault with pump, i think that's how you check it, defender dinky

[anti rollbars]

Do you really need anti-roll bars? They will reduce body roll if you want a more comfortable drive if you do predominantley on-road miles. However, they will kill your axle articulation if you use your vehicle off-road.

I think most people tend to leave them off, to get the best of both worlds.

hi yes i thought about it after i posted it, i will leave it thanks for reply, defender dinky

[anti rollbars]

hi all, i have defender 90 1987 there are no anti rollbars on it, if i get all the tackle would i beable to fit them on my defender 90, cheer's defender dinky

[preload setting]

At the risk of bashing a 'newbie' (see other thread), first link when you Google 'how to check swivel preload land rover':

http://www.fag.hiof.no/~frodehaa/swivelpinpreload.htm

hi bowie69, just what i was looking for, well done defender dinky

[preload setting]

hi yes you you do need road wheels off and then test it, and just do it to which ever side your working on.

hi,muddy4x4xfar, i have seen something on here somewhere how to test your swivel ball pre loads and i think they used fisherman scale's is that possible if so what would be the correct pressure for the preload, axles are off the motor at the moment complete as i am rebuilding my defender 90, cheer's defender dinky

[preload setting]

Just in case, you adjust the preload by changing the shims under the top swivel pin. Taking shims out increases the preload. Look in the Tech Archive if there is more information there.

Good Luck

hi dave, there was one shim under each side so i put them back as they were, first time for me i'm afraid, thanks for reply defender dinky

[preload setting]

stick a spring balance on where the track rod joins to the swivel housing. keeping it horizontal and floating. pull the swivel housing unit using the spring balance . it should measure 3 on the spring balance but if its a new seal they sometimes measure just over . thats cause it needs to bed in.

hi, do i jack the corners up and remove wheels on both sides, thanks for your reply, defender dinky

[preload setting]

hi all, just rebuilt swivel balls oil seals the lot, what's the proper way to set preload, seen something on here before but can't find it cheer's defender dinky

[disco 200tdi]

hi i`ve got a 1991 defender with a shot engine which is the 200tdi i was going too replace with the disco 200tdi will it fit straight in with all the defender turbo and down pipes??? also will the bellhouse be the same???

hi,just done conversion i changed evreything engine, gearbox, and tranferbox, the gear lavers sit further back though slightly into seat box, there's a very good thread in archive, defender dinky

[brake disc's]

hi all, just wondering is there any difference between brake disc's front and rear of defender as regards of depth of dish, and can you fit disc's off a defender onto a discovery, only tried it today and found disc off def front went on abit to far on discovery rear and was catching the caliper mount defender dinky

[swivel ball oil seal]

hi all, just need part number for oil seal in the back of swivel ball the one that stops grease mixing with the axle oil, also inner hub seal,i have a defender 90 1987 cheer's defender dinky

[swivel bearing]

hi all, now defender 90 1987 is stripped down waiting for galvanizing, decided to strip swivel balls down as seals were leaking followed archive for disco swivel seals, but i only have one bearing in each ball at the top is this normal for defender 90 cheer's defender dinky

[key fob]

hi all, the wife's p38 1998 DT as a problem with the remote key fob, hell of a game this morning we can get in the car now being to main dealer to get EKA code, but when trying to start keeps coming up engine disabled on the dash, when pressing the key fob we are'nt getting a red light on the fob like before put new batteries in still the same, ( i myself have a defender 90 1987 lovely truck )cheer's defender dinky

[body mounts]

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Ladies and Gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to thank Mr Retroanaconda for his kind hosting of the files, a major company for providing the means to scan the files, and to present the link to the files: without further ado:

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The 90 / Defender parts book

Could a nice mod add this to the Tech Archive for me? Ta. Mo M will be so pleased ...

hi, thanks guys will be very helpful for my rebuild, defender dinky

[rebuild]

I'm with Ralph, he's quite right I bought a Deflex set that barely lasted a year !

Mo

thanks for replies lads, how much full set of original lr bushes, this is my first defender never bought any cheer's defender dinky

[rebuild]

hi all, stripped defender 90 down to chassis ready for sandblast & galvanizing, now, thinking about changing suspension and bushes all the way through, which springs&shocks would be best for me 75% road use 25% off road, at the moment i have standard but it looks as if it's got a lift on it, also what bushes do i need looked on fleabay seen all different colours but which ones would suit my defender 90 1987, note i'm not loaded kids had it all for crimbo cheer's defender dinky

[body mounts]

hi all, just wondering if theres a diagram for body mounts to chassis, anywhere for defender 90 as i am hoping to start taking body off tomorrow right down to chassis and everything else, going to have chassis sandblasted and galvanized :)cheer's defender dinky

[Long term effects of remapping TD5?]

I've recently bought a 2001 Discovery TD5 Auto ES and after reading lots here & elsewhere am considering having it remapped to stage 1 (probably by IRB Developments - if I can get Ian to answer my emails......).

But I'm a bit concerned about long term reliability as I want to keep the car for at least 5 years or so. Has anybody here got good experience of several 10s of thousands of miles after a remap?

hi,sorry to but in, is this remapping exspensive thinking of having wife's p38 done very sluggish, i myself have a defender 90 cheer's defender dinky

[part number required]

hi, part number rear door wiper motor,for defender 90, or is there another motor that will fit cheer's defender dinky

[Rear window washer]

hi,couldn't you put a T peice into exsisting front ones run it to the back, when you wash the front it might wash the back sametime just a thought defender dinky

[water temp sender]

Defender spec 200tdi uses PRC8593 if you used a Discovery engine fit PRC2505 IIRC it screws in to the Disco 200tdi thermostat housing.

hi western,i kept the original gauges from 200td but the 200tdi sender is not compatable with the gauge cheer's defender dinky

[water temp sender]

hi, can anyone tell me the part number for the water temp sender for the 200td engine, up graded to 200tdi forgot to keep temp sender, cheer's defender dinky