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Hi folks just fitted a 200 tdi into my old td 90, I got a pair of rangie p38 double fans to cool to rad and intercooler. I got a thermo switch from wrights auto supplies at one of the landrover shows . I had an old power feed on a relay that powered up some 9" lights that used to be on the front of the truck. The guy that was fitting the engine ect wired the fans up to this and they worked for a little while and have now stopped. Ive traced the wirring back to a in line 15a fuse that has blown, does anyone know if its safe to put a larger fuse in its place and what size should I use and is it safe to wire a set of doube fans into an old lighting relay? the switch itself came with no instructions, any advise would be greatly appreciated,del

I dont know if its the head gasket because its just had a new one fitted with a skimmed head , the engine is a 200 defender block and a discovery head . It has been at the garage for the conversion for a couple of months . Every week i was going up there the engine was open to the elements rain water every were. I was going to take it for a run today to see if that helps , like i said ive got to take it back to him next week for new oil ect .

hi all just had a 200 tdi put into my old td 90 ,got a few teething problems and i have to go back to the garage to have the engine flushed out and new oil and filters fitted as i have some mayo in the engine , the problem ive got at the moment is when i turn the engine over it starts first time but runs lumpy like its missfiring and blows out loads of smoke, my mechanic recons its probably a blocked injector and i should try a bit of injector cleaner. Once warm it seems to even out does anyoune have any ideas?

cheers thanks very much, havent really got a clue on mechanics , saw the sludge and paniced , im goimg to by pass my leaking heater matrix and give it a run like you said ,del

just got my 90 back from having a 200 tdi fitted ,having a few probs the engine is sort of missing until it warms up and theres thick creamy sludge in oil cap ,my mechanic has told me the engine has been outside standing for a while and before i left the garage yesterday he told me to come back in a week to flush the engine out a change the filters ,does this sound right, will it be allright to drive it about on local runs?

Ive got a leak on the bend of the pipe of my heater matrix, its right on the top of the bend and i cant push the hose past the bend to cover it ,ive just had a engine swap and it must have got knocked. is there a bodge i can do to get me by? can I take the other hose off and link them with a bit of 15mm copper? for a temperary fix ,are they easy to replace?

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not 100% sure i know its a defender 200 tdi block and its got a 200 tdi defender thermostat housing, and i drove it back from the garage tonite and the gauge went nearly to red, popped the bonnet and nothing seemed to be too hot ,but obviously showing the wrong temp on the gauge.

i think the days of an old defender refurbed chelsea tractor are numbered with the introduction of the london lez

ive just had a defender 200 tdi block combined with a disco 200 tdi head fitted to my 1988 90 ,driving it back from the garage i noticed the tempreture gauge in the cab was showing just under the red. Ive had a pair of range rover p38 fans set up on a rainbow thermo switch {which i got from an electrical supplier at one of the landrover shows. Is the temp sender at fault? and what should the gauge be set at ,all sugestion will be gratly appreciated

cheers thanks very much

im after a defender 200 tdi thermostat housing and the wheel that bolts onto the front pulley that takea the engines drive belts, does any one know weres the best place to get them from and the proper name of that drive belt pulley and maybe the part numbers,many thanks del

thats great cheers now i know what to look for

My mechanic at the moment is putting a defender 200 tdi engine into my td 90 , hes just told me I need a frame that holds the radiator /intercooler has anyone got a picture of this part as iam popping up to the landrover max show tomorrow and i thought i might be able to pick one up at the auto jumble ,cheers del

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Hi all after collecting bits together and reading up the links on the website to convert my td 90 to a tdi 200 disco engine,my mate has picked up a defender 200 tdi instead, does this just drop in or do you need various conversion pieces to fit it?,cheers del

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just cobbeling bits together to put a tdi into my td , got a second hand intercooler is it worth touching it up with paint if so is alright to spray it with hammerite smooth?

a lot of people have said that the lt77 is better than the r380

Hi all got a nintey with the lt77,after about an hour of driving the gearbox gets a bit stiffer to change gear, does it just need a oil change? is it true you have to use atf,cheers del

great thanks very much

Hi all as you might have guessed from my other posts im putting a disco 200 tdi into my td 90, I was just looking at the steve parker web site that shows a pipe kit for £65 as im on a tight buget i was noticing that the two main pipes look like the standard defender 200 top and bootom hose , theres a couple of smaller bore hoses and what looks like a couple of metal joining pipes. I was just wondering if anyone had come across this kit ,is it neccesary to buy ,or can you just buy the standard top and bottom pipes and if so what other pipes would i need?,cheers del

Cheers thats what a guy at billing was telling me , I picked up a td5 pipe and thats got a 180 degree bend on it, thanks western I looked at the little drawing on the archive its very informative