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Hi all Been having a catastrophic time lately with the front end of my engine luckily all sorted now except the belt tensioner Basically the stud and nut that holds the serpentine belt tensioner to the housing behind it has pulled the threads out of the said housing and am scared its going to fall off any minute Have searched everywhere but can't find the thread size written anywhere as I need to buy a heli-coil kit and get a thread back in urgently I think it's about 10mm but want to be sure before I take of as I don't think it will go back on once it's off untill rethreaded Thanks in advance I hope someone can help Tom

hmm good adive guys it is a factory fit 300tdi oil was topped up immediately but i would say the noise is slowly getting worse, although that could well be my overactive defender hypercondriac mind kicking in lol ive got some landrover mechanic friends, so am going to get them to have a look tomorrow for me does anybody know a rough cost from a crankshaft regrind? also if it came to getting a regrind can i get the crank out with the engine in place? thanks again tom

hi all unfortunately my oil got a bit low, seems the warning light doesnt work and i now think i have a bit of big end bearing failure gonna check it out tonight after work to try and diagnose where the noises are coming from. my question of the day is: how easy is it to change the big end bearings? and more to the point can i do the job from the bottom of the engine? i.e remove the oil sump and go at it with the small quantity of oil left in my engine dripping into my eyes? id like to go at it this way as only did a full top end rebuild in november and dont fancy doing it all again. will attach a sound clip of tyhe noise later this evening thanks tom

i would suggest a badly matched sender to guage, they must both be designed for each other. if not this then try replacing the cable as it may have too much resistance or too little if there should be an extra resistor in the circuit. i changed my guages to td5 ones and had to find the correct sender to match the guages as there were two types apparently, then still had to replace the cable as it was producing too much resistance.

thanks guys even more usefull knowledge what a great website

thanks for that out of interest will the anti burst locks work with the newer door keepers?

just out of interest what extra bits did you need to fit them ie, locks, striker plates hinges and the like. people have talked about antiburst locks although i dont know the difference between these and normal locks :s thanks again tom

Thanks for that guys Now to do some shopping then

Hi all Just wondering if anyone knows if series 3 doors will fit onto a defender as I quite fancy the removable door tops Thanks Tom

Darn forgot the actual question lol So does my truck need the center box or can it be a straight through exhaust? Note: I don't care if it's loud and was thinking of sticking the end out through the panel just infront of the passenger side rear wheel

Hi all Happy new year I'm currently looking at putting a side exit exhaust on to my 300tdi truck but am not sure weather diesels need exhaust back pressure or not to run efficiently like petrols do. It currently has no cat or backbox only the middle box which i was debating taking out to do the mods Thanks Tom

Hi guys thanks for the replys So far I've only received a quote back from silverline who said 5x Micky thompson mtz for 918 or 5x Micky Thompson ttc for 999 Is there a good cheap place to get tyres from? Thanks tom

Hi all am looking for some new tyres now as mine are knakred Am looking about the 35 12.5 x 15 kind of size but am not really sure what to get I do quite a few muddy roots and use my truck as a work horse in these conditions but also do a little but if rock crawling and some road use. I like the sound and look of the kumho kl71s but these seem impossible to get hold of, i also looked at the maxxis creepy crawlers but also hard to get and apparently wear very quick, does any one have a favourite tyre to recommend, I currently have insa turbos on but they are unbalanceable so would like some non remoulds although they have lasted almost 60,000 miles over 2.5 years Thanks tom

Thanks for the replys guys Is a 200 and 300 tdi head the same? Tom

Hi all Am about to buy a new head for the truck bt there's loads of choices Was wondering if anyone can advise best. I.e who to buy from and which head to buy Thanks tom

wow loads of great advice ive got a big list of things to check tonight now when i get away from work incidently i have two friends that are mechanics at a landrover garage and no one there knew the proper way either, so its good to know this community is better prepared and more useful than and official garage lol thanks everyone tom

errm i think so but how would i check this? i know the two outer races are well and properly seated but dont know how id be sure about the inner races. tom

hi props are fine replaced a few months ago and still good. i did my brothers fiesta and they werse torqued to 280nm just hoping someone would know a no so i can have piece of mind lol tom

Hi All i Have a 1997 300tdi 90 On my mot the other day i had an advisory for front wheel bearing so had a look and the play was fenominal so started stripping and found the hub nuts to be not even finger tight so bought new bearing and seals fitted all and tightened up. A day or so later am getting high vibes and what seemed like a lack of power, it turned out i had tightened them a bit to much so replaced again but now the same kind of problem and its really annoying me am almost at spanner throwing time The vibrations are mega like ive got a square wheel and come around 50MPH am going to do it for the third time hopefully succesfully bt was wondering if anyone know what torque the bearings should be set at or is the problem possibly somewhere else maybe the uj in swivel housing? i just dont know Any help/advice would be amazing thanks in advance tom

hi all just wondering if anybody is planning on going down to the perterborough shpw in september from the cheshire area. cookie64

Hi All, ive finally given up and am going to but a new head for the truck. ive been searching online for a good price and have found a no. of differing heads so now im not sure what would be best to get. as far as i can tell a standard 300tdi head is code no. ERR5027COM which will cost about £340 for a complete jobby, but then i also found a 'new style' modified head which apparantly has better cooling code no LDF500180COM and this one only costs 10-15 quid more. Im just looking for some advice as to what would be the better one to go for, is this modified cooling actually better? and would i be better getting a genuine parts head gasket or doesnt this matter? thanks in advance Tom

Thanks for all the advice guys It seems the cause was that the steering column switch was knakred so got a new one But still have a very dim light in main bowls when sidelights are on I'm not sure if it did this previously to the problems so is this normal?

Thanks for all the quick replys But still no light and still confused Basically I've tested the switch with multimeter and that works all fuses are fine the yellow relay in fuse box clicks so I assume that works and the pink relay behind binnacle clicks but I don't know what this ones for! Also sidelights work but light up the main light bowls a little :s then on dipped setting only sidelights work Where would I find the end of the cable to the lights so I can test if it's that? Thanks tom

Ahh help please I was out in Wales the other night turned the truck off then when I started her again I had no headlights anymore The sidelights work and I can flash full beam but nothing happens with dipped beam on or locking onto full beam I've checked the fuses and bulbs both appear fine I was just wondering if there is any other common failure points It's a 90 300tdi standard lights and switches

it is raf sealnd in queensferry ook about an hour to get her out the hole