TurboBen

I was about to order a chassis from marslands but think I'll wait and see what happens here first

What colour is the oil? Mine had a leak and it turned out to be the power steering pump was cracked. Hth Ben

it may not be much help but i used his kit for the 300 tdi conversion in my 90 and had to use the discovery bottom pipe. hth ben

My exhaust exits just behind the passenger door, only has the small box and i don't find it too loud, i only use my 90 as a toy suppose if i used it every day it may be different, Even the girlfriend doesn't complain so it can't be that bad!!

could also be the switch, just had the same problem on my own and a friends 90 and was switch on both.

hi, i have done exactly what you are trying to do, join a 300 tdi and lt77 together, i used the backplate of the old td engine and it went straight onto the 300 tdi so can't really explain where your going wrong but it can be done if i can do it, make sure you put some sealant round the backplate before bolting on to the engine as it will probably leak oil out like mine has when you get it running, having to split engine and box again to seal it hope you get it sorted.

Cheers mr western hoped you would answer! Sorry frax for hijacking your post.

Slightly off topic, I have just replaced my wiring loom with a 300 tdi item and could do with the box in frax's photo, does anybody know thepart number? Or where could get one? Cheers

I'll be able to figure out the engine loom, but what I'm asking is what do the 3 big fuses do that are in the engine bay of a 300 tdi because I can't find them on any of the wiring diagrams I have? Do I even need them, they are part of the standard loom,or are they for optional extras maybe? Cheers

Any ideas?? Please

after my search for a wiring loom i have got myself a 300 tdi loom, 99% complete i could do with an engine loom but figuring i'll be able to make something from my old loom, so far most of it is making sense to me apart from, a part of the loom that goes in the engine bay there is 3 big fuses, 60 amp 30 amp and 20 amp, each fuse has a thick brown wire from one side and the other side is a metal band, i'm assuming the metal band is going to be a live feed but where is it fed from?

you could always do what i did when i swapped from van back to truck cab and put a wanted ad asking if anybody wants a swap, i ended up with a straight swap from my van back to the truck cab i have now. worth a try ben

Ok that doesn't sound to bad I suppose, cheers again let you know how I get on

So basically the v8 loom apart from the engine side of things would work, plug my engine loom into the v8 loom and I should be ok? Cheers

Should have really told you what I have, my 90 is a 1984 a reg but I have fitted a 300tdi out of a discovery so surely in my mind I think anything pre td5 should be able to fit or am I way of the mark, which loom would you suggest .........

just wondering if anybody can tell me if the wiring loom is the same for a diesel as it is in a v8? i need a complete loom for my project 90 due to previous owner making a mess of the old one whilst trying to re-locate the fusebox and have found a v8 been broken local ish but wasnt sure if theres any major differences between the diesel and petrol looms. cheers ben

i got a qoute through sureterm for my 84 90 of £91.67! it was a limited milage of 5000 miles with no ncb as its on my daily driver and i'm 28, so just need to finish re-building it and get it on road now.

hi, i'm just about to re-start my 90 project after a short break to re-coup some money but i have got bored of waiting, i'm just thinking before i get to far...... i have changed the original td engine for a 300 tdi out of a discovery, i kept the lt77 gearbox and have put the td back plate onto the 300 tdi, its currently just a rolling chassis with the engine bolted in but i seem to remember reading somewhere after i got it fitted that the back plate could do with some sealant between the engine and back plate to stop oil leaking, i did replace the main oil seal on the back plate but just that niggling in the back of my mind that it may leak, so thought best ask before i get any further cheers ben

hi, just replied in your for sale thread with a possible idea.......

I have a 1984 "A" reg 90! First registered on 20/7/84 currently rebuilding it with disco 300tdi conversion :-)

look on steve parkers land rovers website, i have just fitted a disco 300tdi into my 1984 90 using his engine mounts makes the job alot easier. also theres loads of other bits he does to help the conversion , oil cooler pipes,water pipe kit etc etc its quite easy if you keep the lt77 gearbox aswell good luck

Me 2, would to do some lanes round the lakes eventually.

I currently have 2 full vehicles and 3 quarters of another cavalier I use everyday 2x90's in bits but enough to make 1 full working and 3/4 of another, think the most I have had at once is 5!

Did the disco have +2 springs on to get the 4 inch lift or just standard springs? I'll be breaking a disco that has +2 lift on and was going to use them for my 90 cheers

sorry to jump in, but does the above link still count the same if you have a td engine and an lt77 gearbox?? and also interested in which engine would be better aswell sorry again and cheers