mattdrummond99

ah i see! i will, as soon as i get a chance (some spare cash) put a pressure gauge in and check to see what is happening, i will also take the cooler off and have a look for coiling in cooler, as i had assumed it was just an open pipe, although it does make sense for them to have been made with coil inside to restrict flow for more cooling, would this not help keep pressure up in engine especially when oil thinner when hot? i would also like to check emmisions out with no intercooler compared with na engine. for mo though my daily trip to work and back doesnt get engine up to high enough temp. has anyone else used this cooler with their engine?

likewise on mine am sure is 74 degrees, i had spoken to a couple of people before fitting the cooler back, and they all said it would work, all be it rather on the large size and probably not as efficient as a full flow cooler,but it will cool the oil. i had read somewhere of somebody running a 200tdi without any cooler at all,and others who had just looped the oil lines from thermo housing back to inlet, with no over heating but would nt like to try!! anyway it works, if i get really worried will fit a temp senser and see what it reads!

hey all just to let anyone who may be interested! i had done a glencoyne type of 200di conversion into my 109 s3 about 2 years ago and had always wanted a touch more power for hills towing etc, i had read up about 300 manifold fitting and began to buy bits when i had a spare bit of cash. anyway it has now been fitted (without intercooler)and is up and running , only chopping i had to do was a small bit off of the wing support bracket to allow boost pipe elbow a bit of extra room. i used the original ex mil oil cooler (had to have some pipes made up) and an exhaust system i made up from kwik fit skip! its blooming marvelous! it goes up hills without changing down etc. the power on boost doesnt seem too jerky on wind up either as i was bit worried about using with series box and overdrive but no probs! still no need for fan either all runs quite cool. all this was fitted in a day without taking wing off and without moving anything out of way! anyway on to next proj! anyone got an cheap s3 88" chassis hanging around that needs a bit of welding (not too much)as have just got hold of a shot chassis s3! cheers matt

hello there i have 200 (di) in my s3, i have never wired up glow plugs, it starts first time even when cold, although, i have now 2 batteries feeding it,(as was 24v) but with 1 battery it did struggle a bit!

when i get disco transfer box which bits do i need to keep off, defender tbox? as i am not sure its just a straight swap. regarding levers and handbrake bracket? cheers matt

hello again peeps! have actually got gearbox to take some measurements off now! i think , for me, easiest thing would be as follows: def bellhousing gearbox,(lt77 whatever!) disco lt230 1.2:1 as do quite a bit of trailer stuff, no point much higher. need to pull engine 4" or there abouts, forward, to give enough clearance to be able to: keep standard 109 rear prop and give enough clearance to remove handbrake drum, pull gearbox off of engine for removal etc i will need to move gearbox bellhousing crossmember back by a couple of inches if!! i want to run a shortened rear prop in sted of putting a 4"prop spacer on t box front shaft. I HAVE MILITARY CROSSMEMBER SO IT IS SCALLOPED! in order to give clearance for extra height on mil spring hangers, othether wise would prob leave as is!(if scalloped) now, i think! just a question of gearbox mountings? engine mountings are just chopped off and moved forward. any ideas? also any ideas on any kind of rad that will fit in front space behind front grill? was thinking about asking nice chap in twells to cut rad down in height and just fit in hole! got price for prop shortening as well £40 just incase any interested! give us some come back pls!!! oh and if anyone from kent wants to swap a 4.10 transfer for a 1.2 i would be more than interested!!! cheers matt

i had ragtop when bought mine, it was a bit tatty and leaked a bit, and i had to empty tools out of back every night, and was paranoid to park in town with stuff in it. so i bought hardtop, lockable etc etc, but it is noisier! and roof drips on you when condensation forms! but i prefer! its slightly heavier to lift off when you want convertable! truck top even noisier, tried that too!

hello again! my only worry about this is the xmember behind gearbox, by pushing it back 4", will it not casue prop uj to be too tight? mine is ex millitary, so already has longer shackles on springs. love the disc brake idea twizzle, spose it does nt need moving at all then? trouble is they so damn expensive!!!

had tape out today! still working out, but bucketing down so did nt want to get too wet!! but seems (very rough) that yes, front prop about 200 odd mm short of front flange, yep was thinking about shortening rrc or even just a rear 109 prop and rear prop needs about an inch or so off. very rough measurements! and will check again when not raining! after which will check out shaft lengths in tech section (thanks fridge magnet) will also check out gear shifts but it seems that has just been answered, thanks. i saw on the dreaded bay, that there is a gearbox xmember for defenders that looks like couple of 1/4 plate welded to big diameter scaffold pole. anyone got any dimensions for this? as was wondering about using this for gearbox/bulkhead x member???????????? anyway its looking reasonably doable now!!

i think i need to get me tape out! and go visit a mate of mine!!!! its a def short bell housing lt77 box, will change transfer box to disco 1.2 if i decide to go ahead! lets see! cheers matt

sorry chaps! but just wondering what i need to source before starting project! and what problems may/will arise, and if i really want to bother! its not really a drop in type of thing!

ok thats fair enough, what happens about prop lengths?

hello! i see you have the v8. mine is 200tdi conversion, with this is there any need to chop and change x members? or will it just drop in and all line up? matt

ok. thats all i needed to know other, than chassis strengthener did you move it? mine is 109 ex mil bolt on job is this in same place? thanks

hello again i had ran search and couldn t find any thing of real conclusion!and very few posts about, although i believe fridge magnet has a similar setup to what i would like to do?