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spawneydave

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  1. I have the same or worst, busy rebuilding the tub which has corroded at every fastening & the floor & stiffeners have all gone. I priced up the angle at the back & then went to a local sheet metal firm who made one & supplied all the material for the rest of the repair at a really good price. still a bit of work to do but i think its going to work, pop rivets & some metal filler. I reckon the secret to stopping it happening again should be a good paint job keeping the steel & aluminium from having contact ?
  2. thanks for the replys guys, so once the oil cooler kicks in i presume i will need to top up the sump oil level ? Mine was a Deisil so i used a relay as per the Glencoe suggestion fed from the glow plug circuit, I used a 5 pin changeover with two inputs & the white wire connected to pin 30, so after startup the power for the stop soleniod comes from the white feed to the fuse box.
  3. not to far away from having my newly fitted 200tdi ready to start,It occured to me that with the oil filter & oil cooler all newly fitted it will take a fair bit of oil to fill the full system,is there procedure to ensure that it has enough oil before running it ?.Also the deisil injection is new to me, does the pump need priming,and if so how is that done ?
  4. just looking for a bit of moral support before i start cutting & welding again. Got my 200tdi nicely fitted now so its just a matter of getting all the plumbing right now, I have read all the threads & considered the various options & really would like to use the TDI rad/oil cooler etc. It appears i can achieve that by bringing it back so it slides over to the left & gives room for the steering arm. I am left with about 30mm between the water pump shaft end & the rad. all the hoses will need shortening but will fit, I am swapping the intercooler for the 300tdi unit with the intakes on the left as the present one fouls on the alternator pulley. I am thinking i can fit an electric fan in front of th rad & have it blowing instead of sucking ?. mechanically i think i can make aa fairly neat job of this but am wondering if i have missed anything ? it also look as if i can slip the header tank in the corner here which will leave the space above the fuel pump to get the air cleaner in. I would be greatful for any suggestions before i commit to this route
  5. when i bought it 25 years ago it was addicted to easy start & i was told they are always like that, anyway i got the fuel pump & injectors serviced, cleaned the heater plugs & its started good as gold ever since. about 10 years back it started using as much oil as deisil so it got an engine rebuild & I reckon its good for another 25 years
  6. this is my engine hoist multi functional Fergie 35
  7. thanks, yes thats correct 3/8" UNC same pitch but 15 thou less OD, fortunetley i have used the M10s as theres plenty of room for the larger nuts. new bracket welded in so looking good, now for all the intercooler plumbing & stuff .
  8. my first post so be gentle with me I recently procured a 200TDI from a Defender which I decided to fit into my part renovated series 3, Having read as much about this operation on the net as possible I set to and removed the 21/4 Diesel, not everything has been as per stuff I read on the net so here is my findings so far. Prior to removing the engine I checked the new engine as I was expecting to have to install 4 extra cap screws at the bottom, but was surprised to find that this engine already had those in place, also the studs are M10, but the studs in the old engine are also M10 into the aluminium with UNF at the other end, so I could if necessary fit those to the new engine. Also the Defender bell housing had only had 11 holes, but the position for the 12th stud is present so I would be able to fit all 12 to my hybrid. Also the M10 nuts fit ok so I decided to keep those as having 3 bolts at the bottom make it slightly easier to align I was not so confident in the engine mounts as all the available info said I should transfer the mount from my 21/4 to the 200tdi, the nearside is no problem although it has to be installed to the forward set of holes, but the drivers side has an elongated mount to take it under the fuel pump, whilst the other mount would have fit the chassis exactly, the position of the fuel pump means that there is no room to fit it & the pump also lands on the chassis extension. The best solution that I could think of was to use the defender mount & cut & modify the chassis extension to suit. Didn’t really want to start butchering my shiny new chassis but could not see any alternative so here goes. having taken careful measurements the engine is back out & I am tidiying the cut & fabricating a new mount to fit, unfortunately it will have to be painted. I was a bit surprised by the need to cut as its not mentioned in anything I have read elsewhere although I think most of the conversions have used disco engines ? Hope this is of help to anyone else with a similer project & I would appreiciate advise all be it a bit late.
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