Nigelw
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A request for as many pictures as possible for the aircon system on a 200Tdi Disco.
Feel free to put as many on for me as you can, Drawings from my book do not match what I think I should be seeing under the bonnet????/
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The numcat links seem to be broken and I can't seem to find a comprehensive list of hoses to work out which I would need for a LHD 200Tdi?
Might just be easier to get them made and heaven to betsy with the cost.
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Need to get a set of aircon hoses but for a 200Tdi Disco LHD they are rare as rocking horse ploppy plop plops.
What alternatives are available in terms of having them made up?
I have the condenser unit and they were cut off just at the bulk head when it was removed so I have the steel pipes to couple to there but need to find a solution for the rest.
Would a domestic A/C service dept be able to make them up do you think?
Any ideas?
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You mean a 300TDi?
No Ben, Henk wants to take off the Vee pulleys and convert to serp type pulleys and belt to run a bigger alternator, think his Ferrari is getting closer to completion
I considered it as I had an offer of a good 100A alt off a 300 and with having an A/C compressor for OBA that is serp pulley I wondered if it was possible? But in all honesty junked it due to the extra strain on the water pump bearings, 300s were designed and built to run tension and serp configuration where as a 200 was Vee belt designed for contact not pressure!!!
But having said that I did look at having a custom crank pulley made just to run the compressor and extra alternator, still on the board as just wanna finish my beast first.
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bu66er, got a perfect RHD box sitting under the bench but a leaking LHD box, also got a brand new box sitting in my spare room but am holding off fitting that until I know the seal kit has not worked out for me, oh well better think about getting the old box out and re-sealing it then, something for my next day off I think
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The steering shaft, is it the same part for LHD as RHD boxes? Sorry bit techy but might be good to know the answer.
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How do you intend polishing up the shaft Mickey, watching this very closely as got a genuine seal kit sitting on my bench for the day I have time to pull the PAS box out and have a play.
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What is the torque setting for the P/H rod bolts? I haven't my manual close but that will tell you whether or not they are clamping or lose fitting, but I cannot believe they would be loose fitting due to the stresses that are in play and if they were then they would surely elongate the mounting holes quite quickly under movement!
Although this is a subject I have been thinking on recently after swapping out my bushes from metalastic to poly bushes, now the poly bushes will offer no resistance to the inner tube being tight as they will roll inside the bush, you could see for yourself by fitting only a set of P/H rod poly bushes as a cheap sacrificial real world test and see how you get on?? That's kind of what I am doing with my own truck, read up loads on them and couldn't get a clear answer.
Interestingly I believe the tightening of the bolts onto the inner tubes is to help set and maintain suspension resistance through the bushes as well as the springs and dampers, yes the springs and dampers do set the height but the metalastic bushings will help to maintain it, shot bushes are something I often associate with sagging springs as there is more load on the bushes and they fail much sooner.
Sorry just thinking outside the box a little
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And tonight GOOGLE is my friend LOL
http://www.lidl-service.com/static/27846947/75238_DE_FR_IT_EN_SV_SL_SK_ES_PT_HR.pdf
See if you can follow it through that instruction book, TBH I have only briefly scanned the english bits and gazed over the lamps in wonder of where they will fit exactly!!!
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I bought http://www.lidl-service.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-FCC78ACB-F894C27A/lsp/hs.xsl/product.html?id=27846947&title=LED-Tagfahrlicht+&count=1'>these for my Disco 1 and they came with a full instruction manual and all the cabling and the relay too, bargain as last set at 10 euro
Will see if I can dig out the manual or find something online for you that can explain it far better than me
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As soon as everything arrives Ill get some work done and give an update because its been far too long!. Think I might be suffering from some of those mid project blues that have been mentioned
Don't sweat it, I hit the bottom and have bounced back, although work is getting in the way now
But I have been following this and think it is really coming along, if you end up driving it over this side of the channel on another Eurotrip be sure to pop in for coffee 
when you thinking on it being completed?
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He forgot to do the door cards
I actually quite like it, even with the tread plate, but would probably have it sprayed matt black
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I wasn't really bothered about the trailer light being illuminated to be honest, I had considered making a seperate loom up for the bumper and doing some more wiring and multi plugging but with the amount of wiring I have done on this thing already I don't really fancy it right now, just a set of lights in the bumper would keep me happy for now
But when the rear quarters come off in the winter I might feel more like tidying up and making good and proper job of it
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Can anyone tell me why they never bother to tidy up before taking pictures of the trucks for sale? I like the something that is hanging from a hook on the back of it in one of the pictures, but why not show it off when taking pictures? Surely it would say more than the tatty ones we see here!!!
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Whilst looking around the tube I found various videos of products that you add to the oil and Petron Plus was one which came up and I asked on another forum about it as we had had a discussion about Molyslip before and thought I would throw it up with them, but I have seen loads of videos and I can only say that what I have seen in them does not match what I have seen in real life!!!
An oil pressure gauge and separate warning light would be your only guarantee of knowing what pressure is there and what is happening in the engine!
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I like it
DUAL wheels!!!
I think the pocheen has been a little bit undiluted for too long in their house
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Good advice there, I think a lot of us take it for granted that because it is new it will be perfect.
I always used to bench test my new glow plugs before fitting, you would be surprised how many are dead before they are even fitted to the engine!!!
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That is just what I wanted to hear
I have to remove the bumper to fully assess the rear body cross member and as I already have the 300Tdi bumper with the lights in it and it is in far better shape than the current 200s bumper I want to swap it, and the extra lights would be a real bonus, you can never have enough rearward facing lights!!!
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Silly question I know but the theory says they will swap nut and bolt fashion but what about in practice?
And probably a weird ask but......
As I have no intentions of ever towing can I just take the trailer cable and wire up the bumper lights using that or is there a more preferred method?
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This throws up the old slick 50 commercial where they ran an engine without oil,they then tested an engine that had been run with slick 50 in it and drained it out to show the difference, just put slick 50 in the sump before running and drive on my son
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Put a KAM Forged cross shaft in a std one, and then lock it
Stronger than std and cheap mod
LSD centre diff is the same thing around a Locker vs a LSD ...
Nige
You sure I can do this on an LT230? (no am not questioning your word!!) Just can't find it on the WWW.
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Not ebay but WTF happened with the grille?
http://nl.kapaza.be/brussels-gewest/land-rover-defender-72179429.htm
Oh and the cab seems a bit bright too....
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Prefer not to have a viscous coupling in the Tbox TBH hence why I liked the auto locking center diff.
Sorry having extreme mental blocking today, and the wife says I am behaving like a child, I am blaming the solvents in the parts washer
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Just put a borg warner t case on - job done.
What is different on a borg warner to an LT230?
But I have been following this and think it is really coming along, if you end up driving it over this side of the channel on another Eurotrip be sure to pop in for coffee 
A month of fame- the LRO/Britpart Calendar
in International Forum
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Funny, I gave them an opportunity to get loads of publicity and tons of photo's of "selected" products being fitted and in action on a future project, they turned it down as the deal was to supply those selected parts at 50% retail price, seems Bearmach are very keen to get in on it due to project being internet based for the build up and then the vehicle will be running and competing in Europe.
Strange to me but hey ho.