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  1. On 6/16/2022 at 5:50 PM, Ian300 said:

    Hoping someone still looks at old posts. When you fitted the td5 in are the engine mount interchangeable or did you cut the mounts of the td5 chassis and weld them back in the tdi 

    engine mounts are very different.  The easy option would be to cut the brackets off what ever the engine come out of and weld them to the chassis.

  2. Ok anyone know anything about body module / immibiliser / ecu....specifically the immoiliser signal to ecu.

    I know how it works....the ecm wont start the engine unless it gets the required answer from the body module

    v8  and td5 both work the same way...the ecm needs the signal from the bcm

    To the question....are the body modules the same? Give or take part numbers....is it the same signal that is sent back to the ECMs? obviously paired with each other.

    I have a small box the emulates the BCM signal for a TD5 to allow it to run standalone.   Will this same emulator work with a v8  ECM.

    Or who sells a v8 immibiliser emulator.  

  3. Id take it all out complete from the front.  Have done it with 300tdis and v8s on defender and RRC.  Front antiroll bar needs unbolted if you have one, v8 exhaust front pipes need to come off to pass the engine mountings

    Disco ones out the front if its scrap....cut the landing panel off.

    Ive taken gear boxes out when the engines has been staying in....none have slid out under the chassis.  Needed to raise the chassis a good few inches to get them out.

  4. On 2/12/2021 at 3:50 PM, Litch said:

    It is an Ashcroft supplied conversion using the 4HP22, now I have the gearing right (see below) it is a fantastic set-up and I wouldn't go back to the R380. 

    Back in 2004 I had fitted by LR a brand-new LRGP supplied out of the crate 300TDi / R380 / 1.2 and along with the 265/75x16's it was the perfect set-up. When I did the auto conversion in 2016 I was unsure whether to stick with the 1.2 or fit a 1.4 so I left the 1.2 in place as this was the easier option at the time (the ZF has a higher final drive ration than the R380). I ran it for about 12-months before deciding that it was just too high geared (it would not pull top gear and it wouldn't lock-up until about 55MPH) so I fitted a 1.4 which transformed the vehicle and I now couldn't be happier. 😁

    I have 300tdi, 4hp22, 1.2  all from a disco in mine.   Also same size tyres.

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    wouldn't lock-up until about 55MPH

    I have that problem :)

    Im thinking 35" tyres and a 1.6 transfer box unless a rotton td5 auto disco shows up :)

  5. Going by the pics the engine has been hot :)

    Back to the start...white smoke = air in the fuel

    Oil in the intake....theres always oil in the intake pipes.  Ive never seen an intercooler/pipes without oil in them even almost new stuff.   There is always oil vapor in the system from the breather.   All engines breath even brand new ones :)  

    Id put it all back together, fix your valve seals and drive it.   Is it worth trying to fix something thats as knackered that it can be bored without liners when you can pick up a second hand engine thatll be as good as new.

     

  6. ANy oil in the cylinders arrived there when the engine was off....if it was running the oil would be burnt.....thats what diesels are. Oil burners :)

    Must have ran in from the valve stems or the inlet manifold....it didnt run up hill

    I blown head gasket...near no 8 push rod is common and blows oil through the breather in to the intake.  or just blow by in a worn engine.   or Turbo worn. 

    Heater plugs are of no importance unless you live in the artic.  My 300tdi starts white with frost straight away in North Scotland and the heater plugs arent even wired up.

     

  7. what ive done in the past is disconnect the intake pipe somewhere between the intercooler and the inlet manifold....drive it and the boost blows out all the oil.....messy but fast.  you do need a power washer though :)

     

  8. Welded 100s of cars and never disconnect the battery

    Ive welded exhausts with the engine running to make sure theres no leaks  :)

    Ive never had an electrical issue but did set fire to a sierra seatbelt when welding a sill once, that was a wee bit off a bonfire inside the door pillar

  9. 20 hours ago, bongo321 said:

    Heard about this but wasn't to sure about it  , So you would advise doing it .  , the Plenum thread is as Troll Hunter said 12x1.5 .

    Dont know if it makes a difference....the theory suggests it would.  I did it and a few fuel pump tweeks to my last 300tdi before I put it on the road so dont know what it would have been like before I fiddled with it ....maybe better :)

     

    21 hours ago, Troll Hunter said:

    Agreed.  I've also done that.  But I believe that the waste gate starts opening at about 9 - 10 psi boost, and is fully open at 15psi.  I haven't worked out yet how to delay the opening of the waste gate without raising the final boost pressure.  Perhaps a grown up can cover that mod

    Dont know about that.  I had a boost gauge and it went straight to just over 1bar no bother.  But again I suppose if the waste gate didnt start to move until 1bar you;d have a few seconds more of full pressure.  

    I do have a turbosmart boost controller that I never fitted to the last one....I'll have to dig it out once I get this 300tdi on the road :)

     

  10. Ive heard the easy way is cut it in half and fit it in then weld it back together.  :)

    DOnt know if you'd get it in with the rear footwell floor removed.... it would have to be half removed anyway to remove/lift the tub.  I have changed both that x members but the tub was off anyway.  Which wasn't that bad.  unbolted and removed the rear door and rear side panels, just lifted the roof a few mm to get the panels out...then tub off.  

  11. I used disco pipes same as Litch, cut them and joined at the flex bit with hose clips....theres no great pressure in it.  

    Theres no reason a normal manual brake pedal wont pass the Mot test.   I have a rangerover converted to auto I use for offroading....it passes with a normal pedal,  still has the clutch pedal fitted too just in case I go back to manual :)

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