[Mystery grab handles]

just to put my twopenny worth in I had them on my1959 series, I had a few years ago ,dont know for sure but I would say they were there from new, it had been standing for about 20 years, and pretty bog standard.

HTH ??

[Overheating but why]

Just been having a thought, if the 200tdi disco engine water pump is at the wrong angle would the 200tdi defender water pump fit the engine and put the hose/pump back to the right angle to match up ?

or if the 200tdi disco rad and intercooler assy was used would this line the hose ends up ??

[Overheating but why]

Thanks for all the info and links to the piccies , will have to look again in the morning , will let you know the outcome

Dev.

[loss of power]

Dont know if this will help but the same loss of power happened to me today coming home , lost power, 50 max on motorway, pulled off had a look and found the small pipe that runs fron the top of the injector pump to the side of the turbo had come off at the turbo end, pushed it back into place power back to normal , got home ok and then secured it with a jubilee clip,

Hope this helps

Dev.

[Overheating but why]

Heres the update , had a good look today in the light, took off the front grill and the bottom of the rad was blocked , lots of hosepiping later and its clean , round the block a few times and its better, ie takes longer to get into the red.

got underneath it and it all becomes clear. the bottom hose has a big kink in it , not collapsed but the wrong one altogether, the guy i got it from obviously lashed a hose up to fit, so the next question is , which bottom hose should be used, bearing in mind it is a disco engine in a defender, should it be a defender 200tdi hose or a disco 200tdi hose,

Thanks in advance Guys.

PS any help in a hurry pls as My mate is a game keeper of 650 acres in Devon and i have an invite for the weekend

[Overheating but why]

Just been on a 70 mile trip on the motorway and the moment i put my foot down over 50 mph the temp gauage went over the red, samre thing happened on the hills too, soon as I ease off the temp came down,

first chance I got pulled off and checked the usuall suspects (the twin electric fans had been on all the time and working) the wire hadnt come off the sender, carefully took off the expansion tank cap, not a lot of pressure behind it ,thought it might be the head gasket at first, full of coolant and there where no leaks etc the top hose was hot but not overly, so any ideas ,

its a 90 fitted with a disco 200tdi

the heater isnt working, but this is the fan , can feel hot air out of the vents when moving ,

Any ideas Folks?????????????

[Electric Fans switch on a 90]

Thanks for all the info , I like the idea of being able to isolate it for wading etc, so I suppose if I get the temp controlled switch and just link it into the existing circuit and leave it in the on position it would work normally and if need be I could still turn it off.

Dev

[Electric Fans switch on a 90]

Hi All ,just picked up a 90 g reg its had a 200 tdi fitted but electric fans , the fans are operating on an independant switch which is ok for most i spose but i know i will forget to switch them on , so the question is how do i wire them up so they come on when needed, is there a kit i can get ??

thanks Dev.

[Edge Setter]

Hi , I have got one of those , they are ok up to 1,2 mm in steel ,so going on how much softer and more malleable ally is than steel i would guess it would be ok for up to about 1.5 mm but you might be pushing it a bit for 2mm.

HTH

john