steve200TDi

Cool, Hope to see you all on Sunday! Steve

I've see the Delta-Tek freespool in action and the rope flies of the drum and it also looks remarkebly easy to fit as is shown here. Steve

I believe they meet at The Malt Shovel on a Tuesday evening. Steve

Ah, you've finally made it over the border into Sussex! I'll show you round if you like! (Not the site as I haven't been!) I'll be there. Any punches? Steve

I think its in the tool and fabrication area here! Steve

Ah ok, I see now. If the carpet is pre cut then I guess it should happily sit over the soundproofing. Steve

Try it! It can't hurt. Beings you have the two items to hand it will be easier for you to try it than us umming and arhing about if it will fit! Steve

And as Bowie said, and to answer one of your questions Nobby, to access the brake unit you just need to remove the three cap head bolts that hold the end cover onto the gearbox. Steve

I guess that would make sense as I put in just over half of a one shot grease sachet. The motor end is a bit coroded and dirty, so I've stripped it and it just needs cleaning now, hopefully the other end is still all sealed and should still work fine! Steve

Dave - How much of the one shot grease pack did you put in? I personally haven't stripped a TDS, but I guess it's like an EP9, which I have stripped and that was faily simple to take apart. I put sealent on all the mating surfaces when it went back together. There's some tech on the EP9 in the tech archive here. Steve

It will certainly run hotter on the road without an intercooler as the air coming through the turbo is being heated up by the exhaust gases running through the other half. This is why the hot intake air then passes through an intercooler to cool it down. Runnig your engine without an intercooler will achieve the following: - Hotter exhaust temps as the intake air is hotter. - Hotter air is less dense and so you may feel a power drop. - Higher turbo temperature, so your working it harder, could result in premature failure. So in a word...no! Steve

Good to see all back together again. Have you vacuumed the inside yet? Steve

Are you still making this bumper? I find it strange for you to go to the effort to post a topic but not reply to it? Steve

You would think that when Land Rover designed this engine they fitted/designed a suitable filter to meet there requirements, so why change it? It's like the 'magnet on your fuel pipe' All of these things will only collect the 'magnetic stuff' so what about all of the ali and stainless and bearing material?! Steve

It's just the unburnted fuel in the system. So when you start up the exhaust from the new combustion cycles just push all of this out which is the unburned stuff, aka black smoke! Steve

Hi, What type of bumper are you looking at building; boxy or tubular? If you want to build your own, why not design one yourself, at least that way it should be what you want and it will be unique to you, beings you'll be building it (I guess?). I designed and built my own rear winch bumper with provitions for; a winch, towing bracket, fog lights, quick release mudflaps and recovery points and I was really pleased with it. I also modified my front bumper to house a front winch also. Steve

If it's a NAS style fog light then the connection on the back could be faulty. I know both of mine are a bit dodgy as the bulb holder is of the poorest quality, I'm thinking of modifying mine and fitting a more substancial bulb holder. Have a go at wigglying the connector, it may work, could just be a dodgy connection. Steve

In one of the pictures it looks as if, if you take out the for cap head screws out (I see you already have an allen key in one of them) you can lift off the top cover or at least to one side to see where the wires go on the solenoid, as I'm guessing the solenoids in the top housing. Steve

This may answer your question:

Is this for a Discovery or a Defender? Probably want to put in one of those sections. Steve

Like this?!

Hi, I've seen them mounted using the four engine mount bolts holes. In this case on the left hand side when facing the front of the engine, but I'm sure you can mount it on either side. Steve

Hi, Is it definitely oil or could it be unburnt fuel escaping from around the copper washer that the injector is clamped down onto. Or it could be coming from the fuel supply. If it's oil then I'm not sure. Steve

When I broke mine, I removed the head as your virtually there - If it fails a few months down the line you'll have to strip it down again. So I removed the head, cleaned, lapped the valves in (which turned out to be really good) and also rebuilt the injectors. Everything was fine, but it was a precaution to remove the head and I had the kit to do the valves and injectors so I thought I might as well! Steve

Hi, Thanks for a great day greenlaning, it was good to see everyone again. LiamC - I think you were speaking to me in the car park - I had the blue 90! And you had the red 110 with waffles on! Right, so where are all the pictures! Steve