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Thanks!! Great find. Now I've just got to figure out the pinout

OK will do that now thanks. Sorry for the slow reply been through airports last couple of days. The ECU is an AMR 5557 but I'm struggling to find a pinout for it at the moment. Could anybody help with that? Thanks again PS this is what the ECU looks like, seems that it would be a complex connnector http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x404/eno_ednolb2/03042011/ABSAMR5557b.jpg

Oh bugger, sorry I've just been told it's a v8 now, can't keep up with this builds engine changes. Need a connector for that ecu

Thanks, I'll give it a bit of time and see if the thread goes anywhere when message him. I'm on holiday anyway and shouldn't be thinking about this stuff

Hi everyone, I'm trying to find replacements for the td5 ecu plugs, so far without much luck. Does anyone know where you can buy them or what the connector series is called? Thanks

Thats my plan too steve, I never liked all the little ring terminals everywhere with one flimsy wire crimped into it.

http://www.landroverresource.com/

Its all good you? Landy is in its new workshop new chassis all rolling with engine. Need to spray the body but I got into mountain biking and spent all other free time last summer building the new workshop. Also work long hours in the winter so hoping to make a big push on it this summer, have probably spent more time moving it around. I have found that many of the common wires use the same colours. Once I go through it all properly wire by wire i'll have a better idea how its done. I'm building it as a sealed harness so its a bit of a prototype which i'll use for my own.

I downloaded it online thanks. I think I have the latest one.

Thanks, I probably wont use the diagrams much for the engine as they are painful all broken up like that however the detail of the information on some of those pages is great which makes if much easier to understand whats going on. I think for the most part I'd like to just start from scratch design everything that's necessary then add in everything else. I build wiring harnesses anyway but have just never had to design one myself before.

Hi all, I'm about to start building a harness for a friends Defender. Its a new build from scratch with a new chassis, its got a disco V8, and Puma instruments (guts replaced with TD5 gauges to avoid ECU.) He actually managed to get a Puma bulkhead for £350+vat direct from LR so using that rather than a galv repaired one. Anyway none of that is really my problem (thankfully!) but he's given me the main harness from a TD5, and the engine harness from the dicso V8. I'm going to start totally from scratch but need to get pin outs for the relays/ignition etc. Where would be the best place to find such information. Thanks

Hi all, I'm starting work on my new wiring harness soon but have spotted a strange circuit (or lack of) in the main wiring diagram. The engine is a 200TDI and I'm referring to the 2.5 litre diesel wiring diagram. I see that 79 is the oil pressure sensor and 69 the guage which is fine, all the ciruits to them make sence. But then I noticed 53 and 38 which are oil pressure sensor (again) and oil pressure warning light, this has an earth after the sensor and appears to connect to a dotted line only, at the other end. So the dotted line has me confused, i'm not actually sure what its supposed to denote. I thought at first it was superficial and just grouped the warning lights together but this is the only possible +ve for that light so it must have some purpose. Also this makes me think there are 2 pressure sensors becuase one is labelled 79 and the other 53 but I only know of the one in the filter housing. I have a lot of experience actually building wiring harnesses as its my job, but none designing one from original ciruitory. Most of it seems pretty straignt forward as you would expect on a defender but i'm a bit lost with this bit. any help would be appreciated, i'm sure there are many here who have done this before. Thanks EDIT: Actually the other thing that made me thing there are two pressure sensors is the fact that the oil pressure indicator one must be variable whereas I would think the one for the warning light would have to be a cut off switch at a certain pressure. Unless the light attached the the guage or something.

Haha will do Tom, its a small world. Inigo, how much is a replacement pattern part? I'f I can cut it then I would do my best to be similar prices, but obviously bettery quality

Hi, I haven't posted on here for a while but I still come by and read the posts. I'm gathering funds together for a new mountain bike build and thought maybe this would be a good idea. Knowing how crappy all the plastic is on land rover dashes I thought replacing some of the bits that frequently break with carbon fiber would be a good way to go. I have a few off cuts of some pretty high quality carbon (aerospace grade I believe) left over from another project so if anybody would like a piece cut I would be happy to do it for a few quid. So anything like the fog switch surround, clock surround, custom switch panel, whatever really anything flat I can do. I'd even have a go at making a box too but no promises there! I'm not looking to make a fortune and would never rip off a fellow land roverer but if I can make someone something nice and earn a few quid in the process then happy days. I actually build wiring harnesses for F1 cars now, but knowing what land rover wiring is like I'm a little dubious about offering those kind of services on here It feels good to be posting again... Even if I am trying to sell myself

In this case I suppose you could do both, and cure the panic with beer. Either way you'll probably be fine and might regret taking it apart if you did.

Cheers guys, i'll go back out tomorrow when its not raining and have a good yank on the 30mm spanner Its good when things actually start to feel like progress, rather than like banging your head against a bulkhead

Got it all together this evening. Not sure why I didn't think of jacking the axle as thats what I was doing for the rest of the suspention. Anyway, picture Does anyone think it looks too tight? I did it up quite tight at first then loosened it a little as it will have a split pin and I didn't want to damage it.

I seem to have an issue getting the rear ball joint in, the axle looks like it rolled too far forward as the angle is too sharp to push it in. Anyone have any ideas how to line it all up? Cheers

Well I've ordered it so i'll find out on tuesday. Looks like the right item with an extra hole.

You're a legend! Great find I've been looking for that for a while. Some 90 parts are quite undocumented.

I can see it on pages 500 and 501 there. Its bolted on using the top diff casing bolts. That parts cat is going to be super useful, cheers.

Hi, Looking for a part number for the bracket that secures the rear brake line tee piece to the axle. Its for a 90 1991 I have NRC8024 but that came from my parts cat which is for a 110 and I'm not conveinced its the same part looking at some parts site descriptions which only list the 110. Any help would be much appreciated as ths is the the only thing holding me back from finishing my brakes. Thanks Y'all

Cheers western, clearly my search skills have failed me...

Hi Yall So I've got most of my wiring back together (also I left it all sitting over winter and a bird built a nest in the dash, incorporating the wiring loom ) Unfortunatly I wasn't the one to pull all the wires off the ignition barrell and have no idea which way round they re attach to the 5 pins. Looks like the original wires so colours should be correct. Anyone have a diagram or some good wisdom? Thanks

A dangerously insane person... Funny though. 7435 views and counting.