morganholidayman

My TD5 Defender 2000MY passed it's MOT with advisory of impending Intercooler failure. See picture. I bought it 4 years ago and been tidying it up all round and last year found turbo boost up to nearly 2bar. Reduced to around 1.5 max now. Is this a result of that over boosting?! Got a new one to fit now and looking at easiest way without removing coolant rad. Looking at previous I'm thinking of putting a tie wrap around the middle to support the lower frame?

Not sure if all Defender models have the same seat box, probably I guess, but I did the Mud bulkhead removal to allow more seat back rake and a little more rear movement on front seat (excellent result on this objective) but what I realised was that because the seat box slopes down towards the rear and the further the seat goes back the more it lowers. So I then had to put extra washers under the seat rails. Didn't think the Mud spacers were value for money. Like said above the rails have LR spacers underneath to lift them off the rubber matting anyway, so I think rails have sufficient bending strength on there own.

Bought my 2000MY Defender 90 TD5 last November and diesel noise inside was terrible. Defender Diesel Interior noise comes from two major sources; Airborne into cab and Structure borne into cab. Airborne: Bought some Brushable Seam Sealer from Morris Minor Parts - E.S.M. Spares Part No. MAC030 and sealed all holes/gaps in floor pan/bulkhead (didn't remove all bulkhead covering just lifted up and poked around, but did remove floor mats etc.) - good water seal also! Cost about £24.00 (NB. Of course looked at other water leak sources as per the good old Defender Water Ingress manual as well) Replaced front & rear door seals, again, airborne engine and road noise paths and of course water leaks. Do the "pull out paper strip test" to ensure seals are working! Reduced Engine radiated noise with excellent material from http://www.foamsolutionsuk.co.uk/und...retardent-foam, 1 metre square self adhesive, just about right for under hood, trim edges for improved appearance. Cost £25.00 Removed hood and stuck on underside; added some Fir Tree fasteners for added security from EBay firm Autoclipsdirect using Ford P44 type. Cost £3.50 Marked places on hood ribs and drilled thru; making sure drill had DEPTH STOP for obvious reasons! Sounding better already! Took rear and front head linings down, 13 years old needed a good soap & water wash. That enabled me to use another Foam Solutions material. I went for the 2 x 1 meter x 6 mm CLOSED CELL (must always be) self adhesive sheet. Cost £31.00. Cut according to need, sticks well to underside roof panel (in the summer). Closed cell foam to these surfaces reduces noise both radiated from "loose" roof panels and "absorbs" the higher frequency noises from diesel engine. Structure borne: This requires basically added MASS to the panels in form of damping pads. Soundproofing & Acoustic Control - Sound Control Services offers good bitumen based damping pads, DM5, 2.5mm thick and 2 sheets 1mtr x 750mm for about £30.00. Want to get highest density without being too thick so can be formed (in summer) to floor areas. I made paper templates for floor foot wells, over transmission tunnel, removed seats and covered all of the seat box surfaces, including the battery and ECU covers. Then cut pads to shape and just stuck down. Also had some of the foam solutions 6mm material left over which I put under the Land Rover floor mats. I am very pleased with the result as although you know its a diesel still, that harsh cackle and diesel combustion noise has significantly reduced and one can converse with the passenger or have the radio on. Total cost about £115.00 plus the satisfaction of doing it myself for half the cost of packages!

Ref Waste gate; its the steel shaft thru the cast manifold under the shield that you need to get to of course; guess you know that.

I had to remove the ally heat shield and apply half tin WD40 and mole wrench it gently til it moved fully. I couldn't believe the difference. Here's hoping; simple and cheap fix if it is.

I had vibration on my TD5 around same speed under acceleration which was the turbo waste gate seized. Have you checked that?