Off Road Toad Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Just wondering what other people are doing re: the radiator fan cowling on v8 defenders. mine was a 300 tdi converted to 3.9 efi mated to R380 gearbox. it currently has a bodgamatosis 300 tdi cowling that doesn't fit properly or cover enough of the rad. i think this is causing it to run a little on the warm side. what part are you using? i am thinking of fitting ERR7307 WITH ESR3226 which is the main cowling and top cover piece from a 4.0 efi 50th anniversary, do you think this would be correct or is there something better out there and preferably cheaper! Thanks, Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streaky Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Steve. Is there any reason why you don't just use the standard V8 Defender cowling? I used one on my V8 Defender with LT85 box. My 130 used to have a deisel engine before I fitted the 4.6....so it must be do-able. This is the only picture I could find that shows it. Regards, S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_d Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Or fit a pair of electric fans against the rad and do away with the cowlings. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off Road Toad Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 Thanks for your help (on both counts) I have just been offered the cowling from an original v8 so i will go this route for now, but long term and probably best for us in morocco later in the year will be to fit a pair of electric fans. Thanks. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyw Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I'm using the 2-part cowling from the 50th Defender. It fit's fine if you have a serpentine engine. Not so sure about the earlier multi belt engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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