PS_Bond Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Today I learned that 300TDI Discos and Defenders mount their air cleaners very, very differently. Not sure what the Disco does, but given I need to take 2 head bolts out to fit this, can I get away with just pulling those 2, or do I really need to do the full sequence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Yes, with the engine cold & make sure the head bolts have clean dry threads when refitting & torque them up correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS_Bond Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 Yes to all bolts? And hope they've not hit the 5 uses yet... Engine cold's not a problem - I'm still putting bits back in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 just the 2 holding the bracket on, no need to disturb the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS_Bond Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 That's a relief - I had dire visions of warping the head if the tension was off the 2... Many thanks (yet again). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orgasmic Farmer Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 On the same topic. Does anyone with a 300tdi have a couple of pics of 1. the air filter box in position in the bay 2. the bracket in place without the box mounted cheers Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS_Bond Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 #1 I can't do right this second, #2 I can sort this evening. Having located the engine loom (carefully packed away with the Disco loom...) I'm putting that back in before I finish redoing the air & coolant hoses. Could also do with working out where I put the turbo boost pipe, but I might just replace that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Mr Bond, I can confirm just undoing the two bolts and torquing them back up properly afterwards works fine as I did it earlier on this year when I did my engine swap, I was worried like yourself but have now done a few thousand miles and all is still good Now where's that big lump of wood I need to touch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickwilliams Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Sorry, don't have any pictures without the filter box fitted, but here are some of the bracket and box in place: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS_Bond Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 As promised - Thanks for the reassurance on the bolts, Cwazy - what could possibly go wrong? (I suppose routing that engine harness correctly would be a start though ) BTW - if that's not showing what you want, it's no problem to go and get a different angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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