ESR254 - Rear Tailpipe and Silencer - 90 200TDI (1990-1993)

[leejunfan1]

ESR254 - Rear Tailpipe and Silencer - 90 200TDI (1990-1993)

Took the Defender for MOT on Saturday and it passed with an advisory on the rear tailpipe as it was pitted and as the wife is away for the weekend thought i might as well use the time productively without getting moaned at.

So i thought i would change the rear silencer out with this

http://www.paddockspares.com/esr254-rear-t...-1993.html

I know it will probably need new nuts and Paddocks say that the central pipe it connects to has the bolts built in, does anyone know if that is correct?

But i am not sure if there are any gaskets in between if so anyone know what the part number is or is it just a case of using the tube stuff.

Thanks in advance!

[western]

in http://www.numcat.ru/landrover/p/31/53423/ item 11 says nuts M10 doesn't show any bolts

this is the next section forward http://www.lrseries.com/shop/product/listing/5869/2938/8/ESR358-SILENCER-FRONT-90-TDi.html still doesn't have any bolts

[leejunfan1]

Thanks Recovery Man, that is a useful parts site!

Can i use any stainless steel bolt, or do they have to be special bolts and i take it from the picture no gasket is requireed?

[western]

I'm not sure if a gasket or olive is needed, doesn't list or show any on the parts link page, hopefully others will advise.

[leejunfan1]

Ordered the silencer, rubber mounts and replacement nuts from Paddock, no idea if they will arrive tomorrow on express, rang up and they said all ready to go today, then 5 minutes later someone else from Paddocks rings up and says mounts are out of stock and they will send tomorrow, then after putting the phone down get an email saying it has been shipped. Their website still shows all as stock items. Don't think i will use them again, used them twice both times with issues......

[western]

I've bought from Brit-car a few times without any problems, even after I changed an order by phone, they were very good.

[Aragorn]

Ordered the silencer, rubber mounts and replacement nuts from Paddock, no idea if they will arrive tomorrow on express, rang up and they said all ready to go today, then 5 minutes later someone else from Paddocks rings up and says mounts are out of stock and they will send tomorrow, then after putting the phone down get an email saying it has been shipped. Their website still shows all as stock items. Don't think i will use them again, used them twice both times with issues......

They did something similar to me with an order, however mine was placed online. They called up the next day and said something was back ordered and it would arrive with me in 2 days time. True to their word it did.

Personally i think thats pretty good service, many companies wouldnt bother calling to say theres a delay, especially with an online order, you'd just be hanging on till it turned up.

Stock system errors happen, the computer might well say theres some in stock, but if you goto the bin and theres none there, theres nowt you can do about it! At least they called you up and let you know!

I've used brit-car as well and i like the personal touch you get with them, but they can be more expensive with some items.

[leejunfan1]

All fitted, the bolts have a blob of weld holding them to the mid-pipe plate, which moves so you can line it up with the fixed plate of the replacement rear silencer, took me a while to work out, it had rusted in position and after a few choice words because it would not line up. A tap with a hammer loosened it so i could line it up. Put some exhaust paste on to be sure but looks like there were none there originally. Hardest part was the new mounting rubbers, had to put them in boiling water to loosen them up and then used Vaseline to get them into place. On looking at the old exhaust it has loads of small holes in it on the pipe and box, so needed doing.