200tdi 3 door Disco's (& other ramblings...) also '86 Ninety 200tdi hybrid...

Disco1BFG · Apr 19, 2020

Nice work there - on both the 'tina and the Disco

Zed. · Apr 25, 2021

thread reserrection time

how quick a year passes

dug up the 'L' reg Disco today, it's not moved for a while & with a charged battery it started on the second compression! I love the 200tdi engine

obviously not taking a Team photo would have been rude

unfortuntely I might be using the 'L' reg as panel & trim donor for 'MUT' and engine donor for the 2.5d Ninety

Rich.

Zed. · May 9, 2021

Zed. said:

just realised, the 'L' reg Disco looks cleaner than the 'J' reg, the 'L' reg was in the garden for the last how many years and the 'J' reg in the yard

Rich.

Zed. · Aug 11, 2021

the Ninety never had great brake pedal feel so I bought a new Master-cylinder & flexi-hoses when we first had it (2 years ago), naturally I've not had the time & interest to fit them yet

the origonal (if origonal on a REME jigsaw?) front calipers are in a bit of a state, passed mot twice with us but look like they'd be due for retirement.....

anyway, I'd been thinking of a pair of new / reconditioned calipers and noticed Bigred selling the correct type on ebay as 'shop-soiled' for £23 & £29 each (why the price difference between sides I have no idea

) so with a small discount @ £50.97 the pair posted

maybe I'll have time to fit these calipers / flexi's & m/cylinder this weekend for a bit of an improvement

might fit the new rear & pre-loved front Bilstein B6 dampers also but the Armstrong's currently in use work well...

Rich.

Zed. · Sep 8, 2021

actually done a thing (or two

new front calipers / pads / stainless braided flexi's and master cylinder (genuine LR) going on

both fronts done

naturally both sides needed new metal brakepipes making so time wasted diggin for tooling & fittings

drivers caliper looks a state, definately time to replace

something looked suspect...

OOPS

the previous owner fitted polybushes to the radius arms (~6 years ago?) and theyre degrading so will search for some genuine LR rubber bushes

the Powerhouse

2.5 Litres of noise (but little go

) - time for the long awaited 200tdi

Rich.

Zed. · Sep 12, 2021

Zed. said:
actually done a thing (or two

new front calipers / pads / stainless braided flexi's and master cylinder (genuine LR) going on

both fronts done

naturally both sides needed new metal brakepipes making so time wasted diggin for tooling & fittings

drivers caliper looks a state, definately time to replace

something looked suspect...

OOPS

the previous owner fitted polybushes to the radius arms (~6 years ago?) and theyre degrading so will search for some genuine LR rubber bushes

the Powerhouse 2.5 Litres of noise (but little go) - time for the long awaited 200tdi

Rich.

as an update, posted late but followed-on from the above....

Went for a testdrive to assess & bed the new pads.....

engine shat the fanbelt

but, the brakes work

this engine has eaten a few fanbelts since we've had it, pulleys look aligned and evrything runs freely

no problem as theres a different motor going in

Rich.

haza88 · Sep 12, 2021

Not that your too bothered as new engine going in but have you checked the water pump for possible cause of throwing the belt

got the job of two front callipers on my disco 1 next week :/

Zed. · Sep 13, 2021

haza88 said:
have you checked the water pump for possible cause of throwing the belt

have looked for causes, worn bearings and miss-alignment and all seems good

haza88 said:
got the job of two front callipers on my disco 1 next week

I've had a new pair to go on one of my Disco's for years, guaranteed to need hard-pipes making but otherwise an easy job

- might be worth getting new caliper to hub bolts while you're at it

Rich.

haza88 · Sep 13, 2021

Massey I no but a certain build date used to chuck belts due to a partial seize In the water pump change the pump never happens again

Zed. · Oct 5, 2021

Ninety is on daily comute duties so 8 miles a day (& with the 2.5D thats far enough!

)

fixed the fuel gauge on the Ninety, tried a new genuine LR sender & nothing but wiggled the wires on back of the cluster

also, realised I'm a milloinare as it's 3/4 full

Rich.

Zed. · Dec 30, 2021

nothing serious to report, driven the Ninety a few times...

bought one of those posh 'Slickshift' quickshift thinggies

https://www.onlinegearboxparts.com/product/defender-lt77-r380-slickshift-inc-td5-bundle

I must confess that if my mrs could reach first / reverse then the standard setup would have stayed

but...

she requested it

now it's done theres some re-learning to do - mostly the position of gears and not reaching for the wipermotor when selecting reverse (Lt77 box)

the expensive kit

longer pivot-distance on new shifter.

the 'spacer' fitted, I used Locktite 'Flange Sealer' to stop leaks.

assembled.

criticism time, this kit was not cheap but for the sake of a few pennies Syncrogearboxes could have thrown in an M10 nyloc nut / washer to attach the gearstick

Rich.

Zed. · Dec 31, 2021

collected a 200tdi Defender engine today.
fits in the Ninety easily (but in the wrong end

)

very complete with wiring & fuel pipework...

even has the (fiberglass??) turbo heatshield

something I don't think I've ever seen before!

will give it a degrease & jetwash tomorrow then assess any repairs / inspect the clutch etc.

Rich.

Zed. · Jan 5, 2022

have more bits to fit the Ninety, I already had new rear dampers so bought fronts, turrets and steering-damper to complete the set. also some 200tdi parts like cambelt kit / waterpump / hoses and throttle cable as prep for the tdi conversion

subject of the tdi...

setup for test running...

started easily & idled so ready for prep-work & servicing.

Rich.

Zed. · Jan 21, 2022

more un-progress....

found a seller on Ebay that listed genuie LR gearknobs, bought one on 30th December....
heard nothing so I messaged them a few days ago to be told that LR had no stock & no date of availability

why did the seller (landroversparesuk -
Duckworth Jaguar Land Rover) take an order & list a number of these available if there was no stock?

anyway...

arrived today so maybe they actually ordered it AFTER my message

and yes, it is for the R380 whereas I have LT77 gearbox (different reverse gear position) but I wanted a genuine 'knob......

bought a D1 pas steering-box.

4-bolt fit same as the Ninety but has the pitman-arm that uses a trackrod-end as opposed to the Ninety's arm with the built-in balljoint - do I swap them over (are pitman-arms interchangable??) or tun with a Disco type track-rod & make a mount for the Ninety's steering-damper

Rich.

kevstar · Jan 21, 2022

Zed. said:
have more bits to fit the Ninety, I already had new rear dampers so bought fronts, turrets and steering-damper to complete the set. also some 200tdi parts like cambelt kit / waterpump / hoses and throttle cable as prep for the tdi conversion

subject of the tdi...

setup for test running...

started easily & idled so ready for prep-work & servicing.

Rich.

Matching jack & axles stands how posh

Zed. · Jan 28, 2022

couldn't find Defender 200tdi intercooler pipes so bought new from JLR Heratage (or whoever

)

top intercooler metal pipe & fuel return pipe from 200tdi type filter to fuel tank, the engine I have is from a lwb and we have a Ninety - so the fuel pipe is a touch long

it's only money

Rich.

Zed. · Jan 29, 2022

the Ninety has no glowplug relay & relies on a 'half' position on the ignition switch, I'm liking poshness so wanted a timed glowplug circuit and remembered something from the murky past about a D1 200tdi glowplug relay & underbonnet loom someware in the garage

took a few days thinking & diggin but found the bastard

now to decipher the loom diagrams for the 4 smaller wires (6 pin relay) then decide on where it'll live underbonnet etc.

more faffin to follow.

Rich.

Zed. · Feb 12, 2022

been thinking of an electronic speedo conversion for the Ninety, it' 'origonal' speedo is in km (as an ex-Army Landy) and interesting when accuracy is concerned

theres a few manufacturers of programmable electronic speedometers like Stack & VDO and also unbranded on ebay etc.

subject of ebay, looked @ VDO as they're similar to the origonal 80's LR items and there was one advertised as a tachometer (but photos of a speedo) for sensible money so some bidding followed

delivered today and it's a speedo so happy-days

the millage may be resetable, will have a read of the distructions

came mounted in a dashtop 'pod' and pre-wired, live / earth & signal with the live & earth bridged to the illumination, I'll probably keep this as such (K.I.S.S.)

p/number etc. the mount-rings are available seperately and Merlin Motorsport have stock https://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/p/spare-mounting-ring-for-80mm-vdo-gauges-800005005

this speedo is programmable and accepts various pulse inputs (& 12 or 24v power)
distrctions are online
https://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/files/transfer/technical/doc/vdo_speedo_instructions.pdf

I'm thinking of fitting a 'hall-effect' sensor in place of the old speedo-cable on the transfer box to generate the vss

ALSO...

I think this speedo supports a vss output so options for fitting cruise-control

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