99 Fender Td5 prep for summer travel!

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Chalky.

Chalky.

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Hello all!

I've just booked our ferry crossing for August to France. We plan on wild camping, and camp sites and general exploring of France and the Pyrenees possibly,we will be doing a fair few miles, and I wanted to know if there is anything particular I should do/replace or take as a spare for the 90, particularly relevant to the td5?

I've owned it for 2 years now, and service it regularly, it has all new seals and bearings (front and rear axles), new rad, new water pump, new injector loom.

Look forward to any heads ups or tips I may of overlooked! Thanks in advance! :)
 
I don't think there are that many things you would need as long as they have been checked before, i would take fuel filter, drive belt, ujs, air filter if it will be dusty. A spare sachet of swivel grease also wouldn't go amiss.
 
Hi bud!

Think ill be renewing the entire props before I go so hopefully ujs won't be an issue, and good idea on belt and fuel filter, ill definitely take those.

I've heard a few complaints about the crank ensor giving up the ghost, does anyone know if this is related to mileage? Would it be better to change it before I go just incase?
 
I would definitely take a spare crank sensor mine died recently and was creating really erratic stating but if it failed completely you would be stranded. Cheap enough to keep a spare and easy enough to change roadside if needed
 
Ok, ill add that to the to do list! I'll probably fit a new one and take my old as a spare, as I know it works atm. Cheers bud :)
 
Fuel block, fuel pump, filters, crank sensor, wheel bearings, ujs, headlight bulbs, headlight switch, injector loom, few other things probably forgetting :)

Pick from that list of what you'll need depending on ore trip preparation and how far your going :)
 
DaveM-sport said:
Fuel block, fuel pump, filters, crank sensor, wheel bearings, ujs, headlight bulbs, headlight switch, injector loom, few other things probably forgetting :)

Pick from that list of what you'll need depending on ore trip preparation and how far your going :)
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Hi mate! Cheers for the reply! Can I ask, what do you.mean by fuel block? As I the filter housing?

Ie just replaced the light switch with a genuine one, and bearings were done last year so that's good! Good idea with extra bulbs, simple but I hadn't thought of that! I service mine every 5 thou and would give it one before the off, but will take spare fuel filter and air!

Looks Ike that crank sensor is a dead certain to do, so thanks for the advice, much appreciated!! :)
 
TD5s are vulnerable to electrical or electronic problems. Having had two ECU faults in 5 years I'd be tempted to get a spare ECU if I were travelling any distance away from home. As John says, a fault code reader would be handy, as would all the things you need to test and mend electrical stuff - spare bits of wire, a soldering iron which will run off a car battery, a selection of crimp on connectors and sticky tape, a meter, one of those little screwdrivers with a bulb inside that you can use to test for live, a few spare fuses, relays with the relevant pin configurations you need. These might not solve every problem but will at least allow you to look busy and knowledgeable while waiting for AA Europe.
 
Brown said:
TD5s are vulnerable to electrical or electronic problems. Having had two ECU faults in 5 years I'd be tempted to get a spare ECU if I were travelling any distance away from home. As John says, a fault code reader would be handy, as would all the things you need to test and mend electrical stuff - spare bits of wire, a soldering iron which will run off a car battery, a selection of crimp on connectors and sticky tape, a meter, one of those little screwdrivers with a bulb inside that you can use to test for live, a few spare fuses, relays with the relevant pin configurations you need. These might not solve every problem but will at least allow you to look busy and knowledgeable while waiting for AA Europe.
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Hi Brown! The looking busy and knowledgeable bit made me smile.

I've been lucky, in my short ish ownership I haven't had any electrical faults (apart from blown relay and light switch). When I had it rrmapped, the bloke said my ecu was from a 2002 defender, as mine is a 99 model, he said mine had probably been replaced after ecu failed, and actually the later ecu's were better as he was able to remap it via the port thing rather than have to open I up, and solder in a chip.

After reading your reply I searched on here for diagnostic tools for td5, and I reckon the Hawkeye and Nanocom seem to be the best.

However I have never even seen one and probably wouldn't know what the fault codes mean or if you use a laptop with it, or use it whilst the engine is running etc etc, can you advise me on any product or book or something that I can read up on, or is I fairly self explanatory?
Just am slightly unsure to spend that quite reasonable amount of dollar on something I may not be able to use. Sorry to sound like a newbe, but I sm in this respect! :)
 
I can't say much about the Hawkeye because I've never used one, but I have had a Nanocom for about four years now. I was able to figure it out from the instructions, plus what's discussed on here plus a bit more Googling. Of most use is the function that allows you to read error codes. These are a bit cryptic but I stick them into Google and usually find some discussion on the internet about what they mean. For example I discovered that 'peak charge long' errors mean you're starting to get oil in the injector loom, 'high speed crank error' suggests it might be the crank position sensor on the way out and 'topside switch error' means you probably need a new ECU. The Nanocom is a compact, self contained unit, though if you wish you can save data on a memory card. Also, I've tried the newer Lynx system (it's marketed by Britpart but don't let that put you off). For this you need a laptop, but that does give it a nicer interface and you can interact with the machine via a keyboard rather than the somewhat awkward touch screen on the Nanocom. From what I've been able to see of it, it offers you access to similar information to the Nanocom. If you're taking a computer on holiday with you anyway it might be the better option. I'm no expert. Some people do all sorts of fun things like download their fuelling maps, edit them and upload them again to see what happens. There's some discussion of the various things you can do in this thread https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/another-nanocom-group-buy.286725/
I couldn't survive with a TD5 without a code reader. It would be like fencing in the dark.
 
Thankyou mate, that's a good heads up.

I'll do a little investigating and see what comes up, cheers again! :)
 
Ok, just bit the bullet and bought myself a Lynx diagnostic reader, very good price and cant wait to get my hands on it!!
 
Good - hope it all works. In which case an inverter might be a good idea too, so you've got something to plug the laptop in to.
 
And maybe a SIM card (and dongle if you need one) for the laptop with a roaming data package valid for the countries your visiting would be useful too. Nothing worse than being stuck somewhere without internet access.
 
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