'Big Blue' Td5 Double Cab

KISSMYAURA said:

plenty of advice on ere re c


glow plug change
plenty of plus gas over night.
remove with hot engine, not cold
use a 6 point socket not a 12 point.
gentle dont snap em!

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1988smithy said:

Tried getting resistance reading on glow plugs. Couldn't get middle 2 leads off without potentially breaking something so tested no.1 and 4

Tell me if I did this wrong

Set multimeter to ohms and cross probes to get drop.

Jump cable from battery neg for ease of reach

Neg probe on multimeter to battery neg. Pos probe on glow plug. Set to lowest ohms on multimeter.

I get 180+ but it blinks on and off randomly. Doesn't show up constant reading. So only got spurious readings off 2 out of 4 plugs.

If they are both 180+ they're fooked ain't they? Am I right in thinking glow plugs should be about 1?

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1988smithy said:

Tried getting resistance reading on glow plugs. Couldn't get middle 2 leads off without potentially breaking something so tested no.1 and 4

Tell me if I did this wrong

Set multimeter to ohms and cross probes to get drop.

Jump cable from battery neg for ease of reach

Neg probe on multimeter to battery neg. Pos probe on glow plug. Set to lowest ohms on multimeter.

I get 180+ but it blinks on and off randomly. Doesn't show up constant reading. So only got spurious readings off 2 out of 4 plugs.

If they are both 180+ they're fooked ain't they? Am I right in thinking glow plugs should be about 1?

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1988smithy said:

Tried getting resistance reading on glow plugs. Couldn't get middle 2 leads off without potentially breaking something so tested no.1 and 4

Tell me if I did this wrong

Set multimeter to ohms and cross probes to get drop.

Jump cable from battery neg for ease of reach

Neg probe on multimeter to battery neg. Pos probe on glow plug. Set to lowest ohms on multimeter.

I get 180+ but it blinks on and off randomly. Doesn't show up constant reading. So only got spurious readings off 2 out of 4 plugs.

If they are both 180+ they're fooked ain't they? Am I right in thinking glow plugs should be about 1?

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jamesmartin said:

if pump isnt running swap the relay with one of the others in the engine bay fuse box

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KISSMYAURA said:

what is that blue block thing anyway? a block connector of some sort?

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KISSMYAURA said:

https://www.landroverworkshop.com/connectors/defender-2002my/C0556

yu got on theeze? ecu earth?

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KISSMYAURA said:

Wheres yer weekly update buddy?
So wos new schmoo?

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landyzoner said:

just checked out the pictures on the first page, it looks good mate

what mileage is it?

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1988smithy said:

Cheers, it's on 126k had a decent respray though but more importantly is just as good underneath

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1988smithy said:

Fack all old pal lol cleaned the oily blue block and routed the obd port into the right place under passenger seat. Seems to have cured it....

New battery in multimeter and extra long nose pliers to get all 4 plug leads off couldn't get a reading on any ohms setting. So either all 4 are ****ed, all 4 are fine or I'm doing it wrong which is most likely friendly garage nearby is gonna check glow plugs for me Saturday morning.

Other than that it's tickety boo touch wood

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KISSMYAURA said:

Great News!!

See here
BATTERY
C31-1000 Enduroline Car Battery 12V 120Ah 950 CCA
Fitted one of these, its almost as powerful as the engine! Perfect fit and better spec than original.
£100.

Tayna Batteries cheap cheap and next day del 'tip fookin top' !

https://www.tayna.co.uk/car-batteries/enduroline/c31-1000/

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KISSMYAURA said:

its a monster mate well chuffed wiv it! 120ah and 950cca

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