200tdiRob
Active Member
Hi all, been lurking on here a while reading through all the great build threads and picking up alot of good info. Thought id put my build up too incase there is anything im doing that others might be interested in.
Anyway we picked this 200tdi 90 up last year as a run around for my wife and as a new project for me to tinker with.
After driving it around for a year and after a few clutch related breakdowns and the fact that the chassis was pretty much rotten to the core I decided it was time to build the defender we wanted. A new galv chassis was ordered from Richards and the strip down started.
While I was waiting for the chassis to be built and delivered I started to tackle the engine rebuild. I'd never rebuilt an engine before but decided the 200tdi was as good as any to be my first. First step was to strip it of all ancillaries and put it on the stand
After stripping the engine down to the bare block and cleaing all the componants everything didnt seem in too bad a condition. The engine had covered 160k but the shells didnt look to bad and the head had no signs of cracking or other nasties. Starting put everything back together once id given the block a few coats of paint with all new shells, rings, seals etc. . . .
Still need to get the turbo looked at by someone so any suggestions of companies people have used are welcome.
Just about finished the engine when this showed up!
More to follow when i managed to get the pics off my phone. . . .
Anyway we picked this 200tdi 90 up last year as a run around for my wife and as a new project for me to tinker with.
After driving it around for a year and after a few clutch related breakdowns and the fact that the chassis was pretty much rotten to the core I decided it was time to build the defender we wanted. A new galv chassis was ordered from Richards and the strip down started.
While I was waiting for the chassis to be built and delivered I started to tackle the engine rebuild. I'd never rebuilt an engine before but decided the 200tdi was as good as any to be my first. First step was to strip it of all ancillaries and put it on the stand
After stripping the engine down to the bare block and cleaing all the componants everything didnt seem in too bad a condition. The engine had covered 160k but the shells didnt look to bad and the head had no signs of cracking or other nasties. Starting put everything back together once id given the block a few coats of paint with all new shells, rings, seals etc. . . .
Still need to get the turbo looked at by someone so any suggestions of companies people have used are welcome.
Just about finished the engine when this showed up!
More to follow when i managed to get the pics off my phone. . . .