discool
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Ok I got carried away with the latest part numbers with cowls, but up to 1994 the D1 had this one fitted as well as the ESR1027 at sometime then LR went over to the cowl with the detachable top plus the extended part to the left where the rad fitted oil cooler is positioned.
https://www.lrdirect.com/ESR2847-Cowl-Fan/
https://www.lrdirect.com/ESR2847-Cowl-Fan/
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norseman
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This apparently straight-forward fitment does not always go according to plan, as I found out to my cost a couple of years ago. There are slight differences to the various cowls specified for the V8, depending on the engine's application & if buying second-hand the job can require a little jer-jer jiggling as Arkwright would say. Things like whether the rad is original or after-market can have an effect as well, mine was the latter & I ended up having to raise the rad slightly in order to get the viscous fan central in the cowl.
I think I still have a cowl & if so you would be welcome to it, but prior inspection recommended
I'll have a root around over the next few days & let you know.
I think I still have a cowl & if so you would be welcome to it, but prior inspection recommended
I'll have a root around over the next few days & let you know.
norseman
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cappers
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Yes indeed
Fan and fan shroud don't line up with rad and a fan shroud from a V8 90 he had won't line up either. To fit the Disco 3.5 V8 it needs a NAS cowl but they are very dear and needs to change the rad to a NAS which is even dearer; looking at about £500
So will use the 16" Kenlowe from the 2.5 engine; it's large and it works and I'll just have to get over my aversion to electrical fans
and watch the temp gauge. I'll keep a look out for a suitable shroud and viscous for the future but not holding much hope.I've have a VDO temperature gauge in degrees Celcius and now need to get an X-Fan Thermostatic Fan Switch to plumb into bottom hose to replace the Kenlowe capillary sensor which was in the top hose and the temp setting dial, replace all with a 3 way switch in the cab - auto/on/off directly to the sensor.
I knew the conversion wouldn't be straightforward but it's beginning to drag on now (it was the ring gear bolts last week, the gear ring, flex plate and boss came without them...!)
cappers
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Hmmm, given up on ETAs!
Took it in on 16th April and thought it'd be done by end of April but missing starter ring etc, hi-lo mechanism, and welding needed to footwells delayed things. Spoke to Phil today about the fan etc and he doubts it'll done this week now most likely w/b 21st. He's off to the US for a month from tomorrow and the other guys will finish off which is a shame as I'd hoped he'd do the lot.
So it goes; mustn't get anxious As MrsC said, 'you're putting a '98 Discovery engine and a '92 RRC box in a '85 Ninety, of course there will be fitting problems but it'll be worth it in the end'
Took it in on 16th April and thought it'd be done by end of April but missing starter ring etc, hi-lo mechanism, and welding needed to footwells delayed things. Spoke to Phil today about the fan etc and he doubts it'll done this week now most likely w/b 21st. He's off to the US for a month from tomorrow and the other guys will finish off which is a shame as I'd hoped he'd do the lot.
So it goes; mustn't get anxious
As MrsC said, 'you're putting a '98 Discovery engine and a '92 RRC box in a '85 Ninety, of course there will be fitting problems but it'll be worth it in the end' 
