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    air intake sizes 200tdi

    Your rite not cheap at 75quid a meter!! but it does look like the real deal im gona havta think about this one cheers chunky
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    air intake sizes 200tdi

    Rite ive finaly got round to sorting a snorkel for my landy... i went for one of the one piece safari style ones of ebay. trouble came wen i looked at fitting it to the air intake...... i have no existing air intake on the side of my defender as the instructions suggest and at the moment my air...
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    second alternator on 200tdi

    Ok mate cheers for the info... my mates been look at split charge so ill point him in maplins dieection.... i think im probly gona stik wit my orginal plannof second alternator, i just like the idea of havin two of em, got a back up that way if one fails. but your way seems just as good mate
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    second alternator on 200tdi

    My apolagys i just realised you posted a link and no there cheap as chips...... but i have systems advertised for hundreds
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    second alternator on 200tdi

    Cheers shifty..... ive heard about those split charge systems skeleton, but arent they pricey? And also would ot not mean you have buy an upgraded alternator anyway to replace your original.... so you dont burn it out by pilling twice as much charge outa it?
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    second alternator on 200tdi

    I know theres loads a threads on this but ive never heard any1 talk about nething other than using a landrover alternator..... is there any reason that i cant just go down a breakers yard and use any old alternator (the biggest one i can find) providin it fits in the space obviously and i can...
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    winch ground

    Ok yeh that makes sense think i will be puttin in 40mm cable then...lukily i know a guy workin for an electrical wholesalers so i should get an alright deal... one last question this leads my mind to though is if im now gona upgrade all these cable sizes it means opening up the control as they...
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    winch ground

    Hello mate cheers for the reply... some good detail there.... so what im gona do is just install new cable running from winch to battery direct... through an isolator obviously. lil confused on cable size though..... its a tmax 11000lbs winch and i just looked up manufacturers spec..... it...
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    winch ground

    Hey guys hope all are well...... i just fitted a winch to ny defender and my question is because the negative Cable from the control box was not long enough to reach my bettery box i have connected it to the main shasis grounding point on one of the engine mounts.. The winch works this way...
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    rust repair top corners of bulkhead

    Hey people.... right many threads on thos subject n ive read through most of em but im left with one question for you brainy people. Ive bought the repair plates to fix the rust holes in the bulkhead of my 90 just below the windscreen. im fairly happy with how ive avtualy got to do the repair my...
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    Problems with starter motor wiring

    Cheers mate.. your fairly sure its a short in the ignition then, hoe would i go about testing that?
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    Problems with starter motor wiring

    Heya guys just got back from a friends...... hes got a 1986 90 original engine. The problem is when he went to start it earlier he turned the key and all the dash lights etc lit up but nothing happened at the starter and he got smoke comeing out the dash. we have since had it all apart and...
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    getting water out of fuel tank

    Yeh mate went through all that palarva when it happened. its runnin fine now just issues when i run the tank low . Im 99% sure that its water in my tank i just need to know how to het it out
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    getting water out of fuel tank

    Hey all. right a few weeks ago i was off roadin n managed to get a good gulp of water down my fuel.cap and into my tank, not quite sure how but it happened anyways. after i git my landy home i did actualty remove the drainage plug from the bottom of my fuel tank and let it empty completely...
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    Gggrrrr starting issue

    Hi mate you could try redex in your fuel had a similar problem and that helped me... also couple of people have sugested changing fuel filter, just thought i would say that if you had a decent amount of water go through your fuel filter then you stand litle chance of gettin it started until u...
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    injector coking/ bloked fuel valve

    cheers mate, youv taught me something i didnt know there... no i havent im now gona go have a quik look.... how involved is servicing the injectors something an amateur could handle or am i better of getting it done profesionaly? cheers
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    leaky injectors

    cheers guys for all the replys, ive checked these things and its all ok.... i think ive actualy traced the leak to be comeing from between the injector and block...........bit stupid realy but ive just started another thread explaing this if any1 fancys havin a look cheers
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    injector coking/ bloked fuel valve

    hey guys hope your all good:)... i think i already diagnosed the problem with this one just need to know what i can do about it. got a 200tdi engine which i recently rebuilt and it was running perfectly until lately its been a down on power and cloud of black smoke when i start up. on inspection...
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    leaky injectors

    Cheers mate hadnt actualy comsidered that. ill have a look tonight, i hope it is that because the only other thing i can think of it being is some kind of blockage within the injector n i dont realy fancy gettin into takeon that apart