Spider bypass? http://forums.lr4x4.com/topic/86-the-definitive-alarm-spider-post/

Yeah, 200 was an evolution/re-work of all of them, 300 was a new engine. The 300 was also designed to be available as a petrol just by re-machining the glowplug holes to take a spark plug.

It did. The original Euro I emissions standards were not as stringent as many manufacturers expected. The 300 actually managed to meet the standards up until Euro III when the TD5 came out. Putting a cat on a "dirty" engine will make it cleaner, but not necessarily clean enough. The wrong kind...

The 200 was indeed an evolution of the original td unit for cost reasons, the existing tooling and production lines had to be used as much as posible. My understanding has always been that the 300 was developed primarily with the expectation of new euro emissions standards, hence the addition of...

That does seem to imply there may be a core plug sloshing around inside there somewhere

In that first image, the route would be a foot wider, and passable by almost anything if more people had straddled. Much less damaging to the surface, less reason for ramblers to complain about damage caused by 4x4s.

Tyres are not the most important thing for making progress on unmade roads. The driver is. I have been out on a full laning weekend in a jeep cherokee wearing very road biased tyres. I never had to engage 4wd, and was the only vehicle to not get stuck at all that weekend. The way to avoid...

Never liked those three spokes, even on classics

Not really. Inahling is more a problem for 300s than exhaling as the turbo immediately impacts exhaust flow. A regular fluid change rarely includes transmission and its filter simply as it is quite a long job and one sometimes best left to the pros. Cleaning all the inlet pipes and the...

Check air filter. Ttake off air hoses, swab out with paraffin soaked rags. Take off intercooler, pour in a couple of pints of the stuff, cover ends swirl around, empty, repeat. Let everything dry. Probably not have a great effect on the initial pulling away issue but will make a difference if...

My bad for not knowing if 89 was a defender or not! Especially that was roughly when the defender name came into being, Yes, I am aware he has a disco 200tdi in, That is why I stated it would be unlikely for someone to put that engine in if it was worse than the original engine. I am also aware...

Black smoke suggests over-fuelling, or under-airing. Oil can get into intercooler hoses from turbos, they use oil as a liquid bearing and it is impossible to seal them 100%. I have yet to strip off an intercooler hose that is not filmed with oil, a paraffin rag for hoses, and a good swill out...

People do not usually do conversions with the aim of putting in a worse engine. so I would assume the 200tdi is a better engine than the original defender one.

The pipe off the T will go to brake pedal to cause vacuum loss and thus no cruise control until resumed.

I have had that with many cars, supposed to prevent accidental locking of the door when the keys may still be inside, by making locking the door a deliberate two part process.

If the V8 efi did not need a different rad, LR would not fit it with one, its a money thing. LR would certainly not have a new rad for a low volume production run unless they had good reason. Doubly so if they had a few thousand 2.5td rads with high production volumes and lower costs available...

Given that after a quick peek, the V8 radiator is double the price of the td one, I would guess they are very different. Probably for a reason. Car manufacturers do not like having to duplicate parts that perform the same function unless there is a necessity. You may believe the original...

Anyvan.com Even some larger firms advertise on there for loads rather than deadhead

Already there does not always mean already correct. I have had many vehicles of all kinds come to me with spotlights tapped straight off the main beam, usually from just the one side. Its bad enough when its a pair of legal 55w spots, a pair of 100s without a relay, well that's pushing 5x the...

Put compressors on old springs before any attempt at removal. Then they cannot expand as you increase the distance between chassis and axle.