You was right :) thanks again you've saved me some £'s

Cheers trax, I think ive got to the bottom of the problem with your help. pulled off aload of insulation tape and found the yellow and brown thin wire. Ive connected the 2 thick brown wires to the B+ and the yellow and brown thin wire to the d+. Ive now got a battery light on the dash :D Started...

cheers for the help, im guessing my alternators wired up wrong. Ive only recently bought the 90 and its had a 300tdi engine put in by the previous owner. Ive just been too look at it again and both the wires are brown, one goes to the B+ and the other brown one goes a spade connecter with no...

Not got a W wire or a d+ Ive only got 2 wires going to the alternater. The main battery wire B+ and a thinner wire with a spade conector on which i cant see a marking on the alternator saying what it is. Im not the best when it comes to electrics

Batterys brand new and ive cleaned all the earths up so there all ok. Yes disconecting the alternator by removing all 2 wires from the back of it

Cheers ive corrected my mistake and it reads 27ma when alternaters connected and goes to 0 when i disconect alternater.

My batterys been going flat overnight so thought id do a test to see if its draining power when the ignition is off. I took the negative off the battery and stuck a voltmeter between the negative terminal on the battery and the negative cable. 12v was shown when the ignition was off. Im guessing...

Cheers for the help mate

Thanks alot mate, So fit gearbox, bolt engine up and then weld engine mounts to suit. Should be a few inches forward

Cheers mate, im struggling to see how it can fit though cause on my original chassis the hole in the mounts which are bolted on are about 2" furthur back than the hole in the mounts welded onto the td5 chassis. Suppose i could weld my engine mounts on 2" furthur forward on the td5 chassis which...

Hi im new to this forum, Im currently rebuilding my 87 Land Rover 90. I have recently purchased a td5 chassis to build my 90 up on. Ive removed the td5 engine mounts ready to weld my 200tdi mounts on but was just wondering will my lt77 gearbox bolt to the r380 mounts already on the chassis? If...