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Hi Mates, Hope all is well. I bought a 97 Defender 130 which is in fairly great shape from the first owner. It needed some TLC which I am giving it. I noticed that it's hard starting a bit and though the glow light is working, I am not getting power to the glow plug harness. The odd thing is, I...

Ok awesome. That's the same paint I will be respraying my Landy with too. Its a long and time consuming process and patience is needed for the masking of the base paint (black) then it all has to be clear coated. Wow that's a great adventure, to be able to take your Landy to another country and...

Yes indeed and no problem at all. Do remember that some of these LED head lights have defects too, have seen many cases of that.

Not a good test point because you will have a voltage drop though the cigarette lighter has bigger gauge wires. To be accurate, voltage must be measured on the battery terminals first and then look for voltage drops elsewhere if the test was OK. Typically when the battery is heavily loaded, any...

I have not tried it, I am pretty much the only one here who will be installing add ons and bolt on mods. I also build/fabricate a bit of stuff here, so unfortunately I am the trial guinea pig here :) I looked at a the reviews and this video of this kids as well So hoping it works out OK. I...

That's not a down side, its the happy side :) I have got thousands of dollars of electronics and "modded" parts to go in my Landy, the list is so long now thinking about it. I have just ordered the Slick Shift from the UK which will be here soon too. Great that you are a happy Landy owner and...

That's still a good voltage under load at 14V, do not get a new alternator, the current should be OK. Your first post said you were getting 13.2V under load (not good), in the post above you said 14V which is OK. Put the lights to high, the blower/heater on or AC if you have, wipers and...

Yes they do that with sugar cane fields too, same here in the Caribbean. Are you from India? Visited there in 2015. The paint I used is Glasurit, very strong a and durable, with a high temperature primer.

Thanks Payydg, thats encouraging...certainly appreciated. Your Avatar is striking, seems like it can tell a 1000 stories. Looks like a wild fire with your Landy looking strong and tough close by, very nice pic, hope the fire was not overly destructive. Cheers Mate.

Took them to they tire shop, called ahead to make sure they have the right equipment so the tire mounting tool does not scratch the lips of my rims. Well the idiot did that part well, only to then damage ALL of them by slamming the balancing machine hub onto the rims. I was so pi$$ed, my bro had...

So after importing 5 rims here, I decided to pain them in Gun Metal Grey, so my paint guy spent a week sanding, priming and painting them to perfection. . .

I sand blasted the turbo manifold, primed and painted it with 2000 deg F rating. I then wrapped the manifold with fiber glass turbo wrap and then sealed that with the high temperature sealant meant for it. I also drilled and tapped the manifold for two references for 2 EGT gauges. The center one...

I made my own turbo gaskets from 1.8mm copper sheet. I will be running higher than stock boost so I think that the greater surface area, thickness and the thermal tolerance of the copper gaskets should hold up better than the OEM ones. .

I decided to use a MB variable vein turbo. This meant that I had to machine an adapter to convert from a T2 to the the GT2256V type. This took quite a bit of time and test fitting to get it right, ie., weeks. .

Head and intake ported and polished .

Posted this is the wrong thread, have to copy and paste then delete the other posts :rolleyes: Well mates, the time flies by so fast, Jan 20th 2019 will make it 4 years since I bought this Landy, drove it to my garage to be rebuilt. After spending tens of thousands here along of importing parts...

I made my own turbo gaskets from 1.8mm copper sheet. .

Hi Flat, it was an 89 200TDI CSW indeed, my friend took it to the US 3 years ago. We did a bunch of upgrades to it before it left, its now in New Jersey USA.

I decided to use a MB variable vein turbo. This meant that I had to machine an adapter to convert from a T2 to the the GT2256V type. This took quite a bit of time and test fitting to get it right, ie., weeks. . .

Head and intake ported and polished .