200tdi 3 door Disco's (& other ramblings...) also '86 Ninety 200tdi hybrid...

Knappster said:

Are they like discos in that once you start welding, you’re forever chasing the rust then? I’m sure the engine could make a decent conversion for a Landy…

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possibly worse than a Landy as theres almost none left & spares are a bit of a problem to find - no UK importers or dealerships

they're good but not as good as a Disco in my opinion as less internal space, comfort / seating position is verry Jap so almost sitting on the floor with 'thin' seats & cushons also the 2.8L td power is miles behind the Landy's 2.5L '200tdi' in both low-rev torque and overall 'pull'

easier to park though as smaller

theres a few 2.8L td fourtrack engines in Landies, was a popular conversion 20+ years ago and cheaper than OE types - theres a few on LZ if you search

Rich.

more progress (ish)

ent to Newbury autojumble today, had a stall and sold some junk

also bought some stuff

good day had, on road @ 05.00 and home ~ 19.00hrs


290 mile roundtrip and van averaged 45mpg - not bad for an old vwt4 with a 1.9tdi conversion (donor B4 Passat had covered 314,000 miles before fitting in the van & that was 9 years ago so it's probably covered half a million now)


casualty! van eaten passanger rear pad so tomorrow need to fix that - mot @ 11.00 so early start

anyway, swag


200tdi Defender airfilter assembly, something I've been after for for a while - even bought one on ebay but seller cancelled the sale


another lucky find from a different seller and at a fantastic price (thankyou) for one of the missing pieces


I could have made something to do the job BUT this fits & works so perfect


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how they mesh

also had a military front bumper for the Ninety, better than the one already fitted...

Rich.

Mot pass for the AntichristNinety, first time for the 200tdi conversion but advisories on slight damage to the drivers door mirror and play in tha pas box - annoying as I'd recently bought that to convert to pas

exhaust smoke @ 1.1 average (max 3.5?) so no issues there

now also taxed, £26pm

And.....


'filled' it with fuel

Rich.

Well done! Think the smoke limit is 3.0 for a turbo diesel of that vintage ..?

Result! All that hard work and hard sales at Newbury paid off!

swapped the lower intercooler pipe from a 300tdi type to the correct 200tdi Defender type, also mounted the airfilter mount bracket.


another view.


again...


filled the space.


another view.


Defender 200tdi airfilter p/number...

Rich.

today I fitted a new airfilter element and drove it (the Ninety NOT the element although one and)

first proper drive since 200tdi conversion and mot

~20 miles @ road and faster speeds

that was enough

happy @55mph but seemingly flat-out @65-70mph so guessing the 1.4:1 ratio transfer box?

Rich.

Zed. said:

today I fitted a new airfilter element and drove it (the Ninety NOT the element although one and)

first proper drive since 200tdi conversion and mot

~20 miles @ road and faster speeds

that was enough

happy @55mph but seemingly flat-out @65-70mph so guessing the 1.4:1 ratio transfer box?

Rich.

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Well done with the test Rich. What’s next then, finishing touches to the conversion to make it better or on to the discos? I know for me I’d be falling into the ‘temporary unless it works’ trap and moving on to a new project leaving a snagging list to never really get around to.

Rich

RAW111111 said:

What’s next then, finishing touches to the conversion to make it better or on to the discos?

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probably neither

My van (vwt4) is having mot work so that's priority and I've plenty of snagging to discover on the Ninety

as to the Disco's, I'm considering rehoming them to make some space / release funds and make room for another projekt

Rich.

Don’t keep us in suspense! What is the new project???

Knappster said:

Don’t keep us in suspense! What is the new project???

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actually I have a few already

Rich.

Drove it to work today, ~25 mile each way & mostly motorway cruising (if you can call it that) around 50-55mph.........

used 1/4 tank of diesel

is that good / normal / bad or average?

also, it needs cruise controll

and......



nothing fell off (that I know about anyway)

Rich.

Zed. said:

Drove it to work today, ~25 mile each way & mostly motorway cruising (if you can call it that) around 50-55mph.........

used 1/4 tank of diesel

is that good / normal / bad or average?

also, it needs cruise controll

and......



nothing fell off (that I know about anyway)

Rich.

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If the fuel gauge is anything like my Disco the gauge being quarter down has no relation to a quarter of the fuel having been consumed. Discovery reliably does 100 miles before moving off full, another 150 by the time it says 3/4 but never more than about 600 on a full tank.

Rich

Zed. said:

Drove it to work today, ~25 mile each way & mostly motorway cruising (if you can call it that) around 50-55mph.........

used 1/4 tank of diesel

is that good / normal / bad or average?

also, it needs cruise controll

and......



nothing fell off (that I know about anyway)

Rich.

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I’d say that’s about right. The 90’s fuel tank is smaller than the disco.

Knappster said:

The 90’s fuel tank is smaller than the disco.

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yup, also the Ninety's tank is an odd shape with it's top smaller than it's lower 2/3 so not an hoonest level reading

Rich.

survived another comute, `50 noisy, rattly and uneventfull of your finest brittish miles

same again tomorrow

Rich.

Zed. said:

survived another comute, `50 noisy, rattly and uneventfull of your finest brittish miles

same again tomorrow

Rich.

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That’s just showing off!

Or enjoying the 200Tdi!

Knappster said:

That’s just showing off!

Or enjoying the 200Tdi!

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to enjoy properly its going to have a Disco 1.2:1 transfer box fitted as the motorway revs are just too high

as its no shining chelsea tractor or mountain-climbing mudpluggah but a towcar theres a few creature-comforts that I can add

like a working heater / chineese night-air heater so it's not iced-up inside (like this morning)

Rich.

another 50 miles travelled.......


under its own power

now awaiting the enevitable problems as @ nearly 200 miles since conversion I'm sure all luck is running out

another attempt tomorrow

Rich.

another ~50 miles travelled & I've had a visit to the fuel station as the gauge showed between half & 1/4

^^This was based on my belief that a 1986 Ninety's fuel tank was about 8 gallon capacity

so, 37 Litres - £70 later its full again

downside is that works out @ 27mpg....

seems about what it should do?

Rich.