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I've got an 1986 110 that was originally a 2.5 NA but had a Disco 200Tdi engine thrown in the general direction of the engine bay before I bought it. Over the past few weeks I've replaced the fried starter motor, fitted a full Tdi exhuast system including Steve Parker downpipe, and today I've fitted a Steve Parker air filter kit. However I'm looking for a bit of advice from anyone who has done this before. I think some of my challenges are because my 110 is pre-Defender so does not have any wing vents. The original air intake was just a "trumpet" going into the side of the air filter.
General view of everything in place...yes that is a 200Tdi, hiding under a 300Tdi noise cover thingy.
Now the intake pipe is supposed to be pointing down, however my alternator is in the way, and obviously there's nothing to connect to it anyway. So I've rotated it by 90 degrees, and I plan to run a hose over the top of the engine and install a Southdown snorkel for a 300Tdi on the o/s wing. Thoughts? As you can see below, the hose across the engine has a nice clear run and no kinks/angles needed to get to the air cleaner. Oh, and I assume the "line up the arrows" thing on the air cleaner is to make sure that the water drain valve thing is pointing downwards? If I'm adding a snorkel and have any intention of going swimming I presumably need to remove this valve. Any thoughts on how to replace it? I was thinking weld a short piece of pipe in, with a "tap" that can be closed before swimming? Leave open for normal use, with the valve in place just under the tap?
Next issue is stabilising the whole air intake pipework assembly. I'll be honest...for an expensive kit I would like to have seen all brackets and supports and rather less "fabricate a bracket" in the instructions but there's no denying it's a well made kit that fits the engine bay very well. So my plan here was to buy a longer allen bolt, drill a hole in the inner wing, and probably with some rubber grommets just poke the clamp bolt all the way through the inner wing, and have a nut either side of the inner wing to get the positioning right. Anyone have a better idea?
After that is the dipstick. It has to be bent forwards to clear the new air cleaner. A semi-acceptable bodge here would be to adjust the existing bracket at the top of the dipstick tube (that usually bolts onto the side of the inlet manifold) and simpt jubilee clip it around the ally part of the inlet manifold, in this pic between the hose and the 300Tdi engine cover. Anyone got a more elegant solution?
Washer bottle...struggling to mount this anywhere. On the O/S inner wing there's lots of things like the PAS reservoir, so I was thinking of running a piece of "meccano" style drilled steel between the mounting for the expansion tank and the bonnet stay base, and mounting it roughly like so....
Anyone have a better idea? Or is there a well fitting washer bottle off another vehicle that would perhaps sit in the space behind a headlight, that has a long filler neck?
Next job...fan. It's currently running the standard viscous fan with no shroud. I have a very accurate SPA combined water and oil temp gauge and at the moment, even in summer, it rarely gets much above 65 degrees (oil and water are usually within a few degrees of each other too). So I was thinking of fitting a fairly cheap electric fan. I don't want to splash out hundered on a Revotec as let's face it, it will hardly ever switch on anyway! Any experiences/advice here? Lots of space as you can see!
Probably just worth showing this too...part of the old bodged up air cleaner arrangement. Now that I have got rid of restrictive crap like this, (and even worse bodgery on the old exhaust) the thing goes like the absolute bloody clappers...seriously impressed what a difference the Steve Parker stuff has made to it.
Anyway...over to you...any advice much appreciated!
General view of everything in place...yes that is a 200Tdi, hiding under a 300Tdi noise cover thingy.
Now the intake pipe is supposed to be pointing down, however my alternator is in the way, and obviously there's nothing to connect to it anyway. So I've rotated it by 90 degrees, and I plan to run a hose over the top of the engine and install a Southdown snorkel for a 300Tdi on the o/s wing. Thoughts? As you can see below, the hose across the engine has a nice clear run and no kinks/angles needed to get to the air cleaner. Oh, and I assume the "line up the arrows" thing on the air cleaner is to make sure that the water drain valve thing is pointing downwards? If I'm adding a snorkel and have any intention of going swimming I presumably need to remove this valve. Any thoughts on how to replace it? I was thinking weld a short piece of pipe in, with a "tap" that can be closed before swimming? Leave open for normal use, with the valve in place just under the tap?
Next issue is stabilising the whole air intake pipework assembly. I'll be honest...for an expensive kit I would like to have seen all brackets and supports and rather less "fabricate a bracket" in the instructions but there's no denying it's a well made kit that fits the engine bay very well. So my plan here was to buy a longer allen bolt, drill a hole in the inner wing, and probably with some rubber grommets just poke the clamp bolt all the way through the inner wing, and have a nut either side of the inner wing to get the positioning right. Anyone have a better idea?
After that is the dipstick. It has to be bent forwards to clear the new air cleaner. A semi-acceptable bodge here would be to adjust the existing bracket at the top of the dipstick tube (that usually bolts onto the side of the inlet manifold) and simpt jubilee clip it around the ally part of the inlet manifold, in this pic between the hose and the 300Tdi engine cover. Anyone got a more elegant solution?
Washer bottle...struggling to mount this anywhere. On the O/S inner wing there's lots of things like the PAS reservoir, so I was thinking of running a piece of "meccano" style drilled steel between the mounting for the expansion tank and the bonnet stay base, and mounting it roughly like so....
Anyone have a better idea? Or is there a well fitting washer bottle off another vehicle that would perhaps sit in the space behind a headlight, that has a long filler neck?
Next job...fan. It's currently running the standard viscous fan with no shroud. I have a very accurate SPA combined water and oil temp gauge and at the moment, even in summer, it rarely gets much above 65 degrees (oil and water are usually within a few degrees of each other too). So I was thinking of fitting a fairly cheap electric fan. I don't want to splash out hundered on a Revotec as let's face it, it will hardly ever switch on anyway! Any experiences/advice here? Lots of space as you can see!
Probably just worth showing this too...part of the old bodged up air cleaner arrangement. Now that I have got rid of restrictive crap like this, (and even worse bodgery on the old exhaust) the thing goes like the absolute bloody clappers...seriously impressed what a difference the Steve Parker stuff has made to it.
Anyway...over to you...any advice much appreciated!
, and i don't have much to add... two comments I would make are that I would firstly just be aware that your alternator requires some air to it to cool it - by design its in the "wrong" place - would be better where the AC pump goes, as right in front of the blower/ exhaust down pipe is less than good - plus of course the standard heat shield falls off for a living, and this doesn't help. Steve parker do a kit to move it to this position, and you might like to consider this - it might save you a bit of space - your alternator will certainly breathe a sigh of relief !!
