Defender Tdci bulkhead on a 300 tdi

second nature driving autos i have a caddy van manual and i come to junctions and stall it all the time cos i forget to use the clutch re mapped you wanna see it go pmsl

Hello all,
I’m about to fit a Puma dash to my 300 tdi. Where do start with the wiring? Tdci loom/ 300tdi loom?
Any tips will be gratefully received

depends what you have and how much you have do you have full tdci loom if so use the lot and run to the back end if not your gonna have to do some joining and splicing ive got v8 back bit joined to a td5 back bit front engine bay home made running to tdci harness into dash then custom wiring to doors for locking leccy windows etc and custom wiring for clock custom led light indicators for dash and td5 clock to be wired in using binnacle from tdci all in all a nightmare lol but will be worth it in the end

Thanks for that. I only have the harness that comes out of the bottom of the bulkhead up to a bunch of plugs. I’m assuming an awful lot of these will be redundant. I’ve heard that someone has sussed out the 300tdi to the tdci dash rather than making a clock set up? Have you heard of this being done?

iceshj said:

Thanks for that. I only have the harness that comes out of the bottom of the bulkhead up to a bunch of plugs. I’m assuming an awful lot of these will be redundant. I’ve heard that someone has sussed out the 300tdi to the tdci dash rather than making a clock set up? Have you heard of this being done?

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I've used a 300 in my 300 90 to a tdci dash easier than trying to retro fit a puma bulky harness to a 300 gauges etc bring fuse box from centre to new location of puma dash access using puma fuse box mount and extend ns loom to lights easy peasey

GATSO said:

I've used a 300 in my 300 90 to a tdci dash easier than trying to retro fit a puma bulky harness to a 300 gauges etc bring fuse box from centre to new location of puma dash access using puma fuse box mount and extend ns loom to lights easy peasey

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Do you mean you have a 300TDI, working with the gauges from a PUMA? I have seen a speed sensor from a 300TDI ROW (or TD5) operate a PUMA speedo, but never the rev counter. Any info on this is greatly appreciated?

na old school me lol fitted 300 gauges into tdci binnacle minimal elec-trickery good old fashioned cable speedo etc

Ok, I now have chassis, wings and engine harness off a tdci to go onto my project. I also have the newly released converter to use tdci dash on its way with the td5 speedo transducer. I think the hard work is about to start. Any advice gratefully received lol

get out ya test meter and loads of patience as your gonna need it took me ages to sort all mine out you will find most things dont work as they are controlled by the ecu you dont have and most wires seem to loop back into the drivers side seat box ,a lot of patience is required ,i still havnt got round to sorting my fuel gauge or water temp gauge i butchered the tdci clocks and fitted standard gauges in the cluster instead using small led bulbs with all the symbols on them from china they look the part to be honest switched the heater control bulbs to blue led too so should look ok i hope.

shes getting there boat load of wireing to still do for spectre roof rack loads of lights and 4 cameras to go up too going to security dvr onboard and a little bit more security stuff which i wont mention,full bascoat and laquer done outside in the sun got one fly in the whole job and no bits of crap was painted in 4 separate occasions so anyone out there dont be put off painting outside as it worked for me using crappy 15 quid spray guns simply polish the crap out the laquer with g3 and jobs a goodun

just a few more pics one of home made roof rack same as the one you can buy for 700 quid lol cost me 100 quid to make ,a few chassis pics just because it looks so nice and a preview of landy before painting

looking brill ,,loving the roof rack

cheers been a hard slog got another one in my back yard ready to tear down and get blasted and galvanised that one will be a doddle as i could put one together with my eyes shut now lol,i have been all over the country buying bits for my first one,ive also got one still on army plates too so that one will be getting blasted and galvanised one of them will be getting a cummins chucked in it or something a little more mental will have to see lol,first ones a 300 need something reliable and capable of pulling 12ft trailer full of gear.

Galvernisednuts said:

Now that I've made a few I'm gonna start making up the gauge panels, ideally I'll get another lot of gauges so I can test build em to ensure everything fits then offer em for sale
Glad to report I'm back at work again Hooray er Boooo ha ha

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Are you now selling these dash conversions. Running 300tdi Auto with Puma Dash. No electronics at all apart from radio. Have the puma binnacle complete as well as tdi unit. any help would be much appreciated.

Galvernisednuts said:

Now that I've made a few I'm gonna start making up the gauge panels, ideally I'll get another lot of gauges so I can test build em to ensure everything fits then offer em for sale
Glad to report I'm back at work again Hooray er Boooo ha ha

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Are you now selling these conversions ? Building 300 tdi auto with Puma bulkhead, dash and dash loom. Any wiring assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Well it’s been a long time since I first asked questions about this. To date, I have mated my 300tdi to an auto box, had all panels painted individually, got my set up for the centre console, purchased the magic box to allow me to keep the original tdci clocks. Now for the hard bit.......... the wiring

I’m also trying to source the 90 degree bend with a bleed valve to connect pipes for heater. Any tips to source one would be very much appreciated

wow didnt think its been so long since i posted came accross an issue today anyone thinking or have of buying any seats from powerfull uk ltd think again bought a set of svx style seats https://www.powerfuluk.com/vehicles...-seat-kit-black-vinyl-leather-non-heated.html and they have lasted 1020 miles before the side bolsters have split in half and what you are left with is an exposed bit of tube instead of padding i have had these sitting for some time so now they are not under warranty ,contacted them said nothing they can do sent pictures and of my brand new speedo after only doing one thousand miles of use my advice to anyone thinking of buying spend the extra and get the propper ones,they even had the cheeck to say i could get a discount if i bought more i dont bloody think so last purchase from them i can tell you !!!