Project 1989 90 (Bruce)

Looking good fella keep us all posted an keep up the good work.

Looks great just spent two hour at work reading it all, oops.
Can't find it again but you said earlier in the posts about insurance, I would use flux direct when the project is finished, I have an 86 90 that was a 2.5 petrol and I had a 3.5 disco engine in and the premium went up by about 250 but only cause I used a discovery v8 which has more power than the defender, but try them they are so easy to use with insuring all ya mods and that. Going to keep my eye on this post like everyone else on here I'm looking forward to seeing the end result

have a browse thru here beffore yu call em - Land Rover Insurance - Land Rover Zone

Ahhhh should of put it in there aswell lol

Thanks for the advice and the positive comments. i will look into the insurance when i gets a spare few minutes.

progress updates, the steel for the engine mounts was delivered today and the rear crank seal and crankshaft pulley are waiting at the post office to be collected after work tomorrow. so all being well there should be some progress over the weekend..... hopefully :roll eyes:
Sam

Are you changing the engine mount on the chassis or just making a new engine mounting bracket like in the attached.?

opps, sorry forgot the attached ....
Land Rover Owner • View topic - 200 tdi engine mounts on a 300 tdi engine?

joeyb said:

opps, sorry forgot the attached ....
Land Rover Owner • View topic - 200 tdi engine mounts on a 300 tdi engine?

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yes thats the plan to make one of those now I've got the steel i plan to start making it sunday morning, has any one on here had any success using this method?. Sam

fair play that bulkhead and chassis were hanging excellent job on the bulkhead thou mate thumbs up from me.

Kieron williams said:

fair play that bulkhead and chassis were hanging excellent job on the bulkhead thou mate thumbs up from me.

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Thanks chap, strangely enough i quite enjoyed repairing that bulkhead. chassis would have been a little more challenging but for the long run i think i made the right decision.

right then, had a slightly more successful day today started off with finishing the engine by fitting the replacement crank seal and finishing the timing belt renewal with the improved crank pulley. then made a start on the engine mount/convertor jobby. basically a adapter to allow the 300 tdi engine to be fitted using standard 2.5 td engine chassis mounts.







the plan is to test fit it to find what the clearance is like and how much material i need to remove to allow access to the oil filter. once finalised it will be marked up, the tacks ground off then cleaned up and fully welded. going to have to go "old school" when welding and dust of the fixed shade mask as my auto darkening mask has given up the ghost after just a year so not best pleased.

A bit of progress today, my least favourite task of the project so far..... putting the engine in, had a hell of a job trying to jiggle it in on my own even worse knowing it has to come out and go back in again.

looks huge!



some one lends me a heater and just my luck the weather is warm, need to see wether it will warm the garage up to a nice working temperature.



got the engine mounting ground and welded up,



neatness needs working on a little for the filter access cutout,



it would seem 6mm is a bit too thick for my MIG pretty confident it will do the job though,



anyone know anything about the 300, do u recommend refitting the bell housing support brackets? it would be easy enough to cut them off and refit them onto my fabricated mount. just wondering whether there deemed necessary



thats all. Sam

Nice one - let me know next time you intend lifting the engine by yourself - if I'm free I'll nip up and give you a hand.

bluehaze said:

Nice one - let me know next time you intend lifting the engine by yourself - if I'm free I'll nip up and give you a hand.

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Thanks for the offer bluehaze its very kind of you,i think it will go in easier next time, i have been advised on where i was going wrong, i was tightening the engine rubber fully and should leave it loose to help locate the engine.

Made a little progress this evening started by taking the engine out, as no one has any advice regarding the engine brackets i extended it to accommodate the flywheel supports,





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manifold side standard disco engine bracket minus the engine mount,



whilst i was in the garage i thought i may as well attempt to fit the clutch,



:tea: Thats all Sam

nice work done to it

piston-return-spring said:

nice work done to it

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thanks chap, only really got a coat of black spray paint onto the mounts this evening hopefully get them fitted tomorrow evening to allow me to get the engine in friday night/ weekend.

Have you put the wiring harness on the chassis etc. yet?

90maniac said:

Have you put the wiring harness on the chassis etc. yet?

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yes if you take a look a page or two back there is a fair amount on wiring, one of my least favourite job, its mostly new as you will see. Why u struggling?

No no my wiring is hammered all 2.5 petrol and bodged for the v8 so it's all breaking and in thinking of putting a full new one and don't know if it's difficult or not

90maniac said:

No no my wiring is hammered all 2.5 petrol and bodged for the v8 so it's all breaking and in thinking of putting a full new one and don't know if it's difficult or not

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i wouldn't have thought the wiring would be that much different going from petrol to petrol, but can't comment having not seen ur wiring, depending on what you mean by "hammered" i would consider just replacing your damaged bits would keep costs down, i take it you have looked at the costs of new looms, you maybe able to get away with just a new engine loom ?