Wading kit

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The first link contains the timing case kit so you wouldn't need the second one.

I fitted one of these kits a couple of weeks ago and decided it was best to also get a 4 into 1 manifold, that way I only had one pipe going to the top of my snorkel
 
I used black silicon to seal all the joints on the air inlet and made an O ring for the air filter housing.

Is your engine breather pipe still connected into the air box?
 
Ahhh,silly me!
I'll pick some black silicone up, to be fair I could do with some new pipes because they'll probably let water in! I'm pretty sure it's still got the old td air box setup with a 200tdi engine and the fins on the alternator knock onto it so need to move it somewhere...
 
That might be a good idea; the standard 200Tdi inlet system has quite a few joints and none of them are even close to being sealed as standard.

Make sure you seal up the 'one way' valves at the bottom of the air filter box and the bottom of the section that connects to the wing (I fitted a snorkel a few weeks back too!)
 
A bit offtopic, but if really want some good sealant you may want to have a look at Sikaflex 221. Friends of mine use this on their boats (common stuff in the boat world as they told me), and they haven't sunk yet :p Used it on my roof to fill the holes (ex radio car). might be a bit more land rover proof than normal silicone kit.
 
pu40 is also used in the boat world, I know as I ve used it on mine on advice from a yachty and they are real tight bar stewards!
Toolstation is the place to get it from, under half the price of sikaflex
 
lynall said:
pu40 is also used in the boat world, I know as I ve used it on mine on advice from a yachty and they are real tight bar stewards!
Toolstation is the place to get it from, under half the price of sikaflex
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+1 for PU40. Used it to seal the safari snorkel to me 300tdi Disco's airbox. Among other things.
 
PU sounds good, cheap too! I'll pick some up this week... Not sure how good it'll do as the pipes probably want replacing to be truly watertight.
 
Unlike sikaflex you also have a fighting chance of using whats left in the tube after a few weeks/months
 
All plumbed up apart from I need to extract the snapped banjo bolt from the rear breather and replace but I've run the pipe ready. Also need to buy a 3 into 1 to run the final length up my snorkel.

I've put the plug in near the sump but can't see a threaded hole on the bell housing to fit my other plug. I've found something that looks like a wading plug already in there (god knows how long that'll have been in there for!) has anybody got a picture so I can double check?
 
Just fired her up and it wasn't liking it, took the new timing case cover off with breather and the ####ing bolts were too long so has been catching on something! :eek:

Hoping everything's alright, going to put the old cover on for now until I get some shorter bolts!
 
IamRobbie said:
If you stick a timing case breather on does that mean you can leave your wading plugs in all the time??
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Not really. As I see it the wading plug not only stops water getting in when wading, but also allows any accumulated ****e and oil top get out!

Having said that my Disco 300 had them left in when I did the timing case .. ;)
 
IamRobbie said:
If you stick a timing case breather on does that mean you can leave your wading plugs in all the time??
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Nope not a wise thing to do, BUT what is a good idea is some 1/4 pcl air fitting used on air tools, screw into timing and flywheel housing, slide on 3 inches of clear plastic pipe, blank the other end of the pipe with a bolt and secure with cable ties, voila sealed and easy to check for leaks, mines been like this for over a year with no issues so far!
 
lynall said:
Nope not a wise thing to do, BUT what is a good idea is some 1/4 pcl air fitting used on air tools, screw into timing and flywheel housing, slide on 3 inches of clear plastic pipe, blank the other end of the pipe with a bolt and secure with cable ties, voila sealed and easy to check for leaks, mines been like this for over a year with no issues so far!
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Clever ..

I shall use this idea ... ;)
 
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