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    Air in fuel - again

    Morning All, I'm having trouble purging air from the fuel system on the 300TDi in my pre-Defender 90 after fitting a new sender unit in the tank. Have replaced all hoses, remade joints in the fuel circuit and installed new lift pump. Priming the filter bowl by hand takes forever. The engine...
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    Installing lift pump 300TDi

    Hello Folk, I'd appreciate a view from anyone with more experience of these things: The new lift pump I'm about to install came with two gaskets for the pump to c/case joint, both the same shape. Are the two supposed to be some sort of spacer arrangement to get the right load on the cam...
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    Duff fuel gauge?

    Have just bought a 1985 LR90 (see Introduce Yourself thread). The fuel gauge has been playing up since I acquired the thing - initially not registering then going to full deflection with the tank 3/4 full. I've done some testing with the gauge in the car and also on the bench. The initial...
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    Hello All

    Recently bought a 1985 'B' reg LR90 (pre-Defender) which is my third LR. The first two, both Series 1s, I had in the late 1960s; so being a lot older but evidently not wiser you'd have thought I would have known better. Still, in its defence this car/truck has had a 300TDi transplant with power...