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I wasn't going to touch the turbo, I understand how it works and they are factory set at 18-19 psi. Just confirmed that with Allisport. I'm going to try some adjustment on the pump to see how it is , but think the best long term solution is to...

Don't touch the boost on the Turbo, the way the VGT works need a lot of setting up to get right and the 300tdi really doesnt need more than 15psi. Altering the fuel screw will give you an immediate effect, Unscrew it by 1/2 a turn and see what...

True, but I've currently got lower temps at the moment, so there's going to be some wriggle room......

I never went more than 16psi.300tdi ran a large charge cooler instead of intercooler. Keep fiddling but you could get to a point where things get very hot quickly.

So tomorrow, Friday, she is 40 years old. Got excited and pulled my log book out in prep to take to the post office and register it as historic. Turns out Next april is when it becomes Tax free! Doh. It does say that it's MOT free now, but...

Been living with the current set up for a week. Much better and fuel consumption about the same which for the increased performance is a real bonus. Boost levels are in quicker and stay higher than before even on light cruising load. The seal is...

When I e-mailed Allisport about the VGT turbo they said they were waiting on Stock which would be around 3 weeks, so I put myself down to be informed when they were available. Then Exmoor trim were doing the Defeater barrier mat system with...

Some pics of the re positioned Track rod protector thing. I could lose the washers and make a proper Alloy spacer plate, or, I could have just thrown it all in the bin... You Decide... I also have fitted a cheap Alternator triggered Tacho...

I went the whole hog and bought a Momo for my Disco. More room is essential, I think that looks fine!

Here is a picture of the wheel, a Bolt on bits special from eBay. Used them for a few bits and pieces. More elbow room.

Re-fitting the Protector piece to the axle meant longer bolts reqd. I had a casual look at them and thought Oh, yeah. Defenders are metric, except the bits that aren't. These are one of these bits then. A troll through the Bolts dept yielded some...

I can see you have the turbo now, I was just going to say that Andrew at Allisport is a mine of information (fairly obvious) and a dang nice & helpful bloke. You won’t go wrong with anything with their brand on (or associated with). It looks...

Mine went on dry ...

OH. Can anyone tell me if a sealer should be used on the iron manifold pieces, where the slip together. I know the Manifold gasket is to be clean and dry, but is there any magic potion to be applied to the Bull horns..

In the recent nicer weather I got round to fitting my rear Sumobar and new TRE's. I had to fit a new TRE to the front bar for the MOT and noticed the rears were looking a bit perished and needed renewing. All went easy enough and I will need to...

I fitted a Slickshift to my R380 Defender and found it to be much nicer to live with. I set it up as the instructions suggest, but 3rd to 4th was sticky, so did have to adjust the springs a little more, I must have been out just a touch, as once...

The Sun did pop out by lunchtime, so I bit the bullet and fitted my front anti-roll bar and Straight through silencer. This was made up from a Stainless Link pipe and a Straight through Stainless silencer welded together to fit with all the...

Will it ever warm up???? I suppose the last 2 days haven't been too bad, my blood must be getting thin. I have a short list of things to do and a couple of days would do it. I've got a front anti-roll bar to fit and a straight through silencer in...