Recent content by Dunk1302

My vote goes to the threaded terminal at 12 o'clock in the picture. Pretty sure I used a ring connector when I fitted mine, rather than a spade connector This might help - it's not the same alternator, but the pics at the bottom might help? Dunk

Wiring it in is the easy bit - just a feed from the 'W' terminal on the alternator, and an earth. Fitted one to my 2.5N/A a few months ago. The tricky bit is calibrating it to your engine, if you want it to read accurately. If you can work out all the gear ratios from engine -> wheels, you can...

Here you go...... ok it's a Series, not a Defender, but you get the idea: PS - It's not mine, and I don't know how/why it was done!! ;) Dunk

I'll be there saturday morning in my ex-MOD D90...... it'd be rude NOT to go as it's on my doorstep :) Dunk

Interesting..... the only MOD 300Tdi is the Wolf, but they're much higher priced than the older naturally-aspirated diesels (thing they start about the £6k mark). Look for a spare wheel mounted on the passenger's side rear body panel and a protruding vent on the side of the front wing - the...

.......without fitting it???? I got an outwardly tatty-looking 4-bolt PAS box for free when a mate bought an old RR axle, but didn't need the box. Is there any way to test if it's use-able WITHOUT having to go to the trouble of fitting it (to my non-PAS D90) and plumbing it in? Cheers Dunk

Does it make a difference how you explain it to the insurers? If/when I eventually finish re-building my spare 300tdi engine, I'm hoping to drop it into my ex-MOD D90 N/A....... If you were to explain to the insurers that you've replaced a 2.5l Land Rover Diesel engine with a 'slightly newer'...

Yep - IIRC, there were a set of stone steps in front of the doors, and they drove the LR straight up the steps and through the front door - KNOCK KNOCK, ANYBODY HOME???? :D

That's the one!...... not sure if it was the Para's - while searching for the footage I found mention on the arrse forum suggesting it might've been RM

No, I put the std part number FRC8722 in the search box and it came up with the knob for about £3 However, that's with the rubber insert still, not a thread (I don't think there is a standard part which is threaded). I found the rubber insert was too stiff :eek: to get the thread started...

+1..... I recently bought a very straight and tidy ex-MOD D90 n/a, with a view to transplanting the spare 300tdi engine that I'm currently rebuilding. A few other points to bear in mind if you're thinking about the earleir model: No power-steering - in a 90 it's not too bad apart from...

There's a spent 5.56mm cartridge in mine - it was there when I picked it up from the MOD disposals :violent:

I recently bought a new one from Paddocks for just a few quid......

LOL - well spotted!!...... I was mixing up my looney despots - meant to say Saddam's palace :D Dunk

All, I distinctly recall seeing a news clip during the gulf war, of some brit troops ramming a snatch Land Rover through the front gates/doors of (I think) one of Ghadaffi's palaces. I was describing the scene to a mate at the weekend, and I've trawled youtube for it, but had no luck - any...