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I think the above advice was for a TD5????????? a local diesel specialist will test them for a small fee usually while you wait. If you need to get new ones I found the cheapest place was Paddocks but that was 18 months ago.

When I did a rebuild I replaced all of the above and used thread lock though not on the head bolts. Although Land Rover say you can re-use the head bolts 3 times, it is about £25 for a new set from Turner engineering. If it were me and i did not know the whole history of the engine I would...

BEAST O BODMIN If you PM me your e-mail address i can send you some photos of my series3 88" 200Tdi / LT77 conversion. I used a Defender box not a Discovery one as the bellhousing and (I think) the gear selector section is shorter. regards

Do yourself a favour and buy the original 'P'-gasket from your main dealer it is a metal coated thing and not the fail-prone paper one as seen in the photograph on this link. They are about £3.90.

Lets face it ANY conversion has downsides,but a series LR is probably the best vehicle in the world to modify - putting someone off is no bloody help at all. Get on and do it ! Learn from it and enjoy it - we can all help if you get stuck. I could not have put it better myself......how...

and kind of been put off the 200 or 300tdi convertion Well done Teflon another easy victim's enthusiasm curtailed.....

If I am right in thinking, this model has a double cardon front propshaft. the U/J's in these can wear, it sounds like you've done well out of yours as I have heard they often do not last long.......

Don't forget to fit the timing case and gearbox with wading plugs.......;)

well wadya know?? this happened to a mate with a 300tid 90. he ended up doing the same as you and getting a genuine part after the Britpart one lasted 5 months. Incidentally it may be of interest that Land Rover appear to have modified the latest pumps as the impeller is a fancy design for...

I know you said it was coming from the offside but this engine has a healthy appetite for exhaust manifold gaskets, usually accompanied by oil residue leaking down the engine block behind the turbo. As the gasket fails it leaks and as the piston fires it sounds like a ticking. i would check the...

Might be worth looking at the spark plugs after a run as the colour and condition can tell you lots.........

Have a look at the fuel pick up pipe by unscrewing the three? screws on the top and pulling out the pipe, on the bottom of the metal pipe should be a mesh filter which may be blocked as the holes are fine to start with.......some people throw this away and rely on a modern in line filter. or...

To save time and temper, when you put the wings back on use stainless nuts and bolts where possible, you can get them from places like Screwfix. :)

Depending on what gearing you use (diff's, tyre size..) you will need to either recalibrate your speedo from the series - do a search on Google there is a place in Bradford?? that charges about 50 quid but I have lost the web link. Or you can use a Defender speedometer. Regarding front axle...

FYI to all- have changed my mind and moved the engine further back and lower in the chassis last weekend, so prop lengths that i qourted MAY have changed and I dare not say on here until i am positive what they turn out to be.....should be similar to what i said before though. anyway the TDI...

Hello all! it is with embarrassment that i reply as I gave duff information about prop lengths!!!:doh::doh: the front prop has been cut and re-welded so that it fits between the front diff and transfer box at 25 1/2" with about 3/4" - 1" of clearance in the slider to allow for suspension...

I will be running sereis axles for a short while with 3:5 diffs in, I am hoping to swop the Defender 90 transfer box for a Discovery one if I can get hold of one in time.... eventually I will probably put coiler axles on it for the disc brakes and CV's cheers

If anyone is interested I have used cut and re-welded Range Rover wide-angle props on my conversion. The distance from the rear diff to the handbrake drum is 21.5" same as standard set-up, the distance from transfer box to front diff is 25.5".

Grey smoke is usually over fuelling, have you had the injectors checked lately?

Hello I am halfway through fitting the above into a 88" series 3. Anyone know which or any of the standard props will fit and if not which ones do i need? The engine is from a Disco, the 'box from a Defender 200TDi Thanks