The Defender thread

roman0red · 11-03-2010 4:05pm

...don't rise to the the bait folks! Suggest leaving them to wallow in their own ignorance :P......

...bringing this discussion back on a more sensible track.....

Sean - you reccommedned IRB for their EGR removal kit and I've seen v good write ups on other forums - I've been trying to get hold of Ian to procure a kit - no joy - called a few times, left messages, texted him

Is he still in business?

dantastic · 11-03-2010 10:39pm

I've been thinking about one one those egr removal kits myself.

Do you have to tell your insurance company about that? Is it considered a performance upgrade, or? Are they likely not to like it come renewal?

101sean · 12-03-2010 12:01am

IRB are definitely in business but haven't seen him post lately (as Porny)

EGR removal kits are available from many suppliers, mine is Devon 4x4 (they are near my sisters place) but Paddocks list one now without the fancy laser cutting

The basics are a blanking plate for the exhaust manifold and a straight pipe to replace the EGR valve, better kits include all the blanking plugs for the vacuum pipes to the modulator(s).

With all mods you should really inform your insurance company, I'm probably going to confess to my recent mods in one go at renewal time. My insurance company in the UK before I moved had no problems and no charge, suspect they'll look at it as a money making opportunity here (I'm with AXA now as a passenger vehicle)

roman0red · 12-03-2010 1:31am

Thanks - I was specifically looking for the IRB kit as it had the blanking plugs. I'll keep looking ....

On another note - any ideas where I'd get a Oil transfer hand pump - I'm about to change the oil in the gearbox and am trying to figure out a convienent way of getting the oil into the fill hole. I've seen pics of these hand pumps but haven't had any luck finding one on the net.

PS -Using the difflock Evo1 oil - expensive but I hear its good!

Cheers!

101sean · 12-03-2010 10:16am

You can get what look like big syringes but I use cheap B&Q garden sprayers, have one for each oil. Just bin the spray head and pump it up, will even pump cold EP90 no problem.

The Evo 1 is good stuff if a little pricey, have it in my new a Ashcroft main box.

roman0red · 12-03-2010 1:02pm

Would you believe I eventually found what I was looking for.....

http://www.motorspares.co.uk/acatalog/info_LAS_4385.html

Thanks

101sean · 12-03-2010 7:14pm

Looks handy enough for topping up. Wouldn't be big enough for me, 101 gear box and transfer box alone hold around 6 litres of 20W/50!

Mycroft H · 17-03-2010 8:52pm

Mine got a much needed bath tonight

roman0red · 17-03-2010 11:33pm

Nice!

Are they Cibie Spots you have on that A-Bar - they look good - Looking to get myself a set of Cibie Oscars!

Mycroft H · 18-03-2010 12:39am

roman0red wrote: »

Nice!

Are they Cibie Spots you have on that A-Bar - they look good - Looking to get myself a set of Cibie Oscars!

The main headlamps are a lucas replacement kit to replace the crappy sealed beam units that came with it. It failed the DOE because they were so dim

The auxillary lights are about 8 years old - 7 inch hella auxillary units with H3 55w bulbs, the outer two wired to the high beam and the inner to the fog lights.

The bottom two are wipac spots also running H3 bulbs

wired in with a seperate circut to the other lights

Its about the brightest thing on the road at night though you have to be careful of other road users as it might stun them :eek::P

Snake_Doctor · 18-03-2010 6:58pm

This is what I want; the purr from that engine is poetry to my ears

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxKFu_wb0Gg

Mycroft H · 18-03-2010 9:00pm

Snake_Doctor wrote: »

This is what I want; the purr from that engine is poetry to my ears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxKFu_wb0Gg

sounds like a bloody spitfire :O

Slidey · 18-03-2010 9:06pm

That the same engine they fit in the DAF 45 trucks!

I'd be interested in how he managed to sort out the transmission with that set up. Think they are about 130bhp but would have immense torque compared to the standard engine. A dodgy harvey spicer wouldn't last long!

Mycroft H · 18-03-2010 10:56pm

Slidey wrote: »

That the same engine they fit in the DAF 45 trucks!

I'd be interested in how he managed to sort out the transmission with that set up. Think they are about 130bhp but would have immense torque compared to the standard engine. A dodgy harvey spicer wouldn't last long!

I can imagine so! The 200tdi doesnt take too long to munch through one

Melodeon · 18-03-2010 11:30pm

landyman wrote: »

The main headlamps are a lucas replacement kit to replace the crappy sealed beam units that came with it.

I replaced my old sealed beams with these:
http://www.paddockspares.com/pp/DEFENDER/Accessories/Wipac_Crystal_Halogen_Headlamp_Conversion_Kit_%28pair%29_-_left_hand_dip_%28UK_and_Australia%29.html

...with these stuffed in the holes:
http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/H4-Osram-Night-Breaker-12v-60-55w-90-pair.html

They're nothing short of astounding, especially so when compared to what the lights used to be like.

101sean · 19-03-2010 10:18am

Thats the headlamps I have fitted to mine, makes a fair difference. Have a full set of NAS side, indicator and tail lights which tidies up the appearance as well, especially at the back.

I know someone fitting a Cummins out of a DAF45, looking into keeping the gearbox that came with it and fitting the LT230 Tbox via an adaptor plate. They were running a GMC V8 which turned out to be only marginally more reliable than the gearboxes it ate! Sounded nice though.

Snake_Doctor · 19-03-2010 10:59am

My 110 has a GM 6.2 V8 as well, but its off the road at the moment due to the chassis and body falling apart! The GM is realible enough for me, but I was only using it for Sunday driving.
101Sean, I'd love to come and see that cummins conversion, this is what I have in the head for the next Project as well, although I'm thinking of a suitable Auto box as they seem to soak the torque better.

Mycroft H · 28-03-2010 10:48pm

Two defender adverts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad_c7nVi4qo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEf0pKdyeyg

101sean · 28-03-2010 11:22pm

Ken, who is doing it, started this thread on LRA, well worth a read. I'm sure he wouldn't mind you sending him a pm from there. http://www.landroveraddict.com/smf/index.php?topic=381570.140

He's doing it 'cos he can

Also has an immaculate Series 1 fire engine, an american truck (can't remember whether it's a Pete or a KW) and several tractors.

jwshooter · 30-03-2010 1:22am

landyman wrote: »

Two defender adverts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad_c7nVi4qo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEf0pKdyeyg

thanks i have had and two defenders a 300tdi and a td5 ,drive a disco now. but miss my swb .

tom1ie · 30-03-2010 7:05pm

is there such thing as a defender 130 from the new shape bodies (2008 onwards) or is it just a 110 crewcab?

Melodeon · 30-03-2010 7:16pm

tom1ie wrote: »

is there such thing as a defender 130 from the new shape bodies (2008 onwards) or is it just a 110 crewcab?

There sure is:
http://www.landrover.com/gb/en/lr/defender/explore/double-cab-high-capacity-pick-up/

The current 130 appears to be only available as a chassis cab, a double cab chassis cab, and a double cab:
http://www.landrover.com/gb/en/lr/defender/compare/price/

Slidey · 30-03-2010 8:26pm

This was in the garage the other day. Leather interior too!

TestTransmission · 31-03-2010 6:28pm

I'm such a closet Defender fan.There, I've said it.

Must be the country boy in me

tom1ie · 01-04-2010 5:08pm

with regards to off road driving would you say the mercedes unimog would outperform a defender 130, comparing the weight of the two etc?

PanhardPL · 01-04-2010 5:42pm

A Unimog is a totally different 4 x 4 to a Land Rover Defender 130 and for that matter to any other 4 x 4.

101sean · 01-04-2010 8:34pm

Yep, totally different animals, don't try and follow in the wheel ruts of a Unimog, any normal 4x4 will ground out! They have portal axles, diff locks front and rear and bigger tyres for a start.

dantastic · 01-04-2010 8:52pm

Yay - passed the doe today!

I'm good for another year! :cool:

O.A.P · 01-04-2010 11:56pm

tom1ie wrote: »

with regards to off road driving would you say the mercedes unimog would outperform a defender 130, comparing the weight of the two etc?

Yes, no comparing the two but you can'nt compare the price of them either.

kincaid · 02-04-2010 8:06pm

hi

a friend of mine is selling a landrover county -its 1985 and is fully redone inc new chassis, 5 sp gearbox and a 200 2.5l engine etc...
lovely order, tested etc,

whats would this be worth in todays market and would it be a sought after machine

O.A.P · 02-04-2010 9:26pm

Impossible to answer that, post some pics.

101sean · 02-04-2010 11:43pm

It would be very sellable, as to value it's hard to say. There's a demand for good pre Td5 Land Rovers, some people are unescessarily wary of electrikery.

If it's been well done it could be worth as much as a vehicle 10 years newer. Has the new chassis been stamped with the original Vin no? Is it registered as a commercial or private?

kincaid · 03-04-2010 10:39am

its a private vehicle,its a NI vehicle..
its got the 200 series engine -suppose to be better than the 300 they say..

does the chassis need to be stamped?

must get some pictures of it next week

im not sure what a 1995 is making but he;s looking €3600 for it,

101sean · 03-04-2010 11:22am

Sounds reasonable. Should really stamp the chassis number but don't think it's so much of a problem in the north. Down here the vehicle's identity belongs to the chassis, could cause problems at NCT/DOE time and the revenue may consider it a new vehicle :eek:

kincaid · 03-04-2010 11:46am

chassis not stamped...

what is the procedure/cost of stamping the chassis

what the vrt on such a vehicle,,

he says on the revenue website it only goes back to 1990...

101sean · 03-04-2010 3:02pm

The VRT will be I think 33% of the OMSP and the road tax will be €948pa as a passenger vehicle.

You can buy a set of stamps online or from a places that stock Draper tools and do it yourself, it's stamped on the RH front of the chassis just behind the lower bumper mount in what looks to be about 6mm digits. Just make sure it matches exactly the what's on the VIN plate on top of the brake pedal box and V5.

kincaid · 03-04-2010 3:08pm

is it not something like €50 vrt seeing thats its 25 years old

101sean · 03-04-2010 6:26pm

No, has to be over 30 years old for that.

Snake_Doctor · 06-04-2010 12:18pm

Kincaid,
you have pm

kincaid · 06-04-2010 2:19pm

ok mate il pm you picture etc when he sends some on

anyway got some more info on this

its a LAND ROVER, LR 90 4C,its registered the 1/1/85,English REG,
it was originally a petrol 3528cc... ( would this matter?)
and has now a 200 tdi engine fitted with warranted 70k miles.new gearbox, new chassis,
good tight tidy machine he says....

what you think guys

Slidey · 06-04-2010 2:43pm

Guys please leave the dealing to PM.

This is not the notice board in your local Spar

kincaid · 06-04-2010 4:05pm

sorry slidey- i wasnt looking for a price/to sell,as i dont even own it...but would like a one at some stage...
im just looking for more info on the jeep really hence the posting of some info i got and seeing as dont know much at all on landrovers i thought other members might have come across a similar jeep,this one converted from petrol to diesel etc

thanks

Slidey · 06-04-2010 4:54pm

No worries, it came across as otherwise to me. Carry on so.

101sean · 06-04-2010 5:17pm

It's a very early 90 (what's left of it!), would have had the V8 petrol (awesome engine apart from drinking habit) and an LT85 gearbox. The gearbox would have been changed with the 200tdi as the original won't fit. At 70k the engine is barely run in. I assume during the rebuild any rust issues with the bulkhead will have been done, if it's done properly it should be a good one.

The chassis number will always show it as being a V8, not a problem as long as it's been changed on the V5, chassis change is the only issue you may have here. Sounds a good buy but don't know whether you should consult your local VRO first (and hope you get someone who knows their stuff :rolleyes:) or take a chance on it and see what happens when you register it.

Suckler · 07-04-2010 8:26am

I've a 300TDI 110, Wonderin if anyone has fitted a second alternator ( where Aircon pump would sit) or an air compressor to to use with on board tank?

101sean · 07-04-2010 9:40am

If you look at the tech forums on any of the UK LR forums, you'll find plenty of posts on fitting second alternators, there's places that will supply the brackets as well.

Couple of ways of doing on board air. Expensive ish is something like Viair from Matt Savage who supply everything or DIY using a good 12V twin compressor (like a Tmax) permanantly mounted and a small tank from a workshop or small lorry airtank. Another common way is to use the aircon compressor to supply the tank. Again, loads of examples on tech forums.

http://www.landroveraddict.com/smf/index.php?board=36.0
http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?act=idx
http://forum.difflock.com/index.php
http://forum.landrovernet.com/forum.php?
http://www.devon4x4.com/forum/index.php#1
http://www.mattsavage.com/acatalog/compressors.html

elius · 07-04-2010 9:54pm

Suckler wrote: »

I've a 300TDI 110, Wonderin if anyone has fitted a second alternator ( where Aircon pump would sit) or an air compressor to to use with on board tank?

http://www.westmids4x4.com/300tdi2ndaltbracket.html

;);););)

Suckler · 08-04-2010 7:17am

Cheers guys, that bracket would do just nicely! & a 12V compressor for the tank would be easier to rig up than a belt driven one I think.

Mycroft H · 02-05-2010 10:43pm

I want it....... NOW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pehL7dhu36w

101sean · 02-05-2010 11:20pm

Awesome, nothing like the roar of a V8, takes some beating.

I frequently feel the need to plant the boot firmly to the floor in the 101 just to listen to it (preferably in a busy town centre

) Beats a diesel clatter any day, shame it's such damned expensive experience :eek:

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