meatblanket
Adventurer
I was hoping that repeating might help it sink in!
To the OP, I'm local so feel free to pm me if you are interested in test driving a 200tdi 110.
DEFENDER 110 Overland Build
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I was hoping that repeating might help it sink in!
To the OP, I'm local so feel free to pm me if you are interested in test driving a 200tdi 110.
Nonimouse
Cynical old bastard
Some good suggestions since I was last on...
Rear drums:
My last 110 - actually a 100" as it got shortened, but that is another story. I never did get the rear brakes right - ever! I replaced everything, and I mean everything - from back plates to drums. The guy I sold it to has spent 4 years trying to get them right and he's just sorted it - Defender master cylinder and late servo.
Oddly enough this is what is on my 110 and has been since before I bought it - the brakes on her are amazing! Better than a disc braked rear.
If the shoes are slipping off the cams, check they are the right way round - without teaching my mothers late mother to suck eggs - they are handed and sided... Also check you have 110 slave cylinders and not 109 slaves - a common and easy made parts supplier mistake...
I think the 200 Tdi is the best engine Land Rover ever made. I also think it is one of the very best IL4 TD's ever made. It is the best Overland lump without doubt.
Mine runs tweaks that I have worked out over 23 years of owning and operating the 200. A slightly larger intercooler, some pump and wastegate tweaks, upgraded injectors. That's about it. She's still pulling hard at 75mph in 5th on a 1.44 with 235/85's - if that's what I want. But at 65 cruising, when I floor it she moves. General driving she gives 33-35 mpg (Imperial, not your little US gallons), that's up to 37 cruising at 60. All up towing at 5600kgs she will give 28 cruising at 55.
I especially like the X-eng Hand Brake (this is my 3rd); but all the other mods are simple and done for reliability or comfort. I do have a heated screen as a luxury and a late Defender heater for added warmth. My only vanity is the WMIK Grill - simply because I was given one. Paint is by Rustoleum - RAL0003 is the preffered colour this year!
Rear drums:
My last 110 - actually a 100" as it got shortened, but that is another story. I never did get the rear brakes right - ever! I replaced everything, and I mean everything - from back plates to drums. The guy I sold it to has spent 4 years trying to get them right and he's just sorted it - Defender master cylinder and late servo.
Oddly enough this is what is on my 110 and has been since before I bought it - the brakes on her are amazing! Better than a disc braked rear.
If the shoes are slipping off the cams, check they are the right way round - without teaching my mothers late mother to suck eggs - they are handed and sided... Also check you have 110 slave cylinders and not 109 slaves - a common and easy made parts supplier mistake...
I think the 200 Tdi is the best engine Land Rover ever made. I also think it is one of the very best IL4 TD's ever made. It is the best Overland lump without doubt.
Mine runs tweaks that I have worked out over 23 years of owning and operating the 200. A slightly larger intercooler, some pump and wastegate tweaks, upgraded injectors. That's about it. She's still pulling hard at 75mph in 5th on a 1.44 with 235/85's - if that's what I want. But at 65 cruising, when I floor it she moves. General driving she gives 33-35 mpg (Imperial, not your little US gallons), that's up to 37 cruising at 60. All up towing at 5600kgs she will give 28 cruising at 55.
I especially like the X-eng Hand Brake (this is my 3rd); but all the other mods are simple and done for reliability or comfort. I do have a heated screen as a luxury and a late Defender heater for added warmth. My only vanity is the WMIK Grill - simply because I was given one. Paint is by Rustoleum - RAL0003 is the preffered colour this year!
EIGHTLUG
Observer
EIGHTLUG
Observer
I'm keeping a disc brake conversion in mind. So far, I haven't noticed any abnormalities with the drums. I do prefer discs to drums.
A 200 TDi is definitely something I'm looking at. I'm still going to have the J19 gone through, to see where I stand with it.
A 200 TDi is definitely something I'm looking at. I'm still going to have the J19 gone through, to see where I stand with it.