1983 land rover 90

go for it post away be interested to see this

this is my mates as you can see it a bit exterem

well i am Matt 23 from high wycombe, run (funny coz it never runs) a 1984 land rover 90 ex mil and below are a lot of pics of the work i ve done to her


middle of neovember 2006 collection of her from Ealing area london

The drive home was some what interesting and very tiring as this was the first proper time i had driven a landrover and had a 29 mile trip to take her home









She was then parked at my nans where she sat leaking for a week then the strip down began





once stripped she began to look a little better



but when the roll cage brackets were removed rot wasfound in the tub


Hours were then spent over xmas sanding the tub down ready to be etch primed


and also the cappings were removed and painted


Then the cab part was primed




The tub was then painted with floor paint before being checker plated

The cab then was also painted using black spray paint


After painting i made my own mats out of vinyle


Next was to refresh the engine and replace the rad and new oils paint and lots of cleaning









with the engine back up and running was able to go for a little drive round nans drive



next brakes were checked and the drums rebuilt up with new cylinders and shoes


the cross member were try and bubble free and would get several coats of paint later on

Dad had been made redundant by this time so he set about restoring the dash




new moderen defender seat were purchased and fitted

and she was taken for a spin on a nice easter day

Next to be fittted was a hard top




And home this was gaydon landrover show two year

The next step was a headling




the next few bits were personal add on like the cubby box and gauges



some over mats

Next was the respray which a friend offered to do for me so some time was spent sanding

















now she was back on the road fully
since then new light surrounds were fitted ans chercker plate

chassis got a good coat of red oxide



I bought a light bar and fitted and wired it all up


switches and fuse board




Transfer box was leaking so botttom cover was removed and inspected and then resealed and put back on


axles and wheels were painted




A new cubby box was need as the old one was to small and i wanted my cdplayer out of the roof







managed to get myself a roof rack and light covers for free from a nice man and his son fron lra



and new spot lights 8)




some decent tire fitted


and the on going sarga of my 200tdi this is out of a discovery and an common conversion i ve put a little techy thread togeather of how its done below
My down pipe and intercooler conversion


My engine was sold as a low mileage runner, low mileage maybe runner defiantly not



first job i wood recommend is to replace cam belt as a nice easier job i found this when i did mine



so my lump needed a bottom end rebuilt with new shells and crank

this is an easy job really especially with he lump out
first remove all the front-end bits cam belt and pulleys

take flywheel off

then the fly wheel housing off (this bit can be thrown away as it u ll use the backing plate off the engine u are taking out 2.5nad in this case

the usual oily mess

next remove injection pump advice here is to take pulley off then put 9mm drill or cam belt pin straight back in then u don’t lose the settings




i bought a Clarke engine stand very very useful for this job




sump off and what allot of goo

next loads of dissemble and resemble of crank self-explanatory really

















next job was to change glow plugs but surprise surprise one was snapped in head so really this gave me the chance to do a head gasket change :shock:

rust and curse word in manifold port

rocker off





stuck glow plug tip

all carbon cleaned off


no the rewarding bit all painted up



U ll also notice that my turbo is pointing straight down which it shouldn’t but i over come this later
now for the fitting

last drive in to unit

nad


grill and rad out



resting

out

empty hole

chassis and inner wings cleaned and red oxide primed
u needs the backing plate off the NAD as this helps with fitting to gearbox
i fitted a new velco heavy-duty clutch not cheap 163 quid i think and new reinforced clutch fork

now ancillaries i am using my original NAD starter altnator and have added pas buy buying a complete disco one so no hassle there

getting the engine in was hassle just wood not mate up and took all day to get it line up and in
in

turn in wrong place this is actually a help god no's how it got to this angle but it did in the end a little bracket was made to allow the operation of the waste gate actuator.

here u can see the pipes that came with the kit. the disco rad is used but does sit a little higher by about an inch u can either reweld the bottom brackets lower or like i did make the top brackets higher.


stuck an electric fan on mine as it makes life easier for space. I uses the old air filter cut the legs off and mounted it where the air con pimp goes which u can see in the vid. Three fuel pipes need to be cut and jointed and extended just use fuel pip and bango clips.
the engine don’t really need glow plugs so don’t worry about the timer
this is it first run so sounds knock





Thats it for now thanks for looking
matt

Awesome Land-Rover. That thing must be virtually unstoppable! The rebuild looks thoroughly comprehensive. Bad luck about the "new" engine but I guess that's motoring.

cool thread, a 90 is definately at the top of my 'must own one soon' list (when I sell one of the others to make room!).

Looks like you've done a great job

Mate, that is a very cool looking ride. 90's are cool as and I have my eye on my brothers!!! I think I'll have to show him your thread for inspiration! Welcome

fantastic i throughly enjoyed reading that! top work chap on bringing her back to glory looks like fantastic fun! and the set looks spot on in the cab

i never had the kenlow running i no it works but even in heavy offroading or towing i only have a sankey but i ve had a two engine in that and a load of other bits and didnt notice any differance

I do love defenders, but my experience of them has always been that they are just too fragile.
Capable, but fragile.

I had an S1 Trialler, and my dad has ran many. We seemed to always kill one. This lead to us having a "Backup Vehicle" so my dad could keep working.

Man, I seriously want to do some off roading. Been way too long. Landy's looking really good, Seats are a good fit. How do you get into the battery box and that now?