Defender 90 - 6.0l LS V8 and 6l80 conversion.
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It had a hit dead on the end of the chassis rail on the left hand side. It basically collapsed the entire rail back to just in front of the suspension pick up. There was a few bits of other superficial damage. It is my understanding that it was actually a police car.
Most of the panel work refitted. Starting to look a lot more complete now. Sorry for the rubbish pictures.
Most of the panel work refitted. Starting to look a lot more complete now. Sorry for the rubbish pictures.
Edited by Psimpson7 on Monday 9th January 01:10
Hit an issue now. I have it turning over (Not trying to start it yet as no fuel) but I noticed that it would turn over irrespective of the gear lever position which as I have the loom set with a Neutral / Park start only inhibitor it shouldn't
I plugged in the gear indicator and irrespective of what position the lever was in it always displayed 'N'
I spoke to Speartech and after doing so, drained and removed the sump. When I got it off I noticed that when I refitted the TCM I missed lining up the selector shaft nub with the IMS (Internal Mode Switch) on the TCM.
I have corrected that and now I get the correct display for Park but all other positions still show 'N'
You can just about see the issue in my image below . The silver nub should be meshed with the black plastic fitting which them connects to the white plastic IMS:
Hopefully this is something not too serious. Maybe I damaged the IMS? Just waiting on an update from Speartech to see if they have any more comments.
In the meantime I went back to working on things I am less likely to ruin....
Emissions stuff
Canister fitted in rear wheel arch. This is in front of the wheel on the drivers side. I will make up a guard of some sort to limit the risk of stuff hitting the connections. Hopefully its not supposed to be fitted in a certain orientation.
I plugged in the gear indicator and irrespective of what position the lever was in it always displayed 'N'
I spoke to Speartech and after doing so, drained and removed the sump. When I got it off I noticed that when I refitted the TCM I missed lining up the selector shaft nub with the IMS (Internal Mode Switch) on the TCM.
I have corrected that and now I get the correct display for Park but all other positions still show 'N'
You can just about see the issue in my image below . The silver nub should be meshed with the black plastic fitting which them connects to the white plastic IMS:
Hopefully this is something not too serious. Maybe I damaged the IMS? Just waiting on an update from Speartech to see if they have any more comments.
In the meantime I went back to working on things I am less likely to ruin....
Emissions stuff
Canister fitted in rear wheel arch. This is in front of the wheel on the drivers side. I will make up a guard of some sort to limit the risk of stuff hitting the connections. Hopefully its not supposed to be fitted in a certain orientation.
Cheers, some days I wish I had more skills. Normally by then I have gone so far I have no choice but to carry on.
The auto is all back together again now so that's good, Hopefully it all works!
I had been doing some research on how to set up the emissions stuff. I wasn't really sure and confused myself a bit but I think I have it nailed now.
Basically
Tank breather ---> Larger connection of pair on EVAP canister
Smaller connection on EVAP canister ---> Purge valve on Engine
Fuel tank pressure sensor (to read pressure from fuel system - I will probably fit this in the EVAP canister)
Vent valve ---> larger connection on own on EVAP canister
Filter line on Vent valve ----> vents to atmosphere.
When the engine is off this allows the tank to release pressure out of the system via the filter line.
When the engine is running it feeds the tank emissions through the evap cannister, then to the purge valve which when it sees fit releases it into the throttle body.
I also have to change a couple of electrical connectors. The fuel tank pressure sensor plug was wrong. It looked like it should use the identical looking e85 fuel flex sensor type plug so I ordered one of those (I could get this locally so figured it was worth a gamble).
Typically the shape of the plug was very slightly different so I tweaked it with a dremel and file. The pin spacing and height luckily was 100%
I then swapped the plug over.
This is the one that was on the loom.
You can see the sensor in the background.
New connector pins:
Need to change the one on the vent valve section of loom next.
The auto is all back together again now so that's good, Hopefully it all works!
I had been doing some research on how to set up the emissions stuff. I wasn't really sure and confused myself a bit but I think I have it nailed now.
Basically
Tank breather ---> Larger connection of pair on EVAP canister
Smaller connection on EVAP canister ---> Purge valve on Engine
Fuel tank pressure sensor (to read pressure from fuel system - I will probably fit this in the EVAP canister)
Vent valve ---> larger connection on own on EVAP canister
Filter line on Vent valve ----> vents to atmosphere.
When the engine is off this allows the tank to release pressure out of the system via the filter line.
When the engine is running it feeds the tank emissions through the evap cannister, then to the purge valve which when it sees fit releases it into the throttle body.
I also have to change a couple of electrical connectors. The fuel tank pressure sensor plug was wrong. It looked like it should use the identical looking e85 fuel flex sensor type plug so I ordered one of those (I could get this locally so figured it was worth a gamble).
Typically the shape of the plug was very slightly different so I tweaked it with a dremel and file. The pin spacing and height luckily was 100%
I then swapped the plug over.
This is the one that was on the loom.
You can see the sensor in the background.
New connector pins:
Need to change the one on the vent valve section of loom next.
Krikkit said:
Sounds like the emissions rules are pretty strict, how much more is there to include on the car? Does it have to pass to the same standard as the donor?
Basically the donor car has to be newer than the car into which it is being fitted and it has to keep all the same emissions stuff as the donor car.In short its not actually that difficult now I sort of know what I am doing.
Basically it needs 2 cats, Pre and Post cat o2 sensors, and this evap stuff.
I pretty much have all that done now bar a couple of bits of pipe and
Not too far off being able to see if it starts now. Couple of things left to do on the fuel system and probably a few other minor bits and pieces.
The last big hurdle will be the exhaust but I think I will get someone to make that for me.
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