Thread: What did you do on your Defender today ? (well, this week anyway)

Got a new battery for the 90. Colder Melbourne nights and it was on its way out. Don't know the history of the one being replaced.

Put a dashcam in the Perentie, VIOFO A229 Pro, audio and video is excelent, would highly recommend this dashcam.

Originally Posted by Redback

Put a dashcam in the Perentie, VIOFO A229 Pro, audio and video is excelent, would highly recommend this dashcam.

When people watch your video.. "Hey it's all in slow motion".. No that's the car!

Sorry I couldn't help that.

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

When people watch your video.. "Hey it's all in slow motion".. No that's the car!

Sorry I couldn't help that.

Mine is turboed, and while it's a lot better, it's still not fast

Cut rust out of bottom of firewall where I was getting a nice breeze on my feet, made up some panels to fit, add screws, rivets and sikaflex (as needed). Good as gold.

Fitted a full width front floor matt/trans tunnel cover I got from Ranga (Hit him up if you want one for a good price)

Cut some rust out of side rail and welded in new metal. I don't think the rest of it (both sides) is much longer for this world though. TJM siderails/steps not best quality ever.

Had the keyless entry transponder replaced. Cameron {All Jaguar} came over and did the job on the road out the front. Now I don't need an EKA code to start the thing after entering with the key. Yay.

Last weekend was dummy fit of LS into the 130. Down tools waiting on stuff to come in. I'm faced with the tension between (i) needing a rear facing intake manifold because of clearance issues presented by the forward facing intake manifold, intake pipe and the viscous fan blade; (ii) the necessary clearance to the firewall for the intake pipe; and (iii) locating the engine far enough back to have most of the weight behind the front axle. Most that do an LS fit thermo fans which opens up options for engine placement, piping and other packaging issues that i'm navigating. I'm putting out about 100hp more than a 6.2L and that comes with extra heat, thus the viscous fan. Ordered a Donaldson Cobra head that is tight fitting hopefully to clear the viscous fan on a forward facing intake manifold set up. That will solve an engine placement issue but then introduce a intake pipe layout problem because of the AC compressor. i still haven't worked out an air filter solution. On my layout, there isn't much room on the drivers side for the filter housing. There is room on the passenger side but that is on the wrong side for the snorkel. Who said an engine conversion was easy and can be knocked over in a weekend? That's right, someone that has never done it.

LS dummy fit_1.jpgLS dummy fit_2.jpgLS engine_1.jpg

on a less exciting note, the refresh of the transfer has become more expensive. ATB is fubar from a bearing welding to the journal and the high range gear is scored from a fubar bearing.

Transfer ATB diff centre_2.jpgTransfer High range_1.jpg

Hi guys, first real post since joining. My (new to me) '99 130 has at least one stuck piston, so it was time to pull the motor. Hoping to swap in the 300tdi from my '96 rust bucket..er disco... after a fair few rust repairs, anyway, first big step achieved today. 20250919_162903.jpg