Thread: Defender TD5 Power Up Options

Originally Posted by Kelly928

I got mine from here:

SILICONE HOSE KIT DEFENDER TD5 on eBay (end time 29-Nov-09 09:39:11 GMT)

Bout $123 AUD. Took bout 1-2 weeks for delivery. I am Happy with product.

Kelly

if you get them from BAS, bell auto service, it will cost you the same but you will get them in under 7days

cheers phil

Originally Posted by discowhite

if you get them from BAS, bell auto service, it will cost you the same but you will get them in under 7days

cheers phil

BAS are £104.50GBP inc postage.

I'm sure they are a great product like the rest of there stuff, but they are not blue

Thanks Kelly, that's awesome

I bought my EGR kit from Nata Enterprises ( www.nata.net.au) who advertise on this forum. Jan is the guy you deal with at Nata and he's a member of this forum - but I've forgotten his forum name. His kit is as good as anyone else's.

It's worth going to www.td5alive.com and reading their instructions on fitting their EGR removal kit as there's a bit more to it than meets the eye.
Also, you will need a long 6mm ball head allen key to get the machine screws out of the exhaust manifold (Discowhite gave me that tip). I bought a cheap Kincrome 9 piece metric set off e-Bay that were just the right length (ie not too long and not too short). Using WD40 on the screws an hour before attempting to remove them also helps (Discowhite again).

I also bought a Madman EMS-1 gauge from Nata because it provided a convenient means of monitoring EGT (amongst other things) and alarming when EGT gets too high.

I've set my EMS-1 to alarm at 660 degrees C as my reading on this forum has brought me to the conclusion that EGT should not exceed 680 degrees C. Just as well, as once re-mapped it's not that hard to exceed this 680 degrees C limit without the engine seeming to be working that hard!

Fitting the EGT temperature probe is also something that is relatively simple to do but only after you bend the probe approximately 45 degrees so that it will sit in the right position in the exhaust gas stream. I found that out from reading others' posts in this forum. Search the EGT posts on this forum and take note of those that talk about bending the probe.

On bending the exhaust gas temperature probe, this needs to be done with care so as not to crimp the probe. I found a simple (and cheap) way of achieving this by using two 6mm wire rope thimbles from Bunnings.

Happy to provide more detail if wanted.

Originally Posted by Mellow Yellow

I bought my EGR kit from Nata Enterprises ( www.nata.net.au) who advertise on this forum. Jan is the guy you deal with at Nata and he's a member of this forum - but I've forgotten his forum name. His kit is as good as anyone else's.

It's worth going to www.td5alive.com and reading their instructions on fitting their EGR removal kit as there's a bit more to it than meets the eye.
Also, you will need a long 6mm ball head allen key to get the machine screws out of the exhaust manifold (Discowhite gave me that tip). I bought a cheap Kincrome 9 piece metric set off e-Bay that were just the right length (ie not too long and not too short). Using WD40 on the screws an hour before attempting to remove them also helps (Discowhite again).

I also bought a Madman EMS-1 gauge from Nata because it provided a convenient means of monitoring EGT (amongst other things) and alarming when EGT gets too high.

I've set my EMS-1 to alarm at 660 degrees C as my reading on this forum has brought me to the conclusion that EGT should not exceed 680 degrees C. Just as well, as once re-mapped it's not that hard to exceed this 680 degrees C limit without the engine seeming to be working that hard!

Fitting the EGT temperature probe is also something that is relatively simple to do but only after you bend the probe approximately 45 degrees so that it will sit in the right position in the exhaust gas stream. I found that out from reading others' posts in this forum. Search the EGT posts on this forum and take note of those that talk about bending the probe.

On bending the exhaust gas temperature probe, this needs to be done with care so as not to crimp the probe. I found a simple (and cheap) way of achieving this by using two 6mm wire rope thimbles from Bunnings.

Happy to provide more detail if wanted.

that would be theEntertainer.

cheers phil