The winch plate has been cut to fit. The bolt holes will now accept the bumper bolts (rather than a second set of bolts 45mm ahead of the bumper bolts as per Bearmach’s fitment), so the mount will be secured directly to the chassis. This was achieved by removing the strip from the underside which […]
Sump
I’ve cleaned and repainted the new oil sump. It has 2 extra tappings: one for the oil temperature sender unit and another for the oil cooler return line. The oil cooler on the 12J and 19J is fed and returns to the oil filter housing (whereas the SIII oil cooler uses a single pick-up from […]
Instrument Fitting
The speedo and temp/fuel guage cluster are installed and wired up, and the sppedo drive cable was refitted after close inspection and pouring half a can of 3in1 down the sleeve. I have set it up ready to take the oil temperature signal; I just need to swap the sump over for the new one […]
Instruments
I have ordered a Defender oil pressure guage to match the battery condition guage I picked up at Billing. I have also received the new speedo and combined fuel/water temp/oil temp cluster, which will receive its oil temp from the sender in the oil-cooler prepared sump.
Downpipe
Well, I’m mildly suprised, but the down pipe fits. I’ll give it another coat of ali paint. Hopefully the new system will not only help the engine run cooler, but free up a few ‘lbs and bhp too.
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