SARTech
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During the month of February and likely into March I will be doing a re-power of my 1989 D90. It currently has a J19 motor and Ill be upgrading it to a 200TDi and doing a few other things along the way.
The memorial part is that it was my wife and I desires to do some overloading and offloading in it. She passed a way Feb of 2018. Im planning on this Feb to be a hard month on me because I miss her very much and its just plane hard loosing your best friend and wife for 29 years. So I want to fix some of the things she didn’t like about Landy and get it road worth so that I can take it on some trips. I have booked the fire lookout tower in North Idaho where we had our honeymoon at 1989. This June would of been our 30 year anniversary and I want to drive the Landy to the tower in June.
She like the quirkiness of the Landy, she liked the uniqueness and she really like the fact that it had been a long time desire of mine that I have a Defender and we were finally able to get one. She always had an outlook of one that liked to enjoy the now because tomorrow is not promised.
She didn’t like the smoke Landy produced. She didn’t like the rattles and the passenger door not shutting very well. She also always thought it should ride a little better.
What needs to be done:
Timing belt install
Replace engine gaskets
Install the 200TDi along with the transmission and transferase that came along with the motor. Which I got from NAS-ROW member ‘madscientist’ (Oliver). This is a Defender 200 so should be a pretty easy swap.
Install all new gauges
Install new suspension, springs, shocks and bushings.
Reseal front swivel balls
Breaks
Replace door hinges and seals, get doors to shut somewhat easier.
Fix a few water leaks.
Fix a couple dents.
Install some insulation, mainly to prevent the inside from sweating when it cold outside.
Some where along the line it will get a full restoration but now is not the time or place.
Things i need:
Radiator.
Suspension, looking for suggestion on that.
Suspension bushings.
An idea of what the paint color is.
Insulation and sound deadening.
Im going to try to get a Rockware bumper, still need to call them.
So lots more to come. Follow along and feel free to add advise and suggestions, please.
Pat
The memorial part is that it was my wife and I desires to do some overloading and offloading in it. She passed a way Feb of 2018. Im planning on this Feb to be a hard month on me because I miss her very much and its just plane hard loosing your best friend and wife for 29 years. So I want to fix some of the things she didn’t like about Landy and get it road worth so that I can take it on some trips. I have booked the fire lookout tower in North Idaho where we had our honeymoon at 1989. This June would of been our 30 year anniversary and I want to drive the Landy to the tower in June.
She like the quirkiness of the Landy, she liked the uniqueness and she really like the fact that it had been a long time desire of mine that I have a Defender and we were finally able to get one. She always had an outlook of one that liked to enjoy the now because tomorrow is not promised.
She didn’t like the smoke Landy produced. She didn’t like the rattles and the passenger door not shutting very well. She also always thought it should ride a little better.
What needs to be done:
Timing belt install
Replace engine gaskets
Install the 200TDi along with the transmission and transferase that came along with the motor. Which I got from NAS-ROW member ‘madscientist’ (Oliver). This is a Defender 200 so should be a pretty easy swap.
Install all new gauges
Install new suspension, springs, shocks and bushings.
Reseal front swivel balls
Breaks
Replace door hinges and seals, get doors to shut somewhat easier.
Fix a few water leaks.
Fix a couple dents.
Install some insulation, mainly to prevent the inside from sweating when it cold outside.
Some where along the line it will get a full restoration but now is not the time or place.
Things i need:
Radiator.
Suspension, looking for suggestion on that.
Suspension bushings.
An idea of what the paint color is.
Insulation and sound deadening.
Im going to try to get a Rockware bumper, still need to call them.
So lots more to come. Follow along and feel free to add advise and suggestions, please.
Pat