LAND ROVER #1

Our first land rover...

In Apr '94, we bought a 1981 second hand Land Rover Defender 110. A red/white hardtop version with 2 windows on each side and a rear door with upper and lower part. The vehicle was completely empty and without options (no powersteering, no air-conditioning). We decided to put a new 2.5 TDI engine in replacement of the original 2.25 D. The kit included all accessories such as clutch, exhaust, injection pump, turbo, radiator... and was installed free of charge by Vic Tilborghs.

Karo warrier sitting on landy (F) [© 1995 PaulGodard.com]

Later on, we installed the following accessories inside the cabin:
  • pair of seats Recaro fixed on a quick release support to access the battery & tools
  • autoradio/tape AUTOSOUND A640 received from Krautli
  • 4 home-made 2-way loudspeakers JBL (4 x 30 W)
  • home-made sliding brown plexiglass sun roof (100 x 100 cm)
  • electric fan
  • set of VDO instruments & gauges (engine & gear-box oil thermometer, engine oil barometer, amperemeter, voltmeter, odometer)
  • indoor/outdoor electronic thermometer
  • 2 electric plugs for recharging computers (12 v)
  • 2 fire extinguishers (2 x 1 kg)
  • navigation compas RITCHIE PowerDamp (¯ 10 cm)
  • portable global positioning system GARMIN GPS 45
  • converter (12 v DC -> 110/220 v AC / 600 W) COMPOWER
  • universal Ni-Cd battery charger (12 v DC)
  • relay switch to charge the second battery by the alternator
  • inside isolation with 2 cm thick polypropylene foam + 3 mm thick rubber floor

We renewed, modified and/or reinforced the following parts:
  • 6 new tyres BF Goodrich All Terrain with tubes received from Kleber Belgium
  • second pair of mountings for extra rear shock absorbers
  • double bottom & top plate on front shock absorber cylinders
  • 3 new pairs of shock absorbers MONROE 4x4 (original on front + double mounting on rear) received from Monroe Belgium
  • pair of coil springs PEUGEOT 504 fitted inside the rear original heavy duty springs
  • 2 new batteries TUDOR (12 v - 95 & 130 Ah) received from Tudor-Fulmen
We also installed the following new accessories:
  • electric winch WARN M8000 (12 V - 8 T with double cable) with relays in the engine cabin and remote switch plug on the front hood
  • strong home-made bull bar with light protection grill
  • additional pair of head lights (2x 60/65 W)
  • hi-jack fixed on the front bumper
  • central alarm TEXALARM AV 754 H on all doors + ultra-sound module MD1010 received from Krautli
  • central door locking system with infra red remote switch PEREL
  • home-made roof rack (160x320 cm) specially adapted for the sun-roof, the tent & the metallic boxes
  • rack with 4 jerrycans (3x 20 l diesel + 1 x 20 l motor oil)
  • 2 metallic boxes (120x80 + 80x50 cm) fixed on the roof-rack & the tent roof
  • air filter with cyclone CYKLON
  • steel 5 mm plate fixed on front bumber & chassis to protect steering bars
  • 2 extra home-made diesel tank (2x 50x40x30 cm - 55 l) fixed on each side just before rear wheels
  • electric pump for diesel (12 v)
  • 4 orientable projectors on each corner (4 x 55 W)
  • support for spare wheel on front bonnet
  • support for spare wheel on back door
  • support for 2 sandplates on the right side of roof-rack
  • support for a shovel on the right side of roof-rack
  • support for satellite antenna THRANE & THRANE CapSat on roofrack
  • support for GPS antenna GARMIN GPS 45
  • soft radio antenna on roofrack


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