Well I know a lot of people have joined the forum since I started on the 90 rebuild so I though its time although its not quite finished yet (but close) to give you an insight into the original plan and list as much as possible the modifications and alterations that have been done and one or 2 items left to do.
It originally started life as a bog standard 90 truckcab when I aquired it is 1997
I then altered it to a hardtop and made a few other miner additions, resprayed it and before stripping it it looked like this
The plan was to rebuild the whole vehicle replacing worn/damaged or ailing bits and at the same time to modify the hell out of it to build exactly what I wanted as an off road motor, whilst as much as possible from the outside at least have it look as near like a standard landrover as possible.
I'm fairly happy with the almost end result (like I say a few things left to do yet but this is what it looks like currently
And heres the full spec list (I may have missed one or 2 items hardly surprising)
Chassis and BodyCustom built hybrid (NAS90/300Tdi) galvanised steel chassis
300TDi gearbox crossmember
NAS 90 Front bulkhead converted to RHD
Seatbox modified (battery box under both seats
New Outer front wing skins
TD5 rear body tub outer skins replaced with NAS90 items
Doors replaced with later push button style
New tinted glass front screen
300TDi Transmission tunnel
NAS 90 Fuel tank with modified sender unit to suit 300TDi. Fuel tank mounted at rear of vehicle
Custom fabricated Integral tank mount/guard/removable tow hitch
Custom fabricated Full roll cage external front roll hoop with spotlamp mounts /Internal rear cage
Engine Gearbox and TransmissionOriginal radiator replaced with 300tdi unit with built in intercooler and oilcooler
2.5n/a switched to 300Tdi
New engine and gearbox mounts throughout
EGR valve removed and blanked off
All associated EGR equipment removed inc ECU
Viscous Fan Removed
New silicone intercooler hoses and alloy intercooler pipes
Engine oil breather system altered
LT77 Gearbox replaced with R380 gearbox
Rear axle swapped to later axle with disc brakes
Devon 4x4 wide yoke rear propshaft
Custom built exhaust system made from new std LR parts from various vehicles
Coolant Header tank repositioned To allow for Long travel shock turret fitment
TD5 Double cardon front propshaft
Suspension/SteeringScorpion Extreme suspension kit ( with custom rated springs to suit vehicle layout and weight, castor corrected radius arms, cranked trailing arms Long travel shock turrets, rear dislocation units,extended polyurethane bumpstops,extended rear shock mounts and long travel oram rebuildable and adjustable nitrogen filled shocks)
QT Hi-flex A-frame ball joint
QT Adjustable panhard rod
All suspension bushes replace with orange polybushes
(A frame, shocks, radius arms, trailing arms and panhard rod)
New 300TDi power steering pipes Modified to mate with 2.5 N/A Power steering box
New Power steering reservoir
ElectricalComplete 1 off custom built wiring harness for main vehicle engine and dashboard and all auxialliary lighting all shrouded in convoluted tubing
Custom built fuse and relay board with all relays and fuses mounted in cabin
Twin electric fans with thermostatic control incorporated in coolant circuit and manual over-ride in dash
New halogen headlamp units and all prewired to accept up to 130w Halogen headlamps if required
NAS 90 style lights for indicators, side, stop and tail
Twin rear NAS90 style foglamps
Twin 55w halogen reverse/worklamps independantly swichtable from dash
6 x 100w wipac spotlamps (2 mounted in A bar and 4 on roof all independantly switchable from dash
Rear wash wipe with intermittent delay
Heated rear screen
Electric front window winders
All Landrover switches in dash replaced with custom buildable illuminated units
Interior light replaced with Discovery style light and wired to include courtesy light delay
800w inverter hardwired into vehicle wiring harness
All landrover gauges replaced with VDO vision units and additional guages added
(Speedo, rev counter, fuel level, water temp, oil temp, oil pressure, Voltmeter)
Solid state split charge/battery isolator/combiner and controlled via dashmounted switch
Central locking actuators fitted to all doors
Std horn replace with twin airhorns
Std front washer pump replaced with higher pressure/output unit
Remote control alarm/immobiliser with central locking interface, microwave and shock detector and remote engine start all wiring built in to vehicle wiring harness
InteriorComplete dashboard replaced with item from later model and modified to suit
Landrover seats replaced with tilting sliding bucket seats mounted on custom fabricated seatframe
Four point harness road legal & MSA approved for both front seats
Mudconsole mounted in centre of dash to house Additional Instruments, switches and CD radio head unit
La salle headlining and side panels
Custom made interior panels/speaker mounts for rear bulkhead and other cabin locations.
Rear load liner fabricated from 5mm rubber mat
ICE, Communication & NavigationCB: Midland 80 channel with roof mounted steel whip aerial
head unit: Sony GTX 200 (4x50Watts)
Amplifiers:
1x Alpine MRP 220 (250watt) 2 channel amplifier
2 x Alpine MRP 222 (250 watt) 2 channel amplifiers
10 x Fusion 2 way passive crossovers
Speakers:
4 x Fusion 5.25" 180 watt speakers
6 x Fusion 6.5" 240 watt speakers
10 x Fusion Tweeters
GPS: externally mounted GPS receiver 20 channel SiRF Star III high performance GPS chipset and active patch antenna with usb interface to link to onboard PC
PC/Navgation: (under construction at the moment)
8" VGA Touchscreen, CTFGPS-1 ,Intel Celeron-M 1.6Ghz CPU , 512MB DDR RAM, 2,5" 40GB HDD + Adapter, Slimline DVD with built in wifi and bluetooth capability. Inbuilt ignition sensing, control input and output to and from head unit. Complete handsfree control of mobile phone via touchscreen.
Software: Custom touchscreen interface, windows XP, Memorymap,Destinator 6
Accessories/Tow and recovery equipmentextended Axles,gearbox,transferbox,timing case & engine oil breathers
300TDi Snorkle modified to suit
Galvanised Steel Steering guard
Alloy draglink guard
Steel rocksliders
Bolt on diffguard
Winch bumper modified to take t-max winch
T-max 11500lb winch modified with radio control module
A bar
2 x pin hitches mounted to front bumper
Nato 3 ton hitch mounted to rear crossmember
Dixon & Bate Pin and ball hitch mounted to custom removable drop plate
2 additional recovery eyes welded to underside of winch bumper
5mm checkerplate wingtops
Miscoriginal bonnet stay swapped for airportable bonnet stay (new genuine part)
All door, window and vent seals replace with new items
mechanical speedo cable swapped in favour of hall effect probe
Underbonnet soundproofing
Replaced all nuts, bolts and fasteners with new items
Braided stainless fuel lines throughout
Copper nickel brake lines
extended Braided stainless flexible brakelines
All body panels primed and painted individually inside and out prior to assembly
Numerous other mods and alterations to make everything fit
Wheels and Tyres265/75/16 Bronco Grizzly claws mounted on 16" modular steel rims
there may be on or two additions yet
