Wading Plug Help

[PRegan]

i'm trying to find the 2 wading holes that need to be plugged, i've found the easy one, pretty much centre lenght and width (this is the clutch one right ?), but i cant find the second, i think its the timing cover i'm looking for .. been under with a torch, dredged the net, searched here, ordered a haynes manual (not here yet) ..

can someone point me in the right direction or am i being a real muppet ? .. no rush as i'm not going wading, just familiarizing myself with all the bits ..

its a 95 300 tdi ....

[ROB 110 HICAP]

Not sure on your tdi, but on my td its right at the front of the engine underneath. Go in under the front bumper and look up at the diesel pump and engine block, these are linked by a big aluminium casting containing the timing belt, its at the bottom of that. Sometimes the plug is screwed into another hole alongside the plughole, with a torch you may just see the rubber belt through the plughole.

[PRegan]

for the very mechanically un-gifted , when i go under the car i see a big metal thing with bits and wires !! ..

i'm willing but not very able, yet ...

so slide in from the front, look left / right ?

[ROB 110 HICAP]

The bit with wires and metal is the E N G I N E . Only joking.
Half the stuff I don't understand. Try middle in front of the engine bottom.

[PRegan]

i'd worked out it was the engine by the black stuff leaking from it !! ..

back under i go, cheers for your help ...

[PRegan]

found this, following what i remember looking at last night is this magic missing hole on what to a mechanical muppet could look like the front axle ? .. directly centre, say about 1-2 feet from the front bumper ..

http://www.difflock.com/servicing/30...er-Removed.jpg

[ROB 110 HICAP]

No its not the axle!
On the picture you have you can see the timing gubbins, with the cover off, radiator and grill missing. Approx where the big red arrow is pointing is where it will be.

[dborg01]

I've attached your photo with a red circle. The wading plug is just benethe that part shown in the circle and it faces the ground. So if you go underneath the engine you will see a huge pulley with a wide belt stretched onto it. The whole were the plug goes is just a couple of centimeters behind this but like I said it's facing the ground. Good luck

[dborg01]

Mind you, mate, but you seem to be a little less than knowledgeable on vehicles (no offence here ) and the Haynes will only make you feel worse try this link and you have 30 times the info on the Haynes instantly and free of charge!!!
Here it goes:
http://www.*****************/varia/do.../downloads.htm


In the meantime keep on asking your valuable questions here - we look forward to help!

[PRegan]

but you seem to be a little less than knowledgeable on vehicles

thats one way to put it ...

thanks for the link theres some good stuff on there ... what happened in 1995 though ? .. i;ve seen this with the haynes stuff aswell, they go from stone age-1995, and then 1996 onwards, is this when the tdi became td5 ? ..

[dborg01]

thats one way to put it ...

thanks for the link theres some good stuff on there ... what happened in 1995 though ? .. i;ve seen this with the haynes stuff aswell, they go from stone age-1995, and then 1996 onwards, is this when the tdi became td5 ? ..

I did mean no offence with the "less than knowledgeable..." phrase, was just teasing Welcome to the land of the simple mechanics - LAND ROVERS!

Anyways the TD5 cam ein 1998/9 not 1995. 1995 was the first full production year of the 300TDi as 1994/95 was still shared between 200 and 300TDi. Don't worry about the dates as even if yours falls correctly in a set date you could still find differences!! The good thing is that you can always ask in these forums but in such a case you'd better use the "How do I do this???" section!!

Babaj