farmershort
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Hi All,
I am offering for sale the 300tdi engine from my "donor" defender. I'm building up a v8 110, so I have no need of the 300tdi engine itself. 72,000 ish miles.... with a story
I bought the vehicle with no paperwork, but when I got it home I called the faded sign-written number on the side of the door. After a couple of days of waiting, a chap from Devon called me back to tell me that it used to belong to him, as an environment agency sub-contractor (addler and allen).
This chap sold to trader on around 265,000 miles about 8 months before I bought it. He owned it for 6 years in total, and had it from it's original (to him) 90,000 ish miles to the selling mileage.
When I purchased the landy it was on 272,000 miles...
BUT....
Wait for it....
A brand new engine was fitted at 200,000 miles - direct from LR!!!!
I can see that the EGR stuff is still in place on the engine, and the outer condition would seem to verify the mileage. Obviously I have no proof for a prospective seller, but I have no reason to doubt this chap - he wasn't making any money out of this info. Faultless drive from devon back to hampshire/surrey border.. and a faultless 2 weeks pootling around on my temp insurance before I took it off the road last month.
Engine is still in vehicle.... Vehicle has no axles....
Located (for the next 4 - 6 weeks) In Farnborough, Hampshire.
I am offering for sale the 300tdi engine from my "donor" defender. I'm building up a v8 110, so I have no need of the 300tdi engine itself. 72,000 ish miles.... with a story
I bought the vehicle with no paperwork, but when I got it home I called the faded sign-written number on the side of the door. After a couple of days of waiting, a chap from Devon called me back to tell me that it used to belong to him, as an environment agency sub-contractor (addler and allen).
This chap sold to trader on around 265,000 miles about 8 months before I bought it. He owned it for 6 years in total, and had it from it's original (to him) 90,000 ish miles to the selling mileage.
When I purchased the landy it was on 272,000 miles...
BUT....
Wait for it....
A brand new engine was fitted at 200,000 miles - direct from LR!!!!
I can see that the EGR stuff is still in place on the engine, and the outer condition would seem to verify the mileage. Obviously I have no proof for a prospective seller, but I have no reason to doubt this chap - he wasn't making any money out of this info. Faultless drive from devon back to hampshire/surrey border.. and a faultless 2 weeks pootling around on my temp insurance before I took it off the road last month.
Engine is still in vehicle.... Vehicle has no axles....
Located (for the next 4 - 6 weeks) In Farnborough, Hampshire.
