Discovery 2 300tdi conversion

muddytrax · Apr 27, 2012

Hi all bought a d2 with a knackered engine I want to do away with td5 as there a pain to work on, with too much to go wrong, does anyone know how to do this conversion? I've seen someone say you can just put a 300tdi bell housing on the td5 gearbox? The disco also has "ACE" does anyone know what happens if you disconnect this? I think the wiring is going to be a nightmare though, for MOT reasons id like to know how to sort all the dash lights out if I rip all the sensors out, short of taking the dash out and removing the lights!

Any advice would be appreciated.

Adam

bakerstreet · Apr 27, 2012

See if you can pick up the latest issue of LRO. I was flicking through it in Smiths today and I noticed they had an article on a D2 with a 300TDI fitted

Richard Martin · Apr 27, 2012

sell it and by a Disco 1 with a 300TDI engine

HenryD · Apr 28, 2012

muddytrax said:
Hi all bought a d2 with a knackered engine I want to do away with td5 as there a pain to work on, with too much to go wrong, does anyone know how to do this conversion? I've seen someone say you can just put a 300tdi bell housing on the td5 gearbox? The disco also has "ACE" does anyone know what happens if you disconnect this? I think the wiring is going to be a nightmare though, for MOT reasons id like to know how to sort all the dash lights out if I rip all the sensors out, short of taking the dash out and removing the lights!

Any advice would be appreciated.

Adam

You can remove the ace and fit standard rollbars instead but you can't just disconnect it

muddytrax · Apr 28, 2012

bakerstreet said:
See if you can pick up the latest issue of LRO. I was flicking through it in Smiths today and I noticed they had an article on a D2 with a 300TDI fitted

Cheers, I shall have a look!

muddytrax · Apr 28, 2012

Richard Martin said:
sell it and by a Disco 1 with a 300TDI engine

I would but for the price I got this I might as well carry on with the engine I've already ripped have the engine out so Might as ell finish it, I'd rather not do another boot floor either lol.

muddytrax · Apr 28, 2012

HenryD said:
You can remove the ace and fit standard rollbars instead but you can't just disconnect it

Cheers, I shall have a look and see if I can find some roll bars then or try and match it up to it works with a 300 in there.

harpo207 · Nov 19, 2012

muddytrax said:
Cheers, I shall have a look and see if I can find some roll bars then or try and match it up to it works with a 300 in there.

Hi did you fit a 300 engine in your td5 disco,harpo.

big si · Nov 19, 2012

I was always lead to believe that it weren't legal to fit an older/less efficient engine? upgrade ok and downgrade not

muddytrax · Nov 25, 2012

big si said:
I was always lead to believe that it weren't legal to fit an older/less efficient engine? upgrade ok and downgrade not

Hmm not that I know of? although the 300tdi is older i would be inclined to say its more environmentally friendly anyways, it gets 30mpg rather than the td5's 25 mpg also i can run the 300 100% on bio diesel where as the td5 cannot so not only am i recycling old veg oil and have around 1/2 the amount of co2 coming out the exhaust of a td5 I'm also getting more to the gallon

disco147 · Nov 25, 2012

muddytrax said:
I would but for the price I got this I might as well carry on with the engine I've already ripped have the engine out so Might as ell finish it, I'd rather not do another boot floor either lol.

you prefer repairing the rear chassis instead do ya?

regards to the above post which mentions ace and changing anti roll bars if your gonna be off roading it I'd just remove the arb's anyway, there is a thread on here somewhere where someones done a project on a TD5 and there is a LRO mag with a Disco 2 that has a 300 lump in it...

mark-d · Nov 25, 2012

I see a disco 2 body on a 300tdi chassis and running gear at a show once, that looked ok

The Mad Hat Man · Nov 25, 2012

mark-d said:
I see a disco 2 body on a 300tdi chassis and running gear at a show once, that looked ok

it it longer than a D1?

bencorkill · Nov 25, 2012

That must be a mega ask on wiring with d2 ace and all ride heigh sensors air bags etc, wouldnt it be easier to just get a cheap 300?

mark-d · Nov 25, 2012

The Mad Hat Man said:
it it longer than a D1?

cant say i noticed any difference it was a couple of years ago, plus there was plenty of beer around at the time :beer2::beer2:

He was a college tutor and the class done it as a project, think he kept all the 300 interior as he just had a body to fit, will see if i can get a pic

mark-d · Nov 25, 2012

this was it

MPfive · Nov 26, 2012

big si said:
I was always lead to believe that it weren't legal to fit an older/less efficient engine? upgrade ok and downgrade not

If that was true you wouldn't be able to put in V8's or most engine coversions

muddytrax · Nov 26, 2012

Wiring wasn't actually as bad as I thought it would be!

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