Info. on 2.25 petrol in a 90

Hi all. New to the UK (from USA) and this site but been an owner for 12 years. I have a 90 CSW, Build date of Dec. 19, 1984, dispatched Jan. 3, 1985 and registered Nov. 1985. Has original chassis, engine (97K miles), axles, gearbox, transferbox. Actually all original besides the chassis work and footwells I did recently.

I have been searching for any documentation as to when the last 2.25 petrol 90 was built and perhaps how many were built. I have seen a few small bits of info claiming they were only installed for the first 6 months of production yet I have also seen trucks registered at the end of 1984 having the 2.5 petrol from the factory. Seems to me mine would be one of the last ones, though I have not found much proof of this. I know there were still series III trucks being first registered in 1985 though not many. Curious how many 2.25 CSW 90's were built and when the last 2.25 was installed at the factory.

If anyone has some information or can point me in a direction to find some I would greatly appreciate it. I have the Heritage Trust cert. which gave me the dates I already know. I have just recently written to DVLA for copies of the previous V5's. Being registered almost a year after build would lead me to think it was a "left over" as better engines were available so why bother with a 2.25. Though it could have been used privately perhaps and did not need to get registered right away but it did get dispatched to a dealer. I am hoping the membership may have some interesting facts on this topic.

Glad to be a member and look forward to tapping into the memberships knowledge and perhaps helping others when I can. Thanks!

Trouble is most by now if still around would have had a 2.5p/d engine fitted, i once saw one on a farm in south wales back in the 90's whilst on holiday farmer said it had been standing there for about 5 years, me and bro fell in love with it and wanted to buy it but wouldn't of been able to get it back to manchester as we was both in our series trucks at the time

Ah, the joys of land-rover and parts bin engineering.

Dumb question - are you sure this thing was a 2.25 to begin with and hasn't been messed about with by some stupid previous owner? With the time discrepancy it's what i'd suspect - somebody blew up the 2.5 in it and managed to snag a 2.25 cheap - so in it went.

Lastly, where you at in the States? New Englander here....

Alan

mrchurchill109 said:

Dumb question - are you sure this thing was a 2.25 to begin with and hasn't been messed about with by some stupid previous owner? With the time discrepancy it's what i'd suspect - somebody blew up the 2.5 in it and managed to snag a 2.25 cheap - so in it went.

Lastly, where you at in the States? New Englander here....

Alan

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Heritage trust Cert. confirms the truck still retains the original 11H engine it left the factory with (serial number matches exactly). Still on the original vin stamped chassis and heritage trust cert. serial numbers also match for the gearbox and front axle. Rear axle is also original but I cannot make out the stamping as easily. So I am positive it has not been modified in any way.

Funny how it now seems an original 90 with a 2.25 petrol is a bit rare now (or so I think). Since as stated most swapped them out for something a bit better or usually a tdi transplant. I am a bit of a purist which is why I bought it, they are only original once.

Came to the UK from CT, so also a New Englander!

My mate has a B reg 90 with the 2.25 petrol lump.
Very slow, but he loves it!

I've gone the other way, I have a Series 2a with a 2.5!