Nissan Engine

I have a 1986 Land Rover County 110 which I have had from new. It had a
2.5 Nat Asp engine which stopped working twice in the first 60,000
miles. The man who was then the Technical Editor of the Land Rover
Owners Magazine replaced the engine with a Nissan FD35 3.5 ltr Turbo
Diesel.

Even after 250,000 miles it still flies like a bird until last week when
travelling in France it caught fire. Apparently an electrical fault in
the cable but it has also caused damage to the starter motor.

This is an Hitachi 12v 9 77 with the following codes on it
S14/01
23300 01D01

Here in France no one seems to be able to match it and in fact when I
rang Nissan France at 4pm today their answering machine wished me good
morning and told me to ring back between the hours of 8am and 7pm.

Samuri in the UK are also trying to help but so far with no luck.

If anyone has any clue as to how to solve this problem I should be
pleased to hear from you.

CHRIS
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On or around Mon, 16 Aug 2004 19:20:11 +0100, Janet and Chris Wilkinson
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Even after 250,000 miles it still flies like a bird until last week when
>travelling in France it caught fire. Apparently an electrical fault in
>the cable but it has also caused damage to the starter motor.
>
>This is an Hitachi 12v 9 77 with the following codes on it
>S14/01
>23300 01D01

bummer. what vehicle is that engine fitted to? You'll likely find that the
starter you have has been replaced by a different model number or something,
but is nonetheless available as a replacement.
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As I said it is fitted to a Land Rover County 110.

CHRIS

In message <[email protected]>, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> writes
>On or around Mon, 16 Aug 2004 19:20:11 +0100, Janet and Chris Wilkinson
><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>Even after 250,000 miles it still flies like a bird until last week when
>>travelling in France it caught fire. Apparently an electrical fault in
>>the cable but it has also caused damage to the starter motor.
>>
>>This is an Hitachi 12v 9 77 with the following codes on it
>>S14/01
>>23300 01D01
>
>bummer. what vehicle is that engine fitted to? You'll likely find that the
>starter you have has been replaced by a different model number or something,
>but is nonetheless available as a replacement.

--
Janet and Chris Wilkinson

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:01:03 +0100, Janet and Chris Wilkinson
<[email protected]> wrote:

>As I said it is fitted to a Land Rover County 110.
>
>CHRIS
>

I suspect he meant which Nissan...

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On or around Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:10:26 +0100, Tim Hobbs
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:01:03 +0100, Janet and Chris Wilkinson
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>As I said it is fitted to a Land Rover County 110.
>>
>>CHRIS
>>
>
>I suspect he meant which Nissan...

I did indeed. If you go to the nissan-bits-seller and ask for a starter
motor for a FD35 engine, the chances are they'll not know what yer on about.
If however you go and ask for a starter for a 1986 Nissan Patrol (say) then
you stand a sporting chance.

the maker of the actual motor is next-to-irrelevant, since various maker
probably make equivalent motors.

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"Would to God that we might spend a single day really well!"
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Austin Shackles wrote:


> I did indeed. If you go to the nissan-bits-seller and ask for a starter
> motor for a FD35 engine, the chances are they'll not know what yer on about.
> If however you go and ask for a starter for a 1986 Nissan Patrol (say) then
> you stand a sporting chance.

Agreed - this is sound advice.

>
> the maker of the actual motor is next-to-irrelevant, since various maker
> probably make equivalent motors.

AFAIK all Nissan starters are made by Hitachi. The problem is likely to
be that most FD35's were produced as 24 volt.


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Janet and Chris Wilkinson wrote:

> I have a 1986 Land Rover County 110 which I have had from new. It had a
> 2.5 Nat Asp engine which stopped working twice in the first 60,000
> miles. The man who was then the Technical Editor of the Land Rover
> Owners Magazine replaced the engine with a Nissan FD35 3.5 ltr Turbo
> Diesel.

If I were in your situation I'd just look for someone who can rebuild the
thing - you should be able to find someone fairly locally who reconditions
starter motors and alternators. If they can't do anything with it, at
least they're in a better position to recognise it and find a replacement.

Out of interest, what kind of fuel economy does that engine return?

Regards

William MacLeod

On or around Mon, 16 Aug 2004 19:20:11 +0100, Janet and Chris Wilkinson
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Even after 250,000 miles it still flies like a bird until last week when
>travelling in France it caught fire. Apparently an electrical fault in
>the cable but it has also caused damage to the starter motor.
>
>This is an Hitachi 12v 9 77 with the following codes on it
>S14/01
>23300 01D01

bummer. what vehicle is that engine fitted to? You'll likely find that the
starter you have has been replaced by a different model number or something,
but is nonetheless available as a replacement.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
0123456789112345678921234567893123456789412345678951234567896123456789712345
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2 bob: it a SigRuler! | check out the weebl and bob archive:
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As I said it is fitted to a Land Rover County 110.

CHRIS

In message <[email protected]>, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> writes
>On or around Mon, 16 Aug 2004 19:20:11 +0100, Janet and Chris Wilkinson
><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>Even after 250,000 miles it still flies like a bird until last week when
>>travelling in France it caught fire. Apparently an electrical fault in
>>the cable but it has also caused damage to the starter motor.
>>
>>This is an Hitachi 12v 9 77 with the following codes on it
>>S14/01
>>23300 01D01
>
>bummer. what vehicle is that engine fitted to? You'll likely find that the
>starter you have has been replaced by a different model number or something,
>but is nonetheless available as a replacement.

--
Janet and Chris Wilkinson

Austin Shackles wrote:


> I did indeed. If you go to the nissan-bits-seller and ask for a starter
> motor for a FD35 engine, the chances are they'll not know what yer on about.
> If however you go and ask for a starter for a 1986 Nissan Patrol (say) then
> you stand a sporting chance.

Agreed - this is sound advice.

>
> the maker of the actual motor is next-to-irrelevant, since various maker
> probably make equivalent motors.

AFAIK all Nissan starters are made by Hitachi. The problem is likely to
be that most FD35's were produced as 24 volt.


--
EMB
change two to number to reply

On or around Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:10:26 +0100, Tim Hobbs
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:01:03 +0100, Janet and Chris Wilkinson
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>As I said it is fitted to a Land Rover County 110.
>>
>>CHRIS
>>
>
>I suspect he meant which Nissan...

I did indeed. If you go to the nissan-bits-seller and ask for a starter
motor for a FD35 engine, the chances are they'll not know what yer on about.
If however you go and ask for a starter for a 1986 Nissan Patrol (say) then
you stand a sporting chance.

the maker of the actual motor is next-to-irrelevant, since various maker
probably make equivalent motors.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
"Would to God that we might spend a single day really well!"
Thomas À Kempis (1380 - 1471) Imitation of Christ, I.xxiii.

Janet and Chris Wilkinson wrote:

> I have a 1986 Land Rover County 110 which I have had from new. It had a
> 2.5 Nat Asp engine which stopped working twice in the first 60,000
> miles. The man who was then the Technical Editor of the Land Rover
> Owners Magazine replaced the engine with a Nissan FD35 3.5 ltr Turbo
> Diesel.

If I were in your situation I'd just look for someone who can rebuild the
thing - you should be able to find someone fairly locally who reconditions
starter motors and alternators. If they can't do anything with it, at
least they're in a better position to recognise it and find a replacement.

Out of interest, what kind of fuel economy does that engine return?

Regards

William MacLeod