Rocky Ward
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I have recently purchased a Series 1 86" with its original gearbox, but the vehicle had no engine.
So I decided to buy a Perkins 4.203, the one I plumped for off ebay included a LR adaptor plate.
When the engine arrived I whipped off the adaptor plate and discovered the plate is much bigger than the bell housing on the gearbox, see attached photo.
The seller says he know nothing of the history of the engine, it was part of a job lot of stuff he bought so I can't get any more information from him.
The name "Phillips" is cast onto the adaptor plate along with 2 initials maybe W.E, its an alloy plate not machined steel etc.
Its has a set of numbers under the makers name which are even harder to read, maybe "p4 203 xxxx", the last 4 are illegible.
My question is this, can anyone suggest what LR gearbox this might fit, maybe an LT77 for example, or better still identify the manufacturer of the plate, googling yielded no clues.
Milners no longer do them and refused to talk about them.
Thanks, Karl.
So I decided to buy a Perkins 4.203, the one I plumped for off ebay included a LR adaptor plate.
When the engine arrived I whipped off the adaptor plate and discovered the plate is much bigger than the bell housing on the gearbox, see attached photo.
The seller says he know nothing of the history of the engine, it was part of a job lot of stuff he bought so I can't get any more information from him.
The name "Phillips" is cast onto the adaptor plate along with 2 initials maybe W.E, its an alloy plate not machined steel etc.
Its has a set of numbers under the makers name which are even harder to read, maybe "p4 203 xxxx", the last 4 are illegible.
My question is this, can anyone suggest what LR gearbox this might fit, maybe an LT77 for example, or better still identify the manufacturer of the plate, googling yielded no clues.
Milners no longer do them and refused to talk about them.
Thanks, Karl.
