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James Phillips

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• Nov 1, 2021

• #1

Evening all
I realise some may view this as heresy and sabotage, but just wondering if anyone has already tried to do this? Have seen it done with Defenders snd early Rangies. Our TD5 is 2003, only 135k, auto and 7 door xs spec. Way too good to scrap snd getting dearer to run by the day - ULEZ to anyone near London rules out using it as a workhorse in town. Diesel back up to £1.50 a litre so maybe worth it to give the old girl a new lease of life as an EV?
Thoughts, ideas, experiences and advice all welcome.
Thanks in advance

 

Stanleysteamer

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Full Member

• Nov 1, 2021

• #2

James Phillips said:

Evening all
I realise some may view this as heresy and sabotage, but just wondering if anyone has already tried to do this? Have seen it done with Defenders snd early Rangies. Our TD5 is 2003, only 135k, auto and 7 door xs spec. Way too good to scrap snd getting dearer to run by the day - ULEZ to anyone near London rules out using it as a workhorse in town. Diesel back up to £1.50 a litre so maybe worth it to give the old girl a new lease of life as an EV?
Thoughts, ideas, experiences and advice all welcome.
Thanks in advance

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You will need feck off deep pockets.

 

MJI

Well-Known Member

• Nov 1, 2021

• #3

You also need a scrap Tesla

 

Si Click

Well-Known Member

• Nov 1, 2021

• #4

Looking ahead, I'm hoping that as 2030 comes closer and diesel vehicles become increasingly difficult to sustain, that the technology will improve enough and become cheap enough to make this a viable option. It could be all electric with fast-charging, huge capacity batteries, or it could be some form of hydrogen fuel cell. Either way, right now it is far too expensive, offers far too little range and takes too long to charge.

 

ronsealdeath

Sagging Member

• Nov 2, 2021

• #5

We are all in shyte when shipping moves to diesel in a couple of yrs time. £1.50 will be a pipe dream.

 

Nodge68

Well-Known Member

• Nov 2, 2021

• #6

If you can DIY, you can probably do a low power (more powerful than a TD5) conversion for about £10k to £15k, using second hand EV components, and some trick controller boards.

There's a couple of Freelanders being done at the moment, so look in the Freelander section, to get an idea of what is involved.

 

My Old Landy

Keep breathin'

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• Nov 2, 2021

• #7

Can I have the TD5 engine once you have removed it

 

Stanleysteamer

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• Nov 2, 2021

• #8

My Old Landy said:

Can I have the TD5 engine once you have removed it

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Get to the back of the queue!!!!!!!

 

kevstar

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• Nov 2, 2021

• #9

Stanleysteamer said:

Get to the back of the queue!!!!!!!

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Ok I'll have your V8 then if your getting the td5.

 

Stanleysteamer

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• Nov 2, 2021

• #10

kevstar said:

Ok I'll have your V8 then if your getting the td5.

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No you feckin won't!
I'll just put it with my collection, behind my ear for Ron. (later Ron)

 

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tilly2

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• Nov 4, 2021

• #11

Just buy one of these electric bad boys....