Pappasmurf
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Yes, given that logic all classic cars should be scrapped now.Newsflash - Buying an old defender makes no financial sense!
Yes, given that logic all classic cars should be scrapped now.Newsflash - Buying an old defender makes no financial sense!
Not only that but then you would still have an inferior engine in your truck. Unless your exporting to the USA, that makes no sense.I am guessing “top drive” is suggesting I get my tool kit out and refurbish the engine that’s in the vehicle. This would make even less financial sense as It would take weeks of my time and then not get finished.
FixedNewsflash - Buying a Land Rover makes no financial sense!
Defender spec 200tdi is what I fitted to my NA - it’s good to do defender as you can use standard Land Rover parts and don’t have to dick about with conversion kits etc. It all just sits in the same place.
Good that you have the donor vehicle to, you can then just transfer everything across including all the fiddly little bits
Top drive is suggesting that he would fit a 200tdi
But he would not **** about rebuilding it because it's a bit old.
What I did was stick the engine in , throw a compression test on it and check the turbo condition.
Then run it.
And that was a bought off a pallet engine never seen it running etc.
My plan was had it been a bag of spanner THEN and only THEN would I rebuild it.
Get rid of the 19j unless you plan to export. The landy is an entirely different vehicle with a 200tdi in
Numbers matching Landys can sell for ridiculous amounts of money in the states. I almost sold my 90 that I struggled to sell for £4k in the UK for £10k to a guy in the states, but because I'd swapped the engine and didn't have the original engine anymore, it fell through.No plans on moving to America.... do people buy these things to export ?! The 19j to be fair has been reliable, although I don’t rely on the landy as we have another work truck, it’s a bit gutless for hills and towing, but always (eventually) starts - then it runs/starts nicely after the first start of the day! Suspect it’s just getting old and tired, the previous owner said the same and ran it for years!
Anyway, I find it annoying cranking it over for ages and killing everyone with a massive cloud of poisonous smoke when it fires up....Do love it though!
Numbers matching Landys can sell for ridiculous amounts of money in the states. I almost sold my 90 that I struggled to sell for £4k in the UK for £10k to a guy in the states, but because I'd swapped the engine and didn't have the original engine anymore, it fell through.
To export vehicles to the USA, they have to be over 25 years old, and be numbers matching.err... run that by me again! I have a 1989 Model 90 Farmer condition (every panel dented) if I could sell that for 10k it’s getting exported Haha
Surely that is half, (maybe more with old land rover reliability) the point of owning an old land rover is to have a large and ever growing collection of tools to spend every spare minute not at work in grubby overalls crawling around underneath it?I am guessing “top drive” is suggesting I get my tool kit out and refurbish the engine that’s in the vehicle. This would make even less financial sense as It would take weeks of my time and then not get finished.
Surely that is half, (maybe more with old land rover reliability) the point of owning an old land rover is to have a large and ever growing collection of tools to spend every spare minute not at work in grubby overalls crawling around underneath it?
If you are not going to work on it yourself you will very quickly realise the truth in @Mr G Imp's sentiment that "Newsflash - Buying a Land Rover makes no financial sense!"
That's a piece of pee pee. I changed from soft top to county.After this engine swap I will work on it myself as I’ll have no money ! Planning on changing to van from pick up next...I’ll definitely do that myself
That's a piece of pee pee. I changed from soft top to county.
cool - have been looking at soft top options but realistically it will just be even more noisy, leaky and cold ! My main objective is to be able to carry long bits of wood on the roof
That's why I swapped.cool - have been looking at soft top options but realistically it will just be even more noisy, leaky and cold ! My main objective is to be able to carry long bits of wood on the roof