Pappasmurf
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Yes, given that logic all classic cars should be scrapped now.
Pappasmurf
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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.
flat
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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
Good that you have the donor vehicle to, you can then just transfer everything across including all the fiddly little bits
Pappasmurf
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I fitted a Disco 200tdi. The only differences were the oil hoses, I used the hoses off the 19J. A new rad/cooler. An electric fan. And the exhaust manifold. Oh yeah and a plate needed bolting to the left side of the engine for the filter housing. I got everything second hand, cost me 1k. That was the engine, rad/cooler, fan, manifold and the air pipes for the intake and a new clutch and timing belt.
Fixed
I am leaving it the hands of professional mechanics as well, that will make a big difference!
top drive
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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
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
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!
Pappasmurf
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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.
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
Pappasmurf
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To export vehicles to the USA, they have to be over 25 years old, and be numbers matching.
The Defender was sold in such small numbers in America that companies in the UK and America, as well as individuals are exporting LRs to America, they prefer original engined 200tdis or very early 300s, but they will take its. But it has to be numbers matching or customs will crush it.
You can go.on Ebay and a lot of LRs over the 25 year old age are advertised as being a portable to America, and they hold large premiums.
I thought I'd sold mine for ten I, but he didnt realise it wasn't the original engine and sadly had to pull out.
dag019
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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!"
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
Pappasmurf
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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
flat
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You would be surprised - my soft top is warm, doesn’t leak and doesn’t suffer from condensation either
Pappasmurf
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That's why I swapped.
