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Disco 200Tdi in a Defender??

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graham2306:
Thanks for that info re gearboxes.  Went in to my local independent Land Rover dealer, EH Douglas, yesterday for some engine bits and other odds and ends.  Neil was very helpful and spent 20 minutes talking to me about the best way to do it.  He said use the defender gearbox and bellhousing, he thinks there is one stud that is in the wrong place but he hasn't done one for a while so he may be wrong.  He also said the Steve Parker downpipe works a treat.

So the engine is being rebuilt at the moment and will probably go in in the next couple of weeks.

Graham

Les Henson:
Put the flywheel housing off of your old engine onto the disco lump. That way all studs will line up. Good idea to replace the crank rear seal when doing this job, as well as clutch slave, clutch and operating fork (reinforce it as well).
I'm the author of the thread in LR4x4 Tech archive.
http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=2394
All the information to do this conversion is there, including mods to the rad, other pipework, exhaust fabrication, wiring, etc etc.
This conversion is well worth it.


Les.

http://www.LR4x4.com

graham2306:
Thanks Les, very useful.

Graham

Miniman:
I have a old 2.5TD in the garage and on the end of the turbo is a cast exhaust elbow which fire the exhaust down. Is this another option for getting the exhaust to fit. I can take a photo if you wish and post it.

Les Henson:
The disco turbo has to have the downpipe removed or modified because of the available room. The exit from the turbo has to be a tight curve immediately due to the limited room (115mm). I don't know if the TD downpipe will fit the Disco turbo. The Steve Parker dowpipe doesn't look all that good for what it costs I think. I understand it's not a direct fit, and some clamping modification is still needed. The reason I made my own downpipe was so that I could connect to the rest of the TD system and it was significantly cheaper too.


Les. :)

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