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If I were too lazy....
thermidorthelobster:
--- Quote from: "Litch" ---I went the easy route and got LR to supply & fit a new one (300TDi) , bargain at £6.5K.
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My god, you trusted a Land Rover dealer to do something as major as fitting a new engine? :shock:
I didn't think they had that in their instruction manuals.
90sam:
Thanks for that reply porny i shall start saving now and in two years you may hear from me!
In the back of the Lro magazine this months there is is an advert for charles4x4 services, and they have a "this month offer" that has a 200tdi defender conversion kit for £1160 which i am wondering includes the engine because that seems pretty reasonable and would involve everything i would think. I could probably get a few friends to help me however i have never done an engine swap before so would probably be best to give it to someone :?
Porny:
--- Quote from: "90sam" ---Thanks for that reply porny i shall start saving now and in two years you may hear from me!
In the back of the Lro magazine this months there is is an advert for charles4x4 services, and they have a "this month offer" that has a 200tdi defender conversion kit for £1160 which i am wondering includes the engine because that seems pretty reasonable and would involve everything i would think. I could probably get a few friends to help me however i have never done an engine swap before so would probably be best to give it to someone :?
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Id' imagine that does include the engine...
The kit... so basically it comes with rad, intercooler, all the pipe work, exhaust down pipe, adapter for the fuel return pipe, fuel filter, air intake and a few other bits - so everything removed from the donor car. Around the £1000 mark is the going rate.
But for that money I'd imagine it won't have a new cam belt, seals, clutch etc etc... so you would need to add that cost on top.
If you fit a Defender engine, nothing needs modifying... so is literally a bolt together job. The only thing you could change if you wanted to is the fit the 200Tdi spec glow plug timer. Personnaly it's just something else to go wrong - and you could just run the wiring exactly as your 2.5Na is now!
Ian
Ser3 J:
90sam,
Stick with it :P - it WILL be worth it... And pm Ian for bits... He is doing a great project for me.
Ian,
LT77 - dont tease me! Let me know what you have got :lol:
oh - iv also had another idea... :wink:
Involves a second fuel tank :twisted:
Speak soon,
Johnathan
Litch:
--- Quote from: "thermidorthelobster" ---
--- Quote from: "Litch" ---I went the easy route and got LR to supply & fit a new one (300TDi) , bargain at £6.5K.
--- End quote ---
My god, you trusted a Land Rover dealer to do something as major as fitting a new engine? :shock:
I didn't think they had that in their instruction manuals.
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Actually it was a genuine LR kit fitted by a well known non-franchised dealer in Penzance and they made a bit of a pigs ear of it so all the subsequent warranty work was carried out by my local franchised dealer in Milton Keynes. It was ironic because I first asked my local dealer if they wanted the job (the kit has to be dealer fitted to keep the warranty in force) but they said no so I went down to Cornwell, when it went in to my local dealer for the warranty work the new service manager said he would have done it and charged a similar amount amount.
Bearing in mind how much work is carried out (new fully dressed engine, gearbox, transfer-box, radiator, engine mounts, cross-member, exhaust, tunnel etc etc) it was suprising that the supplying dealer said they would only charge £500 less for a DIY fit and of course then I would have had no warranty so I didn't even consider it.
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