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Which diesel engines are suitable for use with ZF auto box?

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Jim-Willy:
TDi auto box is different to a v8 one, different ratios (or whatever autos have instead).

Range Rover Blues:
You can't use a V8 auto box on a Deisel, not unless the diesel revs up the same way as a V8 (which is possible gievn how slowly they rev).

Simply becuase the valve block is totally different, all the gearchanges will be wrong for a diesl and you might not be able to go fast enough for it to change up at all.

That said then, the ZF will go almost straight on to the 3.5 engine that came with the tax exempt chassis.

BTW if you are modifying, make sure you actually have the chassis and not just a logbook :wink:
IIRC you need a minimum of 8 point to prove you have the majority of the vehicle in order to retain it's identity.

Original, unmodified chassis is 5 points
engine is only 1,
gearbox and transmission is 2
steering gear is 2
axles is 2
suspension is 2
body counts for nothing if it bolts off.

So you can swap the engine and box without loosing the original logbook.

Dr Strangeglove:
I am keeping the chassis, axles and suspension!  It keeps the points, I keep the Vogue SE body and seats etc, and my good lady keeps off my back due to the road tax.

If I was running it as an everyday car or even putting more miles on it I would not bother.  But this way if I hardly use it I am not too worried - and also it gives me something to tinker with in the nicer months (do we get them any more?) when she is soaking up the sun in the garden (rather engine oil than sun oil!! – and the odd spot of red oxide).  I can spend the time preserving the beast (I am an ex sheet metal worker by trade and still have contacts for steel and the odd bit of folding) as when she's on the lounger she is happy for me to have a hammer and welder in my hand if it keeps me out of her hair.

It looks like I will keep the 3.9 out of the 1991 as the engine in the 1972 is a 3.5 SD1 engine so it will not have the point’s value anyway.  The chassis on the 72 is in superb condition for its age.  The vehicle has only done in the region of 70k miles as it has been on a private estate and off the road for many years.  Saying that the bodywork is showing every one of it years (though that wont matter to me).  The seats look like they have been a good home for several generations of mice.

Thankfully I have a friend with a vehicle lift and plenty of land so my vehicles will not be in the way whilst I am doing the work in my spare time!

As always, thanks for your opinions guy’s, they are appreciated.

Cheers

Mick

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