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muddyjames:
I thought a conversion would take more than 3 days to do with having to weld new mounting brackets in place etc etc. It took me 3 days to change a disco engine in a disco and a like for like engine!

When I get a proper landy I would like a 200tdi in it too.

Amma:
Well it all depends on how skilled you are I suppose.

I have mood swings that mean that when I feel good I can get on and do things in a short space of time but then I can also sometimes get part way through something and have a low which means that it can then take eighteen months to do a rather simple re-build that once I started at it again saw the Landy completed and MoT'd in less than a week.

It almost got to the point on wednesday where I felt like pouring petrol all over it and throwing a lit match from a distance but just as I was starting to feel down my nextdoor neighbour came back with a part that I had been waiting for for a couple of days and I was able to fit that and about an hour later I was able to start the engine up and even get her to move under her own steam.

Once that happened I had a great big 'turbo-induced' grin on my face and that spurred me on to get the last bits done.

 :D

All I can say is that I now know why so many people fit Tdi's into Series Landies as it makes them so much better. I have found that I am not having to wait for a huge gap to pull out into traffic and when I do pull out, I do not hold traffic up whilst accelerating.

 :cool:

cooper956:
shes in then wounder how it compares with my 2.8td in mine.

NiteMare:
i did like the transformation of my 88 when i swapped the engine, as you say, "no waiting for big gaps in traffic" ..

it really has made it an every day usable car with reasonable economy for a mobile barn, i've got 3.54 diffs in it and 7.50x16s it will soon be getting an overdrive, i haven't modified the accellerator lever which means i don't get full throttle but it still does over 75 (just) as it stands, it has potential to be scary fast once the o/d is in, the bonus really tho should be on the motorway, where it should come down to not too much over tickover at 60-65mph and hopefully increase it's economy  :dance:

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