Thread: A thought for down the track

I would have thought buying a written off vehicle would be the go and transferring motor and box together. A disco v8/tdi with auto/manual box would be the easiest to find. V8 disco would be the cheapest. The 4BD1 110 5 speed ute sold on ebay recently for under $2000 would have been a good donor vehicle.

You probably have the metal transmission cover. The 1986 model had the larger pvc cover. There may not be enough room for the levers on the box if using the metal cover - but I don't know.

patto110 has a county with a 300tdi in it. he brought it with it already in place

should be pretty straight forward, hardest bit will be finding a low km engine

go the auto as well

Originally Posted by weeds

patto110 has a county with a 300tdi in it. he brought it with it already in place

should be pretty straight forward, hardest bit will be finding a low km engine

go the auto as well

I thought I remembered seeing one at Cooma!

John

yeah, I thought if I did it an auto would be the pick.

There was a photo of an auto converted county at Cooma. Cant remember who's photo though.

Hi Richard, I've done a auto Tdi into Defender, and it is a good conversion. Far more pleasanter to drive!
County conversion is easy, but a donor vehicle will make life easier, crossmembers, exhaust, etc all will change over from a Defender easily.
I would also take the opportunity to convert to all the Defnder brakes, (4 Wheel discs) and booster/ master cyl, etc.

All that is req is a rolled 110/ 130....Good luck!

JC

Originally Posted by Mick-Kelly

There was a photo of an auto converted county at Cooma. Cant remember who's photo though.

Pretty sure this was a V8 not a Tdi motor

sorry to hi-jack this thread, but what about the 200 or 300 Tdi into a series 3? I've heard of it being done but would be great if someone could show me where or who or how etc etc ..

cheers
jim