Thread: swapping manual to auto

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Are you sure you own a landrover.....

Guilty. Especially seeing as if the D3 rebuild didn't work out, I was going to do the TDV6 conversion on the D1!

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Like I said, it all depends on how much you can spend, and how much you're willing to spend.
Different for all of us

Can't argue with that! The world would be a strange place if we were all the same.

Originally Posted by OffTrack

Came across a post from 2010 in which someone had TRS in Adelaide do an Auto -> Manual swap in a Td5. The job cost $7000 with a labour component of $1500. Going Manual -> Auto is likely to cost a fair bit more than that as Disco Muppets $6K+ estimate on parts alone would indicate.

If you are handy on the spanners, and are willing to take the chance on a buying wrecked auto, then you should be able to the bill down quite low, breaking the other D2 for parts, and selling off any bits you don't need.

There will be some parts that you'd be better off buying new rather than s/h.

Thanks guys. SWMBO was suggesting it as we are thinking of heading off round oz and she isnt that confident driving a stick shift and towing a camper trailer. But i think i have managed to talk her round....hopefully!!!
Thanks againg guys
goose

Still will take a lot of work and $$$ but it would be cheaper / easier to not put the D2 Auto but the D1 Auto as it is valve bod controlled so no need for the ECU.

My Defender has the D2 box converted back to Valve control. Cost them a bomb to do as it is totally custom. Cost me a bomb in repair work to.

If you were to fit a D1 auto into a D2 how would you connect the kick down cable, as the D2 is drive by wire there is no accelerator linkage to connect to?

Hi
Could anyone please assist with info to convert an auto ecu to work in a defender (clutch switch functioning)?
Thanks
Nicky