Thread: The end of my Discovery.

The hassle these days is how intertwined the electronics are. To get the body to be happy with a foreign engine is no small feat

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

The hassle these days is how intertwined the electronics are. To get the body to be happy with a foreign engine is no small feat

I gather that, but both being Pommy Ford motors there may be some similarity. I know nothing about such things but I thought it wouldn't hurt to throw it out there. If a suitable replacement motor could be found it would be great.

Originally Posted by Arapiles

I know that the 3.0l replacement is about $30,000 but is there a cheaper option? From Dazza's comment it seems that the 2.7L isn't much cheaper than that, if at all.

But given that the 2.7l was used in a variety of vehicles (Ford and Jaguar), so presumably there's a few available, why aren't they cheaper?

Also, why hasn't someone engineered a swap of some other non-JRA engine? Cummins have a 2.8l engine that comes complete with all peripherals ...

The 2.7 is cheap used, anywhere from $1500 plus.

Interestingly still available brand new

Genuine Ford SZ Territory 2.7L Lion V6 Diesel Engine 276Dt

Originally Posted by PerthDisco

Interestingly still available brand new

Genuine Ford SZ Territory 2.7L Lion V6 Diesel Engine 276Dt

I gave a garage full of "just in case" parts. I'm not sure I'd slip that one past the wife.

Originally Posted by BradC

I gave a garage full of "just in case" parts. I'm not sure I'd slip that one past the wife.

I'd suggest giving it a go and then reporting back here as a bit of a guide for others.

Things of interest would be how long you had to sleep on the lawn and what poison you found in your food.


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It would also be good if you could let us know what happened if it DOESN'T go well.

Originally Posted by shack

I'd suggest giving it a go and then reporting back here as a bit of a guide for others.

If I did have that in the garage I might feel a bit more confident spending a couple of grand having the roof resprayed.

Originally Posted by BradC;[emoji639

[emoji[emoji6]]]If I did have that in the garage I might feel a bit more confident spending a couple of grand having the roof resprayed.

I think I’ll write to them and suggest that marketing a product that’s worth more than the car itself going into could be tricky.

Suggest they run a mini lottery at one hundred and fifty per ticket and only a hundred tickets