Thread: 200Tdi - Rebuilt - Where to source

Originally Posted by ashhhhh

Yeah that'd be great.
If the boss and mount holes are there, then sweet!

You can see in this image that both sets of mount holes/bosses are there on the LHS.

300 tdi


200 tdi



EDIT.
The RHS looks like the upper hole has been deleted, but the lower hole is still there. It would however be easy to make up a plate which connected to the leading 2 holes used by the 300tdi mount.

Ashhhhh, allow yourself a week off work, and have the engine, most of a LWB 6 cylinder exhaust, cutting disks, throttle cable, CAV fuel filter housing, plenty of hose clamps and fuel line all ready before that week! I'm currently building a SWB powered by a Disco 200 Tdi and LT77 5 speed, (projects and tutorials 'SWIMBO's Ser 2 Tdi The Beginning').... Once I'd removed the battery tray, the 200 bolted straight onto the same mounts using the metalwork off the 2.286 petrol. Not 100% sure about the 300 but think they are the same! You will need to use the bolts out of the Tdi though as they are metric! You will also need an M10 tap to tap out bell housing holes on the Tdi that are there and in the right place, just not used on the Disco. The two dowels in the engine bell housing will need to be removed, and you'll need to drill your existing gearbox bell housing out to M10 as well. Once in position, you will be able to use the Series rad (must be clean and in good nick tho!), and modified bottom hose. Remove the original thermostat housing off your petrol engine and fit it to the Tdi then use a std 2.286 top hose. Fans won't line up so u will have to use an electric fan. The Disco intercooler won't work neatly with a series front so you'll need to find an intercooler that'll sit in front of the rad with pipe work running up the left chassis rail. If time is short, you can do it later but not too much later!! You'll need a pair of 3.54:1 early Rangie diffs to bring it up to speed or it'll get to 100 kph very quickly but be flat out!! The exhaust will take a bit of working out but the six cyl system will let it breath ok. Let us know how you go!!

Thanks for that fellah's!
I plan to run the Ashcroft High Ratio kit to avoid changing the diffs.
Ill also be fitting the ROAM disc brake kit to the front, funds permitting.

Luckily I walk to work too, so time off not required ;p

What about an overdrive? LRT

Possible.
The high ratio kit is pretty cheap though, and seems to get good reviews.
Less potential failure points too in my mind.

See Global Roamers comparison in the link below:

Global Roamer Corporation

LRT

Yeah except their comparison states that the high ratio kit alters low ratio as well, which the Ashcroft kit does not.

Im sure their overdrive will cost 3 times what the gear kit will.

Thats fantastic.

It also means you can still use the PTO for a hydraulic pump etc.

However, you do have to modify the transfer case a little.

LRT