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    series III - with 300tdi's

    Hi there

    We meet a couple of nice people from Tassy some years ago - on there last visit we made some smart comments about there holden 6's..........fitted to the series III's

    Well on there visit yesterday - the sixes are out and both are fitted with 300 TDI engines - they used donor disco vehicles for the transplants, using the 5 speed gear boxes etc retaining the original series III diffs fitted with range rover centers.

    Well the gisp of the story - I was given the opertunity to take them both for a drive and was very impressed.

    Its not often within a series III when comming to an overtaking lane the traffic speeding up behind bunching up and waiting for the right opertunity - but the little series III was still in front with alot of bewilded people behind (little street sleepers)

    They also mentioned throughout there trip from Tassy - they have averages 32 MPG...................wowwwwwww....

    PS to Andy and Charlie - see you next time when back in SA...for those whom can rememeber it was Andy trumpet abbilities whom we all heard at Polo Flats....
    All the best

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    More info more info.....I want to do this transplant when I can afford it.

    Also, and excuse my ignorance, but is the 300tdi full-time 4WD? if so what happened in the series3?

    jim

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy View Post
    More info more info.....I want to do this transplant when I can afford it.

    Also, and excuse my ignorance, but is the 300tdi full-time 4WD? if so what happened in the series3?

    jim
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    had to laugh,,

    was just nodding off in the camper and lo and behold, a trumpet starts up!!

    this should be good I thought--

    didnt take long for the loud rebuke to arrive,, which only seemed to stir the trumpet up!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy View Post
    More info more info.....I want to do this transplant when I can afford it.

    Also, and excuse my ignorance, but is the 300tdi full-time 4WD? if so what happened in the series3?

    jim
    Quote Originally Posted by dolphint View Post
    Me Too Me too I want to ditch the holden out of my Station Wagon
    Yes the 300Td1 is usually fitted to a R380 5 speed manual with an LT230 transfer and is usually a full time 4WD. Remember the Land Rover Tdi engines are the next generation development of the Land Rover 2 1/4 litre diesels, so fit in basically the same space.

    If you are partial to part-time 4WD, there is a retrofit option where you fit the Santana part-time 4WD components into the LT230. There is a mob in South Australia who will supply the parts. Cant remember the name at present but will look it up later if you are interested.

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    Are these the two Series IIIs that were camped at Polo Flats for the 60th? I didn't get to have a really good look at them, but they both looked very professional and really neat from what I did see.

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    They are the ones. Really quite friendly blokes. I was walking past and was dragged into their campsite and had a stout forced into my hand. It was awful(ly good).

    It was so bad I then had to be polite and look a the cars and the conversions.

    I pointed out to Andy that his car had a split coolant header tank and suggested he replace it post haste.

    They were nice blokes (really!) and the conversions were well done.
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    Hi there all

    As for Andys trumpet abilties - after the Cooma weekend he did say he was seeking surjury to fimd the trumpet from his lower regions........no one has a sense of humor anymore........

    I will put up some pictures of there vehciles over the next few days, still going through 100's of pictures.

    For those whom want to know more about there vehicles just pm me and I will forward there telephone numbers - is was a well done job but I suspect it wasnt cheap....................what Land Rovers are though.

    Most of the work was done buy a friend of these in Tassy - he has also converted a few to coil's...

    All the best

    Wayne

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies View Post
    Yes the 300Td1 is usually fitted to a R380 5 speed manual with an LT230 transfer and is usually a full time 4WD. Remember the Land Rover Tdi engines are the next generation development of the Land Rover 2 1/4 litre diesels, so fit in basically the same space.

    If you are partial to part-time 4WD, there is a retrofit option where you fit the Santana part-time 4WD components into the LT230. There is a mob in South Australia who will supply the parts. Cant remember the name at present but will look it up later if you are interested.

    Diana
    Thought I would revive this thread.

    If you transfered the 300tdi and gearbox (into a series 3 6cly), could you remove the full-time 4WD component and run manual locking hubs and therefore have a two wheel drive run about?

    Maybe since this thread was begun a few more conversions have been completed??

    My thoughts are that swaping the 200tdi or 300tdi with gearbox completely over would be the best. Particularly when you are starting with a series 3 186 holden.

    cheers
    Jim

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    I found the website of a company in the US that restores series Landrovers, one of the items that they have for sale is an adaptor kit that allows the standard series transfer box to be mated to the R380 gear box...... It is not cheap but have alook at East Coast Rover Co. it is quite a big site but the item is easy to find

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