Thread: Fitting a ZF auto in a 2 door Rangie

I have been told that you need to change the tunnel (old tunnel too narrow) to fit the ZF auto in the 2 door rangie. Has anyone tried it with a body lift. I am hoping that it will fit without changing the tunnel if you have a 2" body lift but would like to know for sure.

Yes, I have done this.

Even with a 25mm body lift like mine, you still have to but a 50mm might sneak through but I assume that it still will be too close. Where it fouls up is on the transfer shift linkages which will stick through the floor a good 20-30mm. The floor from an earlier Chryler auto will bolt straight in without any welding or fab work, but not easy to find (I was lucky enough to know a bloke with a 84 Rangie he was salvaging and grabbed that one).

Also I advise you get the later Disco round crossmember because the ZK auto sump will sit on it. Doesn't make it difficult to fit and all fits well, but bugger all space if you have to service it yourself. Make sure you get the works with it inc. coolers, flywheel and so forth becaue as youn would suspect it would blow the budget out ocne you have to discover you have to find all those bits.

The kickdown linkage you will have to re-fab a mount that goes off the strombergs (if you have a Holley on board, these are easier and have more space I have recently found out ), nothing too difficult but fiddly.

If myou gotr your ZF from a later model with the cable hanfbrake set-up you will need to get the linkages fronm an earlier Rangie (pre 86) with the LT230 transfer, or do what I did and mount the later handbrake on the tunnel (I always hated the poisition of the handbrake on the old Rangies).

It's all easy enough to do and thwe rewards are well worth the effort. Took me 3 weekends to do it mainly chasing up bits and pieces and re-plumming the cooler pipes as the air con compressor was in the way

Anyhow, good luck with it.

Trav