Thread: Isuzu 4bd1T in an Italian Defender 110

Originally Posted by c.h.i.e.f

only trouble I've heard about the isuzu box is dougal having some problem with his but not sure what happened with that???

Mine was sold as having done 240,000km in a dump truck. May have done more than that. I've got a noisey 5th gear which I need to look at.

Otherwise bulletproof boxes.

Will the 6 fit in the 110? Other suggestion is in South Africa early 110's were fitted with a four cylinder Perkins diesel might be easier to find than the Isuzu.

Originally Posted by marcecooter

You have two possibilities:

1) Isuzu Engineers left inside the gearbox a lot of space for oil

2) Isuzu Engineers put bigger gears inside the gearbox

I found a guy who wish to trow away another beautiful engine from the pre-Euro era, it's an iVECO 8060.05 6 cylinder not turbocharger, 5861 c.c., 139 hp at 3000 rpm, max torque 388 nm at 1600 rpm, 5 speed iveco gearbox is included....

My particular MXA is an early 6 speed, which had the 6th gear added to a 5 speed box (6th in the extension housing). So compare the size of the MXA main case to the R380 which has 1st to 4th in the main case, with 5th and rev in the extension housing.

Dear All,

Just a short note to let you know that I didn't succeeded in finding the 4bd1t or the Iveco 4000 Td lump I was looking for.
Isuzu engine is a rare pearl here, while Iveco 4000 Td is something that you risk to pay 1500 euro even if it is good only for the wrecker.
So I have decided to go for a more common route with Perkins 4236 Td engine...

With my best regards

Marcello

Marcecooter, keep us updated with what you do. And dont forget to add photos

Ciao,
Sergio

Hi there,

While we're still searching for these two engines, we found also another good 4 cylinder direct injection turbodiesel It's Merceds OM364A and OM364LA engines which has similar specifications to the others.
There's one point that I clearly don't understand: it seems that 300Tdi and 200Tdi owners loves these 2 engines a lot, I have a vnt 300Tdi in my Landy but I can't ever compare it to a 4000 c.c. Tdi !
Why 200/300 Tdi enthusiasts love them so much ??

We're lookin' for Mazda SL35Ti also....

Originally Posted by marcecooter

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There's one point that I clearly don't understand: it seems that 300Tdi and 200Tdi owners loves these 2 engines a lot, I have a vnt 300Tdi in my Landy but I can't ever compare it to a 4000 c.c. Tdi !
Why 200/300 Tdi enthusiasts love them so much ??

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