Thread: Isuzu Landies in various marketplaces

Originally Posted by Bearman

Normal sump capacity for a non winged sump is about 7.5 L.

My oil change is about 6-7 litres. I have a truck sump which originally had the thick isolating gaskets and now doesn't.

Originally Posted by rathgar

Is it really a 96 model ? Isn't that very late for an isuzu converstion ?

? in what respect do you think it's late ?

chassis date and/or compliance perhaps ?

Originally Posted by 87County

? in what respect do you think it's late ?

chassis date and/or compliance perhaps ?

Isn't a 1996 model to late to be able to do conversion and get it it registered?

Originally Posted by rathgar

Isn't a 1996 model to late to be able to do conversion and get it it registered?

There are a number of '96 Isuzu Landrovers about and registered.
Does that answer your question?
Why would you think it would be too late?

I think what everyone's getting at is emissions regulations in 1996 maybe too strict for a 4BD1 engine. Which is why anyone doing an "isuzu engine swap" needs an old chassis. Anyone who tries with a 1996 chassis is told they are not allowed.

interior 3.9 in WA.jpg

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engine mount welds 3.9 in WA.jpg

I could ask him for more detail. Clearance at front diff seems enormous. Seems reasonably clean underneath. Welds on engine mounts not easy to interpret. Interior similar to original. I suspect that the transmission hand brake cable would have been fabricated at at least one end.

Originally Posted by Judo

I think what everyone's getting at is emissions regulations in 1996 maybe too strict for a 4BD1 engine. Which is why anyone doing an "isuzu engine swap" needs an old chassis. Anyone who tries with a 1996 chassis is told they are not allowed.

Is told by whom?
Their mother? Uneducated naysayers?
There seems to be a lot of opinion and very little fact in these few posts. I have seen registered '96 Isuzu powered Landrovers before. Here's another one for sale:
Land Rover 110 6X6 Infantry Carrier Hard Top 12/1996 Auction (0003-3005416) | GraysOnline Australia
Are people telling me this one can't be registered because it has an Isuzu 4BD1T motor?

If you were trying to swap a 4BD1T into a landrover you wouldn't find any engine later than about 1994 build. That is as late as they were fitted into Isuzu trucks in this part of the world.

But the manufacture of engines went on some time later. The military has a lot more purchasing power than most.