Thread: Newbie - looking for Landy models with 4bd1

Greetings,
I'm not familiar with the Landrover models/history etc. I am looking for a Landrover 110 with the 4bd1 or 4bd1t motor fitted as standard here in Australia. My question is what are the models and years to look for? I tried looking through the forum but I couldn't find much information. Can anyone point me to a good source?

I guess that any landrover with this motor is of interest to me. I live in south west WA.

Thanks in anticipation

The 4BD1 was fitted to the Series 3 Stage 1 as an alternative to the V8, dates as noted above, and then fitted to Landrover 110, station wagon with County trim, full length hardtop, ute (rare), and trayback (usually with an extended 120" wheelbase), up to 1990. A large fleet of military 110s was fitted with them in the same period, with some later, and a significant number also have been remanufactured recently to new condition.

Over the same period, the 4BD1T was fitted to a much smaller number of military and civilian 110 6x6s (civilian ones now very rare, no military ones yet released). There may have been a very few 4x4 110s factory fitted with 4BD1Ts.

Turbo conversions are not uncommon and relatively easy. Quite a few 110 V8s have been converted to 4BD1(T), this being relatively easy, although the bell housing and flywheel housing and a few other bits are fairly hard to find.

To clarify a common misnomer, the term "County" is often used to refer to Landrover 110s, as the most common version in Australia was the wagon with County Trim, which included the word "County" in large letters on the front door.

The nomenclature "Landrover 110" was replaced in 1990 by "Landrover Defender 110" with no essential change although it coincided with dropping the V8 and 4BD1 and replacing them with the 200Tdi. It also represented the virtual end of Australian Manufacture of Landrovers.

John