Thread: Yet another defender conversion question- from Canada

The only LR box that will stand up to the Isuzu engine longer than 5 minutes is the LT95 - it's the biggest and beefiest, but only a 4 speed and changes gear like a truck. These shortcomings don't bother me personally I like them, and with correct gearing in the transfer case and diffs, 4 gears is plenty. It's what was used in the Isuzu County's and the Australian Army Perenties.

As for making it fit behind the Isuzu, I know there is a housing that will work, but I don't know the details of it. Someone here will.

It will probably be easier for you to persist with the nv4500, i think it will be cheaper and easier for you where you are.
To fit tha lt95, you will need a new flywheel housing, bell housing, clutch, starter, flywheel?, thrust race bearing, spigot bush, and taper roller kit for the transfer case. All this stuff is still hard to traxk down over here let alone in Canada.

OR you could fit the isuzu msa gearbox and the just have to adapt it to a transfercase

Thank guys

I was just hoping that there may be a solution to use what I have, and that in some far flung corner someone makes an adapter.


It was a real bummer that the guy who was making the Isuzu to NV4500 let me down - he was the only show in town and the kit would have been prefect as he moved the starter to just above the oil filter, which was relocated

I think if I dig about I have the Hi/low / Diff lock shifter for a 2004 Disco 2 which operated the LT230 by cables - that would be an easy fix for the NV4500

Anyway thanks for the replies!


Mike

PS I could not get hold of the Isuzu gearbox as it was already sold and I was interested in the kit that was on this site, but there seemed to be an issue with the shaft - is there an update on this?

Have you had a look around on the 4btswaps forum under the isuzu section? Plenty of infoon there for you

Originally Posted by britrest

The original plan was to use the engine and buy an adapter for a NV4500 and adapter for the NV4500 to the LT230 (which I have)
Only the guy making the engine adapter let me down big time and after 2 1/2 months I managed to get my money back from Visa

Just to be clear, are you referring to www.dieseladapters.com ?

Yeap that's the guy

Said he had the flywheel in stock and another week for the plate
Week or two went by and heard nothing

called but just got the answering machine - no returned call

Lots of emails and calls but no reply

( I have to explain that as I am in Canada, shipping from the US to here is outrageously expensive, so I have a drop off point in Newport, Vermont about 40 miles away and I have a guy go every week to pick up stuff, so that saves a fortune, so I knew it was not sitting on a shelf somewhere)

I did read this guy was slow so I gave him the benefit of the doubt and waited, but after 2 1/2 months still nothing - so I wrote and said if I heard nothing by the end of the month I will contact the credit card company

Not a call or email

So I got a refund of C$2,033 - lot about $100 on the exchange but better than losing it all


Guy could have been sick or something - but just an email would have been nice.
Seemed nice on the phone too

I have my own workshop and I know what it is like to get behind, but a bit of elaborate bull**** is better than nothing at all.


Anyway there may be some light at the end of the tunnel

I got the adaptor for the NV4500 to LT 230 from dieselconversion.com and got chatting to a guy called Brian as the spline count on the box I have is different to the adapter= seems I need to change the mainshaft etc, as the adapters are for the NV3500 and NV4500 LIGHT duty ( naturally I have the HD)

So it was proposed if I send him the Isuzu engine they would make a kit and sell them, but would cut me a deal for using my motor


Has anyone else had problems with dieseladapters.com?

Mike

Originally Posted by Homestar

The only LR box that will stand up to the Isuzu engine longer than 5 minutes is the LT95 - it's the biggest and beefiest, but only a 4 speed and changes gear like a truck. These shortcomings don't bother me personally I like them, and with correct gearing in the transfer case and diffs, 4 gears is plenty. It's what was used in the Isuzu County's and the Australian Army Perenties.

As for making it fit behind the Isuzu, I know there is a housing that will work, but I don't know the details of it. Someone here will.

Homestar I beg to differ I have a Defender 110 with a factory turbo 4BD1T conversion fitted up to a late suffix R380 still going strong after 300,000ks of hard work in some of the remotest parts of the country. The ratios work very well with a 1.2 TC. I did the conversion in 2007 or 2008 and would recommend a suffix K or L R380

C H T

Originally Posted by C H T

Homestar I beg to differ I have a Defender 110 with a factory turbo 4BD1T conversion fitted up to a late suffix R380 still going strong after 300,000ks of hard work in some of the remotest parts of the country. The ratios work very well with a 1.2 TC. I did the conversion in 2007 or 2008 and would recommend a suffix K or L R380

C H T

KLRhttp://www.klrautomotive.com.au/ say the same thing- that the R380 is good enough. Personally I prefer the OE LT95 setup -as I have done on my 130, but maybe a late suffix R380 is the best way to go for this chap in Canada.
I have a spares N/A Perentie engine with L/R flywheel case and flywheel, and I also have an LT95a spare box & transfer as well. But freight would be expensive.