Thread: County V8 to 4BD1turbo conversion.

Originally Posted by Offender90

Hi Murray,

Is that a D2 windscreen wiper water bottle you are using under the right wing?

I'm trying to route the IC plumbing the same way, but the standard county bottle is too fat and in the way.

Cheers

Bojan

I doubt that D2 w/wiper bottles are the same but it is an Air-con equipped County bottle. Non-air County's had the fat bottle close to the heater while those with factory air sat further on following the curve of the left inner guard just behind the headlight.

Rob

Originally Posted by Offender90

Hi Murray,

Is that a D2 windscreen wiper water bottle you are using under the right wing?

I'm trying to route the IC plumbing the same way, but the standard county bottle is too fat and in the way.

Cheers

Bojan

No, it's the standard County washer bottle, but my County is an '88 model, so it might be different to earlier models.

Murray

Originally Posted by rijidij

No, it's the standard County washer bottle, but my County is an '88 model, so it might be different to earlier models.

Murray

Cheers,

That would explain it, as I thought the AC county I bought off Greg (lewy110) for spare parts has the same fat bottle as my non-AC one. Will have to check to confirm.

Originally Posted by Offender90

Murray,
Is there more space in the front of an AC county, or did you have to relocate the cross braces forward? (If so I'd appreciate any more pictures showing how it was done).

Cheers

Bojan

Bojan,
I just had a look at my County. I moved the cross braces forward approx 50mm, but not having the A/C extended grill panel (see below), I'm guessing you might not have enough room in front of the Rad to do the same to fit your I/C.
To give you an idea, from the back of the plastic grill (the horizontal louvers which should be the same as yours) it's 60mm to the front of the cross braces and 160mm to the face of the engine radiator.

Hope this helps,

Cheers, Murray

I have removed the standard A/C condenser, replacing it with an intercooler. I also have a PTO winch fitted to an ARB winch bar. It all fits, although access is limited, unless you have time. Nothing else in that area is modified, and it could still be returned to standard if desired.

Originally Posted by 1103.9TDI

I have removed the standard A/C condenser, replacing it with an intercooler. I also have a PTO winch fitted to an ARB winch bar. It all fits, although access is limited, unless you have time. Nothing else in that area is modified, and it could still be returned to standard if desired.

Thanks, that looks quite good. Do you have a winged or wingless sump?

A wingless sump, but it's still really tight for the PTO shaft to pass on the LHS of the gearbox and still have reasonable access to the filler plug. It does though, and rotates smoothly, with very little noise. These winches are very powerful, even a single line pull is effortless and they work every time!.

Originally Posted by 1103.9TDI

A wingless sump, but it's still really tight for the PTO shaft to pass on the LHS of the gearbox and still have reasonable access to the filler plug. It does though, and rotates smoothly, with very little noise. These winches are very powerful, even a single line pull is effortless and they work every time!.

Thanks,

I've recently come into possession of one (still waiting to have it delivered). How hard was it to fit the PTO winch into the ARB bar?

Did it require any modification?