Thread: Isuzu MSA Gearbox to LT230

Originally Posted by Vern

So with the clutch for the isuzu/landy combo, is it a landrover pressure plate and isuzu friction plate? (to suit gearbox input shaft)

With a landrover flywheel and an Isuzu 275mm friction plate (to suite input shaft) you can use either the landrover or isuzu 275mm pressure plate (they both bolt up to the landrover flywheel)

A guide to how cheap 4BD1/MSA can be got for:

ISUZU ENGINE & GEARBOX (eBay item 250759537388 end time 28-Jan-11 14:49:22 AEDST) : Cars, Bikes, Boats

$722 for 4BD1 with alternator/starter and MSA box.

Originally Posted by the_grubb

A guide to how cheap 4BD1/MSA can be got for:

ISUZU ENGINE & GEARBOX (eBay item 250759537388 end time 28-Jan-11 14:49:22 AEDST) : Cars, Bikes, Boats

$722 for 4BD1 with alternator/starter and MSA box.

That manifold suggests it's a 4BE1.

Originally Posted by Dougal

That manifold suggests it's a 4BE1.

It does. But the email I got back from the seller confirmed that its a 4BD1. I bidded on this but wasn't the highest bidder.

Originally Posted by Dougal

That manifold suggests it's a 4BE1.

As I have said before, I have the same manifold, it definitely came from a 4BD1.

Btw - my manifold should morph into a laminova IC very soon.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

As I have said before, I have the same manifold, it definitely came from a 4BD1.

Btw - my manifold should morph into a laminova IC very soon.

That's interesting. Over here the NA 4BD1 stopped appearing in trucks around 1986 when the turbo 4BD1T came in.
We then had the 3 ton NPR57 with the 4BC2 and the 4 ton NPR59 with the 4BD1T.
Later on the 4BE1 replaced the 4BC2. Externally these had two large grilles across the bumper instead of 7 individual pockets. Like this one:

1988 Isuzu NPR Elf for sale - TradeMe.co.nz - New Zealand

Originally Posted by Dougal

That's interesting. Over here the NA 4BD1 stopped appearing in trucks around 1986 when the turbo 4BD1T came in.
We then had the 3 ton NPR57 with the 4BC2 and the 4 ton NPR59 with the 4BD1T.
Later on the 4BE1 replaced the 4BC2. Externally these had two large grilles across the bumper instead of 7 individual pockets. Like this one:

1988 Isuzu NPR Elf for sale - TradeMe.co.nz - New Zealand

Not sure when they stopped the NA's here, but they were still going in the '90s

Originally Posted by Dougal

That's interesting. Over here the NA 4BD1 stopped appearing in trucks around 1986 when the turbo 4BD1T came in.
We then had the 3 ton NPR57 with the 4BC2 and the 4 ton NPR59 with the 4BD1T.
Later on the 4BE1 replaced the 4BC2. Externally these had two large grilles across the bumper instead of 7 individual pockets. Like this one:

1988 Isuzu NPR Elf for sale - TradeMe.co.nz - New Zealand

I relieve the 4BD1 I took the manifold from was early 90's.