Cost of 200TDi engine

Paul Luggar uttered summat worrerz funny about:

Disco ones go cheaper than Defender ones, there are kits in the mags for the gubbins to convert a disco one to fit a defender though.

May be cheaper to buy a Disco, rob the engine and any other ebayable bits then scrap the rest, least you can drive it then and be sure its's sound.

Lee D

I thought the 200TDi was a bolt in replacement in a 90/Defender?

A friend of mine set fire to his disco while welding something on it, bought it off the insurance company, sold the parts on ebay for more than the vehicle was worth *before* it was torched, then with the profits and the insurance money, upgraded to a Defender 90.

Slightly different exhaust and turbo setup.see

Don't go giving me ideas Ian Derek

On or around Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:35:41 -0000, "Paul Luggar" enlightened us thusly:

Only from another defender though.

and BTW, if you wouldn't mind posting at the bottom...?

In article , Derek writes

Lots of minor but annoying and time-consuming differences between the Disco and Defender setups.

Also need to consider that it's wise to do timing belt and clutch while she's in bits, and I probably should have got them to drop the box out and do the transfer box input shaft (TDs and earlier aren't cross-drilled).

I was offered a known-good conversion kit (120k-mile engine, injector pump, rad, intercooler and all other necessary bits) with 3 mo. wty. delivered for £1200. In the end my landy garage found one (they're doing it as I haven't the facilities). I don't know what the bill will be yet.

But on Wednesday, I collect a 200 TDi Marge...

Regards,

Simonm.