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If the running gear is fine everything else is bolt on... fillerable and paintable..or sparyable.

Get something reliable, if it looks rough then tart it up, failing that you'll need to dig in deeper and then never dare use it as nature intended.

Personally I'd fit something simple and easy to get the bits for, so a standerd diesel then you have more scope when you sell it. Otherwise you limit your market.

If it's a toy 2nd ot 3rd motor then stick a ruddy great Jag lump in it and if that fails a V8 ... all ajacent to an auto box of course

Lee D

is the "90" engine a standard diesel? I totally agree about the rest being bendable sprayable etc. and somthing reliable would be a dream!! had nothing but problems with past engines and i use the poor old girl everyday Landiemanlll

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Dunno, If you mean will it fit the SIII then if it's the 2.5 natually aspirated non turbo I tend ti believe it's a direct bolt in replacement for the old 2.25 diesel but please double check. If the 90 is a runner I'd be more inclined unless your SIII is otherwise mint to go with the 90 though but it's easy to say. I'm still attached to a IIa that has not moved for near on 2 years.

Lee D

well selling her has never been an option anyhow, offroading yes regulary she just needs reliable heart. it has only been a week since breakdown but need to make decision soon !

and very, very, very noisy! You can get a 200Tdi Disco for not too much money now, and probably get half your money back selling the bits you don't want.

Richard

The Freight Rover engine has only a tin cover over the belt and consequently can fill up with crud if you go off road, is it this which is breaking the belts or something else or does the front seal need replacing? I've changed the belt on a couple of these back to a timing chain setup just for offroad use (the machining for the chain tensioner etc was present on the front of the block) and used the chainwheels, timing cover, tensioner bits and injector pump off old knackered 2 1/4 diesel engines and they ran for ages like that with no alteration to fuel delivery etc.(it's an option if the 2.5 is ok otherwise).

and it leaked oil all over.

They all do that Sir.

so am fed up

I think you're better off with a standard 2286cc diesel, (they *are* reliable and good starters), or fitting a 200 Tdi from a rusty Disco seeing as you must have already cut out the battery carrier, it will (almost) go straight in.

Martin.

i am intregued tell me more bout 200tdi. extra wiring? anything else i should know b4 i start looking.

wouldn't putting 21/4 be going backwards slightly have got used to a bit more speed an mpg like i said b4 evryday use, motorways to the shows and offroading and journey's to wales, france or whichever way the wind is blowing at time!

It's pretty much a straight-in job - the 200Tdi has essentialy the same block as the 2.5D. You don't need to worry about the glow plugs as

200Tdi doesn't really need them, and you should have some sort of spill return already with it being a diesel. You'll need to make/have made a new down pipe. Make sure you get all the plumbing with it (if not buying a whole vehicle). It has to be a Discovery engine BTW, as the turbo sticks up too much on the Defender version. There's bound to be other little things, but nothing that can't be sorted out relatively easily.

Richard

the 2.5 n/a 90 engine is virtually identical to the freight rover 2.5 that you have now. The only real difference is the timing belt casing/assembly/fuel distributer along with little things like the starter and the number of teeth on the flywheel. I have the sherpa 2.5 in mine and when i rebuilt it half of the internals (like the crankshaft) actually say landrover on!

Since i rebuilt my engine it doesnt leak either!

Wow a landy that don't leak ........................................................................................... sorry was daydreaming then !!!

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Yeah, you really should put some Oil in Tom ;-)

Lee D