Accompanied by the sound of a chisel on slate Dave Plowman (News), managed to produce the following words of wisdom
Did you buy a 4HP? I still need one...
Wonder if it's possible....
Oct 06, 2007
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The usual approach then is,
1) Empty the casing. 2) Bandsaw off the bellhousing 3) drill the new bolt pattern or weld on the new one.
It's a Rover V8, there's *bound* to be a bellhousing!
Might be the case with manuals, but not with autos - unless the two are interchangeable. The only late auto used with the V-8 is the 4 speed ZF. And that only really in Range Rover etc apps - see my earlier post about the problems in using that. The Sherpa riot van and some ambulances used the same box in a RWD application, but I don't know if the bellhousing was the same as the RR one. I've tried to find a Sherpa box without success.
Were there any V8 LDV sherpa shaped vehicles? Might be a chance to find a vaguely newer box. Or were they all manuals?
Yes, IIRC. But the one I recall was a special for the Police to use as riot interdiction vehicles...
As far as I know the LDV installation in ambulances etc was the same as the earlier Sherpa one. The 4HP 22 had a very long production life - it might still be made.
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Surely enough there to turn your typical sheddy 924 into a Turbo or an "S"???
Romeo'
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