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A 1986 One Ten diesel was sat at work with a lunched 2.5 NA engine, and looked like it needed a good home, so I've given it one. I'll chart the progress of the resto/rebuild here. I'm anticipating it taking about a year to 18 months.
I'm currently able to change the oil and just about change a set of brake pads, so this is real in-at-the-deep-end stuff, but I know many people who have done this sort of thing before; advice is never far away. I'm going to put a 200tdi (turbo diesel injection) engine into it from a rusty 1993 Discovery 1: a very common conversion in Land Rover circles, so there's lots of information out there about how to do it; if that wasn't the case I probably wouldn't have taken this on.
The donor: bought off eBay from Scotland for £600 back in December:
DSC_0011 small by GTP_Roo, on Flickr
DSC_0012 small by GTP_Roo, on Flickr
DSC_0013 small by GTP_Roo, on Flickr
DSC_0015 small by GTP_Roo, on Flickr
It had 3 months MOT when I bought it, which ment I could get a feel for the engine before working on it. All seems well.
The recipient: owned by work since 1994:
DSC_0058 small by GTP_Roo, on Flickr
DSC_0059 small by GTP_Roo, on Flickr
DSC_0065 small by GTP_Roo, on Flickr
DSC_0075 small 2 by GTP_Roo, on Flickr
I'm going to need to learn how to weld, amongst other things, but that's half the reason for doing this - to learn.
Towed out of the barn a few days ago and loaded onto a trailer to bring home:
DSC_1124 small by GTP_Roo, on Flickr
Now I just need it to stop raining so I can get stuck in.
The logbook arrived in the post today, yay!
I'm currently able to change the oil and just about change a set of brake pads, so this is real in-at-the-deep-end stuff, but I know many people who have done this sort of thing before; advice is never far away. I'm going to put a 200tdi (turbo diesel injection) engine into it from a rusty 1993 Discovery 1: a very common conversion in Land Rover circles, so there's lots of information out there about how to do it; if that wasn't the case I probably wouldn't have taken this on.
The donor: bought off eBay from Scotland for £600 back in December:
DSC_0011 small by GTP_Roo, on Flickr
DSC_0012 small by GTP_Roo, on Flickr
DSC_0013 small by GTP_Roo, on Flickr
DSC_0015 small by GTP_Roo, on Flickr
It had 3 months MOT when I bought it, which ment I could get a feel for the engine before working on it. All seems well.
The recipient: owned by work since 1994:
DSC_0058 small by GTP_Roo, on Flickr
DSC_0059 small by GTP_Roo, on Flickr
DSC_0065 small by GTP_Roo, on Flickr
DSC_0075 small 2 by GTP_Roo, on Flickr
I'm going to need to learn how to weld, amongst other things, but that's half the reason for doing this - to learn.
Towed out of the barn a few days ago and loaded onto a trailer to bring home:
DSC_1124 small by GTP_Roo, on Flickr
Now I just need it to stop raining so I can get stuck in.
The logbook arrived in the post today, yay!