Well, this has been in the making for years but the right time for it has arrived. I will be pulling out the glitchy rover V8 from my 96 Discovery and be putting in the Rover TDI 300. Parts have been purchased and are enroute. The new TDI-spec transmission is waiting for me to pick it up in Charlotte and the freshly rebuilt engine along with the rest of the goodies I'll need for the swap are en route on the freight ship OOCL NETHERLANDS somewhere in the North Atlantic. It should be a straight forward swap as the only foreseeable fab work is new engine mounts and new exhaust. Everything is stock parts and should just bolt/drop in. Then there's a little bit of wiring loom splicing to be done to get the A/C and Gauges to work, but it won't be impossible. Other things that will be getting done are rebuild/fix broken parts on my milemarker winch, new fairlead, new headlight washer pump, pre-oil system, and ABS delete. Here's a photo of the Cargo ship which is carrying my engine and other parts across the Atlantic courtesy of marinetraffic.com
I'll update as the project progresses. I plan to start tearing into it starting next month.
I'll update as the project progresses. I plan to start tearing into it starting next month.