dr pepper

I must be thick, found some stuff on a 3 wire solenoid but nothing on a bypass mod.

I have a 300tdi engine which is all set to go in my series, however it has what looks like one of the newer stop solenoids with 3 wires, I've heard of these being bypassed and made into a single wire, is this hard to do. Also What does the sensor do on the turbo?. My engine is not one of the 'fly by wire' ones. Ta.

Thanks, I'm starting to think that I should go with the 200di and original series box and an aquired overdrive. Dunno if I asked this somewhere else but if I fit a diesel engine in place of a petrol what do I need to do with gear ratio's, is it a case of changing the transfer box output gear or would I have to replace front/rear diffs. I have looked at several conversion websites and this information seems to be lacking, or the petrol is not a viable conversion project. Your suggestions appreciated.

Thanks for the info, I have just about researched all the work required for the 200di conversion. I am however very suprised to hear what you say about the pugrot engine, the ldv pilot van drives perfectly acceptable with the same engine, I drove one full of machine parts and it was fine. Only one thing that I need to know now then, if I covert a petrol series to a diesel using the original LT petrol box with the 200di, what do I do about the gear ratios, there is obviously a big difference between petrol and diesel revs, is the difference made up in the transfer box or the front/rear diff's, theres hardly any point in buying a petrol vehicle if I'd need to replace or rebuild both diffs. Thanks guys.

Whats involved with fitting a r380 and lt230 transfer in a series, do the mounts line up, and are the prop shaft centres/splines similar.

believe it or not I looked around for the one at work and the cheapest was draper, 85 quid for a 10 tonne brand new.

a 24v digital meter would give a reading on 12 or 24 if you can work out the wiring, neg on one battery and pos on the other, you'd have to get the correct neg and pos otherwise you'd show 0 volts when in 24v mode.

Yep probably would yes, We have however 2 cars and a trike which have the pugrot engine, and a spare hanging around. And I'm looking at a '71 series 3 without either motor or box, so I'd like to put the pug in. Thinking of the xud with a lt77/r380 and lt230on the back from a dead disco using the 218's bellhousing, or get a ldv bellhousing which uses the r380, and getting ashcrofts kit that converts the lt230 transfer box into selectable 2wd/4wd to relieve the front axle/shafts. The pug is capable of 90hp, this is a lot more than the bl 2.25, and its a good engine. I have noticed though box's for the disco seem to fetch prices that can only be laughed at, I can get a driveable disco cheaper, so might end up the 200di route if I end up buying a knacked disco. Ta.

might be interested in your box/transfer box if you still have it.

Hi guys, I'm new to landys but not new to cars and engines. My mrs had a landy for 13 years a while back and now we are looking a series landy to play with. I want to aquire an old vehicle to do up, and maybe an engine swap. Right then, engines and boxes, later series 3's as far as I can tell have the lT44/fairey overdrive/bmc b series diesel, I have a pugrot xud9 1.9 diesel motor in the garage, previous experience tells me that the xud 9 is the same block as the rover T series petrol engine, I'm trying to find out how to mate the pugrot engine to the landy, the 1.9d is from a rover 218d and has a rover pg1 box, anyone know if the pg1 box has the same bellousing bolt pattern as the lt44/77 or the r380 used in the disco?, The ldv pilot van uses the pugrot 1.9 with a r380 2wd box, so a bellhousing from one of these would fit the disco 4wd 380 box, I'd rather not go and buy one f these if the rovers pg1 bellhousing will fit (ok I'd have to arrange mounts and prop shafts, but thats no problem). And yep I know the pugrot motor is not a good performer in the landy, but I'm not looking for a racer, just a runabout. Oh yeah I'm new to the forum, Hi guys.