DiscoStu Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Hi all, I'm in the process of doing a body swap on a Discovery 300Tdi. The Chassis, engingine etc is the Tdi (Manual), the new body is from a V8 ES (Auto). Obviously there are a lot of changes required, from transmission tunnel gaiters to fuel filler pipes! I admit, a similar diesel manual body would have been easier! I'm seriously considering not transferring the diesel ecu from the old body to the new one - I think it would not be too dificult to wire the starter, fuel solenoid etc from the ignition circuit. Does anyone know of a downside to doing this? What other functions will I be loosing/problems will I be creating? I will say as a caveat that I'm not too worried about immobilser functions - I have much more robust plans in that direction. Stu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cipx2 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 A 300tdi with manual transmission should not have an EDC (diesel ecu) in the first place, unless someone carried an auto to manual conversion or it's a very rare animal. See here how to recognize an EDC 300tdi: http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=17862 But if it has, removing the ECU involves replacing the injection pump with the mechanical version. Other than that, no other problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoStu Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share Posted January 22, 2010 Thanks as always Cipx2, no it does not have EDC so hopefully future ECU problems due to ridiculouis wading can be eliminated.... Stu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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