danebrewer Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Hello all, At the moment, I'm balls deep in a nut and bolt rebuild/conversion/modification of my 1985 2.5 naturally asthmatic 90, in which now resides a 300 tdi and R380 from a disco on a new galvanised Marsland 300Tdi chassis. After a very long and tortuous episode with ashtree land rover (which will be a future thread all on it own) i finally sent their bulkhead back, and am now looking for alternatives. Here are (i think) my options: either looking at a new TD5 bulkhead which is about a grand from Simmonitesa new 2.5 NA/D bulkhead which i'll have to have modified to fit around the R380 and tunnel iirc you're looking at over 2k for thisa new defender bulkhead from pegasus parts, at the moment they only make series bulkheads but would look at making a run of defender ones if they had enough interest (10 or more interested parties) on their website they say they would retail for about £1600 which is significantly less than a genuine item, but could take years to make/develop/arrive which i'm not really prepared to wait for....so.... after reading all that it seems that the only option left is for a new TD5 bulkhead. Thus the question is; will 2.5 NA/D era interior, wiper motor, wiper mechanism, dashboard, door checks etc fit onto the new TD5 bulkhead, or will i need to buy everything again/rob the interior from a scrapped/accident damaged TD5? thanks in advance guys, i'm kinda at a loose end here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 in our Tech Archive body & chassis section, this thread http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=38064 Galvanised Bulkhead Pointers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danebrewer Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 oh wow that's fab western! sounds like ma prayers have been answered thanks a lot *saves to favourites* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danebrewer Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 i guess this thread could easily have been responded with a : .... best search the tech archive in future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco-Ron Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 You don't have to modify the actual bulkhead to go around the gearbox. .. you simply get a different tunnel and the adaptor that fits between the tunnel and bulkhead. .. of course you'd need a later seat box aswel..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 i guess this thread could easily have been responded with a : .... best search the tech archive in future I'm not that brutal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Before you fit the bulkhead research "hot zinc spray" Galvanising. It doesn't warp panels, doesn't protect the inside, and forms a good keyed surface for painting. That and waxoil would be a good option! G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Why not just get a decent second hand bulkhead and either galvanise it or strip/paint to your preference? I picked up a fully dressed late Td5 bulkhead for £500 on eBay which I plan to strip right down and have galvanised. Granted that was about five years ago now but I would have though you could pick up a decent one somewhere easily enough still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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