I used to be a diesel

No not me actually but it seems my landie may have started life as a diesel,
or at least had a diesel engine in sometime.

I was aware the 2.25 petrol engine was not original as it is painted red,
indicating a five main bearing engine, when they were still the old sort in
73.

However I was curios to find out what the strange coil and relay on the
bulkhead was, and apparantly it is something to do with glowplugs, but not
an official landrover item in any case.

All I really know about my landie is that it was delivered as new to a
dealer in Nottingham, the dealers plate still being there. What engine it
had I don't know, would I be able to get the details from Gaydon ?

I would also like to find out who the previos owners were how can one do
that ?


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Larry
Series 3 rust and holes

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:00:05 +0100, "Larry" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>No not me actually but it seems my landie may have started life as a diesel,
>or at least had a diesel engine in sometime.

Mine started as a diesel. Was a petrol when i bought it, and is now a
diesel again!

>All I really know about my landie is that it was delivered as new to a
>dealer in Nottingham, the dealers plate still being there. What engine it
>had I don't know, would I be able to get the details from Gaydon ?

Yes, the archives man at gaydon will be able to tell you if it was
diesel or not (http://www.heritage.org.uk/archive/archive.htm).
He can also tell you the date that it was born, the colour it was, and
where it went to. (you dont need to buy a certificate to find out - he
will tell you for free, and if you visit, you can look at the book
yourself to find your landy)

>I would also like to find out who the previos owners were how can one do
>that ?

i would say that the dvla would be a good place to start (lots of
words at http://www.dvla.gov.uk/). You can also contact the offices
for more information.
I'm not sure if they would give you any previous owner information or
not though.

Tom Woods <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> I'm not sure if they would give you any previous owner
> information or not though.

Yes, but there's a small fee.

Derry

On 30 Jul 2004 03:44:58 GMT, Derry Argue
<derry(delete)@adviegundogs.co.uk> wrote:

>Tom Woods <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> I'm not sure if they would give you any previous owner
>> information or not though.
>
>Yes, but there's a small fee.

Theres a fee for most things . They'll introduce one for SORN's
next..
>
>Derry