Series 2 Landrover series 2 engine type

My mate has a 58 series 2 and that came with a diesel engine
Edit 2.25

The 2 1/4 diesel and petrol were introduced in '58

rich201283 said:

I have a 1959 series 2, the engine in it is a 2.25 diesel, I'm trying to find out if this is the original engine as im not sure if they put that engine in for that year, can anyone shed any light on this?

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it would have had a 2 litre diesel or 2.25 petrol, a lot were swapped over to 2.25 as engines wore which is what we did with our 58 in the 1970s

jamesmartin said:

it would have had a 2 litre diesel or 2.25 petrol, a lot were swapped over to 2.25 as engines wore which is what we did with our 58 in the 1970s

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My mistake, the 2 1/4 diesel didn't join the petrol until '62

My 58 had also been swaped for a 2.25.

Your chassis number should tell you what was in it originally - you can type it in here:

http://www.clifton.nl/index.html?calvin.html

It might be a 'valid' engine for the period, but it might not be the original from your car - mine started life as a petrol but ended up with a diesel by the time I got it.

Are you sure its a 2.25d in it...the 2lt looks the same.

There will also be a number on the engine - this will identify it. If you get some heritage info from LR it will tell you which engine was fitted at the factory for your chassis.

All dreadful engines, out performed and obsolete when they were introduced.

There were definitely not the best of engines...but I got 200.000miles out of my 2.25d...with a full re-build at 100.000ml...poultry by todays stds.

I put a 2.5 na ford transit into a swb- what a transformation! and the heater worked...

Why did you fit a transit heater.

No. the land rover heater works if you supply it with a good flow of hot water from the block.
I posted an article late last year on installing a small secondary 12 volt pump which increased the flow to the heater and, remarkably , cured over heating problems.
And, the heater works!

I find it just needs a good flow of air through it.

The LR 2 and 2 1/4 diesels were ground braking in their day and got coped by the Japs who prompty sorted the problems.
Re heater I agree if it gets hot water its fine, my Perkins pushes out a decent flow and the heater is good. The fan is very noise (its a flat square S2A heater) and I think I may try to fit a more modern fan motor. For the amount of current it draws it doesn't move a lot of air. I have a taxi heater in the rear and that get enough flow even on 5ft of pipe. You can always get them off e-bay, I recon its the cheapest rear heat solution.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LTI-TAXI-...701076?hash=item28499cbed4:g:fYEAAOSwfpVZLTFc

All the boiling water in the world is no good if the airflow is poor as in the S3 type.