Looking to fit 300 tdi or td5

Hi I bought a defender 90 with a Nissan LD28 TD but am looking to change it to a 300 tdi or td5.

What would be my best option?
This is it at the moment.

what age is the 90? might be a bit complicated and expensive to fit a TD5. 300 would be a better bet i would have thought

H reg so 90/91 yeah I'm not sure how much more is involved in fitting a td5.

i think it would be doable to fit a TD5 but there is quite a lot of work required and second hand td5s arent cheap. To fit a 300 youll need to change the engine mounts and maybe the gearbox i would have thought. People have fitted 300s in older defenders

Anything wrong with the LD28?

why did you not buy one with a land rover engine of your choice in the first instance and save all the work and expense

Yeah I have looked at the price of them I'm not to worried about that it's if I start to need a lot of other parts...

No the LD28 runs nice sound great as well.
I will be taking a video of it running before it comes out as I will be trying to sell it.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Something else will break soon enough

It was local and good condition compared to others that I have seen and I got it for a good price.
I'm not to bothered about having to do some work on it as I have a workshop with a ramp to make it easier anyway.

If you're happy enough doing the work then fair enough. I don't think I've seen someone fit a td5 into an older land rover but I would be interested to see it

I would rather sell that engine running though and have something in there that has parts easily available.

90neil said:

Yeah I have looked at the price of them I'm not to worried about that it's if I start to need a lot of other parts...

No the LD28 runs nice sound great as well.
I will be taking a video of it running before it comes out as I will be trying to sell it.

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you will need quite a few other bits.

throttle pot/pedal
exhaust sensors,
dash/gauges
gearbox (might get away with just a TD5 transponder, if it will fit your box))
ECU
Loom

thats just off the top of my head.

MudMatt said:

Anything wrong with the LD28?

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Everything's wrong with it It's in the wrong car for starters

Joking apart, I have driven a couple of series vehicles fitted with this engine and hated it. It sounds LURVELY, revs beautifully but show it the shadow of a hill and be prepared to start changing down. It won't react to anything unless given a bootful. Wrong engine to have in a landy.

Yep and that's the reason I want to change it. Have seen a few 300tdi engines for sale so might go for one of them unless I can find out everything I need to td5 it.