Series 2 LandRover fitted with Austin Taxi 2.2 BMC diesel engine

Hi, A friend of mine from Sri Lanka is looking for a cylinder head for the
above mentioned engine. This engine was fitted to London Taxis some long
time ago also the Morris LD van and the Austin version. This was a local Sri
Lankan modification!
Roberts

On or around Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:07:18 +0100, "Roberts"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Hi, A friend of mine from Sri Lanka is looking for a cylinder head for the
>above mentioned engine. This engine was fitted to London Taxis some long
>time ago also the Morris LD van and the Austin version. This was a local Sri
>Lankan modification!
>Roberts
>

It's a boat engine. seriously... there was a chap in brum had one in a
canal boat, and also was a taxista, and some other taxi types said "'ere,
how come you've got a taxi engine in yer boat?" to which he replied "how
come you've got a boat engine in yer taxi?"

very underpowered. Try the taxi-repairing types would be my bet, there are
still a few of 'em in service.

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"The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering
from the strawbuilt shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing
horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed."
Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.

Have a look in Exchange & Mart. The last time I wanted something for this
engine there were loads of places doing bits. Was a few years ago though.


"Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi, A friend of mine from Sri Lanka is looking for a cylinder head for the
> above mentioned engine. This engine was fitted to London Taxis some long
> time ago also the Morris LD van and the Austin version. This was a local
> Sri Lankan modification!
> Roberts
>

In message <[email protected]>
Austin Shackles <[email protected]> wrote:

> On or around Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:07:18 +0100, "Roberts"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >Hi, A friend of mine from Sri Lanka is looking for a cylinder head for the
> >above mentioned engine. This engine was fitted to London Taxis some long
> >time ago also the Morris LD van and the Austin version. This was a local Sri
> >Lankan modification!
> >Roberts
> >
>
> It's a boat engine. seriously... there was a chap in brum had one in a
> canal boat, and also was a taxista, and some other taxi types said "'ere,
> how come you've got a taxi engine in yer boat?" to which he replied "how
> come you've got a boat engine in yer taxi?"
>
> very underpowered. Try the taxi-repairing types would be my bet, there are
> still a few of 'em in service.
>

The engine was designed for vans, and found it's way in to boats
(particularly narrow boats) as being a long-stoke engine it plod along
very happily at low revs. It also was flavour of the month in
Land Rovers for quite a while as the very good torque at low revs was
ideal for off-road use and was pretty much indestructable with , if I
remember right, a virtually armour-plated sump.
But by god does it weigh!

Richard
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