Recent content by Davidrowlands85

Hello all thanks for the replies, looks like a non starter! Too complicated! I thought it would be straight forward if I shifted everything across. Would a better idea be to take a TD5 and put in a carb'ed V8 with a manual box? I've seen the 50th anniversary defenders which is what gave me the...

Ok thanks, my hope was to transfer the "lot". Mechanically I would be ok but the electronics might be a bit much however I do think it would be worth it if it could be done. Would a manual gearbox make things a lot easier? I.e no speed sensors etc to worry about.

Hello all, First post here so bear with me! Basically I have a D2 V8 year 2000. My dream Land rover is a defender 90 V8 however these are getting on now so my thought is to buy a TD5 lets say around 2005 ish model then remove the engine and gearbox from the D2 and transplant them. My...