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Are there any particular specialists on diesel fuel systems that you'd recommend?

I've got both the green bible and haynes manual already (both extremely well thumbed) - if they're the best places to look for practical guides then I'll stick with what I've got, thank you!

That does help, thank you so much for your input! As for driving style I'm sure there's a skill to it that I don't have - but currently the throttle is fully open 95% of the time anyway, I carry as much speed as I can into hills and can never...

I saw the same thing, yeah. I have already checked a few of these (binding wheels, throttle cable, air filter) and they all appear to be fine, but I will put the others on my "to learn" list - it's all very new to me!

Sorry yes I meant the di, rather than tdi - a slip of the finger! That's also useful information. Sticking with diesel would mean I had to do less mucking about with the fuel system than the conversion to petrol so it's still a firm contender...

I don’t know the 200tdi personally but it’s faster accelerating for sure , I have the 200di and it’s a bit more powerful that gets me up hills where I’d be dropping down in the 2286, for me it’s an easy swap keeping original exhaust, radiator...

Thanks for this - another vote in favour of the equivalent petrol engine!

Ours was a 2a petrol with 7.50 x 16 with overdrive and seemed well suited. Saying that you did need to try and anticipate the nature of the road make sure you are in the correct gear and try not to let the revs die down. Petrol engine is pretty...

I saw your post earlier while I was doing research before mine! Thank you so much for your contribution. How would you say the 200tdi compares to your earlier 2.25 Diesel experience?

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/slow-diesel-road-test.339938/ I have 200di in mine now but still need to repeat the test sometime, running on rangemasters good road holding

Thank you so much for the detailed advice on this. I'd personally prefer to switch to a petrol from a diesel - and from what I'm seeing here it seems like both the 2.25 and the V8 would be viable options for "small boost" so I am considering both...

Rover V8 is a well precedented swap. Although in reality you can do a lot of things, you just need to read the guidance and regs for Historic and radically altered vehicles. If you want to stick with diesel a 19j turbo diesel would be an easy...

What size tires fitted ? Oversize from standard kills performance.

Yes it's a 2.25 petrol, 3 bearing if i recall. Never really had problems on normal hills, I've been fully loaded with camping and scuba gear towing a dive boat up st asaph hill on the A55

Thanks for the input, this is a good point. They're very tall Avon Rangemasters - I did look into replacing them with smaller tyres (I don't plan on any extreme off roading) but had very limited luck finding any smaller ones which fit on the...

Thanks for your reply! Yes I'd only ever use the OD on level terrain. When I do speed will typically ease down from 45 to 40 and then hold there, so I can go faster with the OD disengaged! I'm okay with it being modified in principle, it had...

Thanks Kermit - and is that a 2.25 as well? What kind of speed do you drop to on longer hills? I'm thinking that a straight swap from 2.25 diesel to petrol might be one of the better options.

Thanks for your response. I know the petrol makes more power - but if you're getting 60MPH with series diffs with the 2.25 petrol then that sounds like it might be a feasible option?

Hi everyone! I've been working on rebuilding an old Series 3 for the past year and a bit, and it's finally at a stage where I can take it out fairly regularly. It has an original 2.25l diesel engine (5 bearing, I believe), which is...