discovery LT 77 into 2 door rangie

Post by **team_little_legs** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:46 pm

gday
just woundering if any has fitted a discovery lt 77 into a 2 door rangie ?

Post by **lokka** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:08 pm

Would be an easy fit tho you will need the LT230 to go with it and you will need the floor pannell from an 85 on RRC i have a floor section here available tho why would you want the LT77 if your only running the std 3.5 it will be ok for a while if driven nice tho dont expect it to last there not a verry strong box ya beta off with the late LT95 with the .996to1 high range

Post by **team_little_legs** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:18 pm

thanks for the info lokka well i bought the engine,gearbox and transfer out of a 93 disco and plane on fiting the lot into my 2 door but wasent sure on the gear box tunnal for clearence

Post by **KiwiBacon** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:45 am

The main problem with the tunnel is the gear lever is in a different place.
Up to 85 the gear lever was in front by the dash (same position as county/defender), somewhere around late 85/86 they moved the gear lever backwards by about 200mm.

That's why Lokka mentioned getting another tunnel. Of course you may be able to swap with someone who is going from LT77/R380 to an LT95 with the Isuzu.

Post by **team_little_legs** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:31 am

and does any one know if will i be abel to fit a set of carbies to my fule injected 3.5 ?

Post by **lokka** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:12 am

Yep just swap the inlet maifolds put the carby manifold on and you should be right its all the same shyte a mate did the same to his rangie when the EFI started playing up tho if the EFI is the later 14cux type its probably beta off you keep it rather than the carbs

Post by **lokka** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:14 am

KiwiBacon wrote:The main problem with the tunnel is the gear lever is in a different place.
Up to 85 the gear lever was in front by the dash (same position as county/defender), somewhere around late 85/86 they moved the gear lever backwards by about 200mm.

That's why Lokka mentioned getting another tunnel. Of course you may be able to swap with someone who is going from LT77/R380 to an LT95 with the Isuzu.

Also the tunnell for the LT95 isnt as high as the LT77

Post by **team_little_legs** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:31 am

thanks ill be fiting a set of carbies soon.
Does any one have a pic of the tunnel i need ?

Post by **lokka** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:53 am

team_little_legs wrote:thanks ill be fiting a set of carbies soon.
Does any one have a pic of the tunnel i need ?

Its easy to tell the difference the one you need is taller in the mid section than ya std one and it has a longer cut out and should have a cast alloy plate with it which screws on over the hole were the 2 shifters come through

Post by **team_little_legs** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:21 pm

ok ill be buying a late model tunnel soon.
does any one know if i will i be abel to use the dizzy out of the discovery in the rangie ? or will i need and older dizzy for it ?

Post by **Loanrangie** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:30 pm

team_little_legs wrote:ok ill be buying a late model tunnel soon.
does any one know if i will i be abel to use the dizzy out of the discovery in the rangie ? or will i need and older dizzy for it ?

Yes you can although the wiring will be a little different, since 2 doors never had EFI apart from the CSK limited edition model you will need to change the fuel pump to a low pressure carby one- this may mean changing the fuel tank depending on how yours was converted to efi. The tunnel you need is an 84/85 manual tunnel 86 and up tunnels are welded in and not screwed in like all previous years. You could use an auto tunnel but you will have to change the gear panel as the auto one is a large alloy plate.

Post by **team_little_legs** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:21 pm

ok thanks is there any other problems i might have with it ?

Post by **Aquarangie** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:14 pm

As all of the above have mentioned it is possible just fiddly. Make sure you have all the bits to do the conversion, saves a lot of pissing about later on too and extra $$ that could be saved if you ahev to lpocate anyhting extra.

The later 5 speed/auto floorpan will make life easier and look a bit more factory fitted.

Good luck with it.

Trav

Post by **RangingRover** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:10 pm

and does any one know if will i be abel to fit a set of carbies to my fule injected 3.5 ?

Why do you want to do this? Did you not get the ecu and loom with your EFI motor? A 93 disco should have the hotwire style AFM rather than the flap style, which means it should go much better than the carbies - especially for economy and starting.... My 2 cents...

Post by **team_little_legs** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:01 pm

well change of planes i will be fiting efi
in it.

has any one got the hotwire style diagrame ?

Post by **cloughy** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:44 pm

team_little_legs wrote:well change of planes i will be fiting efi
in it.

has any one got the hotwire style diagrame ?

Yea, got one here you can have a look at

Post by **team_little_legs** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:57 pm

is it possibel for you to post it up on here ?

Post by **team_little_legs** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:59 pm

how do i tell if i have a flaper style or hotwire ?

Post by **cloughy** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:21 am

team_little_legs wrote:is it possibel for you to post it up on here ?

No

Post by **cloughy** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:27 am

team_little_legs wrote:how do i tell if i have a flaper style or hotwire ?

The airflow meter has a big flap, or a hotwire in side

Post by **team_little_legs** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:47 pm

thanks cloughy
is there anything elce i should be aware of when im fiting it ?

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