Outer Limits 4x4 Board

does anyone know if its easy enough to stick a 4m40 into my jabber?
it has the 4d56 in it already but the timing belt has gone so im thinking if i could stick a 4m40 in there instead?
things like engine mounts, wiring loom etc.. would make the decision for me.
i want to keep it simple so i dont have to do much work or modifications
as il be giving the car to my girlfriend and dont want any dramas later down the track when she is driving it etc..

the 4m40 is sweet as bro, BUt mines a turbo. a tonne of stones in a trailer and it still doesnt really feel it.

Feel free to bring a tape measure.

turbo would be in of course
im more worried about the ease of installing it in there where the 4d56 was already.

id say box is the same, couldnt be that hard,

find some pommy mits forums and search.

The next trick is finding a good 4m40.............. NO !

its a v5mt1 i think? what about engine mounts etc... but?

The "factory body lift" was to clear the larger transmission which came with the 3.5/2.8td.

If you want the 2.8td, you'll need the V5M31. The 9.5" rear diff might be a good idea too, although I don't know if you can get 5.29s with it.

THEN you start squeezing it all together.

so its probably just easier to fix up the 2.5 then?

The 2.5 probably only has broken rockers or broken camshaft caps, reasonably straight foward fix

J Top wrote:The 2.5 probably only has broken rockers or broken camshaft caps, reasonably straight foward fix

Its got a broken timing belt, the one for the counter balancers, the main belt looks like it hasnt jumped any teeth, so it should theoretically be an easy fix

in theory yeh it looks like that, but with my luck il start to do it and there will be other problems.
its the belt down the bottom not the one up top if anyone knows what it is exactly????

i havnt looked at it in detail yet

Hi j-top, sounds just like what happened to mine a few months back.

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/phpBB2/vi ... highlight=

NJ

was it easy enough to get to the broken bits? or did you have the engine out? (i havnt read the thread fully yet)

Hi,

Its not too bad. Radiator out, belts off, fan off, front pully off, move power steering pump, take the rocker cover off and raotat the motor by hand to see if the camshaft caps are broken, top and bottom timing covers off and then you can see things, its not to bad.

cheers, NJ

but then putting it back together and having it running?
what would it be worth at a mechanic to get done?

I had never had an engine in pieces before this, but it went back together! the Haynes manual was invaluable.