2.5di engine in a Mk 6 transit rwd van

[pat stevens]

i agree with you there i had a durotorque in a (dare i say it) 54 reg ldv convoy i bought it cheap £750 after a month the thing started blowing horendous amounts of smoke without notice totally shagged i know that they used to run the old transit engines in these vans with no trouble so power and all that shouldnt be a problem ,just a bit of fabrication here and there ,ive seen a few with rover v8s in one verry well done example recently for sale on ebay if you can get a mk6 cheap enough and youve got a rotten mk5 what have you got to lose ,if it goes wrong break the van recover your money from parts be nice to see it done good luck

[gandy]

hi just reading this now has anyone on here done it yet because i have just started doing my 51 plate 90/330 rwd now i have got the di engine in just need to sort out the throttel,clutch an exhaust are the main things really

[Luke]

hi just reading this now has anyone on here done it yet because i have just started doing my 51 plate 90/330 rwd now i have got the di engine in just need to sort out the throttel,clutch an exhaust are the main things really

how do you mean throttle

wont the standard exhaust fit

and what gear box are you fitting

have you got any pics of it

[gandy]

i have got the 2.5 di out of a hi cube i have fitted the engine an gear box so need a cabe throttel now the exhaust manifold is on theother side i have took pics i will try an put them up when im done fitting it.

[Luke]

can you just use a mk5 cable and weld the end of the mk5 pedal onto the mk6 pedal

[Luke]

how did you do the mounts can you post some pics of them

[gandy]

ye il take some pics tomorrow cut the one off the van an welded it up again

[StuartB58]

2.5DI in a Mk6 for sale on ebay so it has been done. Looks as if it could be tidyed up a bit better and thr speedo needs sorting.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 3D1&_rdc=1

[pat stevens]

ok so theres living proof that it can be done .certainly makes one bomb proof mk6 and if that goes as well as he says just think how it would go in a swb van certainly saves scrapping a good van just for the need of an engine im surprised theres not a lot more around the best bit buy a scrap mk5 theres plenty take out what you need then scrap it for nearly as much as youve paid for it very cheap conversion

[gandy]

just to let you know done my van now its back on the road no problems with it just a little noisyer. Now bought another mk6 transit minibus with no engine or gearbox an i have got a 2.5 di turbo to put into that now.

[Luke]

nice one post us up some pics then

[gandy]

[Luke]

thanks
certanly an interesting project............. i might do one one day

tight fit but goes in i see you've had to cut the crossmember

[pat stevens]

think i might have a go at this when the mk1s done i need a new disco van

[PHILTHEWHITEVANMAN]

nice work how did the propshaft fit to the mk5 gearbox just bolt up or not