PUG 1900 DIESEL CONVERSION

been fitting one of these into my jimny for the last week or so

not been taking pics much just been getting it done lol

pleased to say its defo taking shape now with only a few things left on the list of mods

engine is mounted , wired , plumbed , exhausted

clutch is sorted gearstick sorted

need to sort the rear box mount , propshaft , new fuel line , and a few bit of wiring for ancilliaries







1900 DW8 , pilot box

Cool, how easy was it? Does it shut lower with that extra weight in?

forgot to measure with the 1600 in it lol , think it dropped 3" ... no engine - engine box fitted so prob
not much of a difference at all

This is a conversion iv had the intentions of starting .
Engine box is out of mine . And have the engine and box from a 1.9 td 306 with pilot box ready to go in,

How did you get on , adapting the clutch operating mechanisms from hydraulic to cable ?

Or did you use hydraulic through out,?

Some pics of this would be handy if you have any

Good luck with it all

Also how did levers locate in the car through the original hole?

hi mate was watching your post closely but with no new updates i went it alone lol

hydraulic clutch , its taking a bit of getting used to cos of the short travel on the pedal but works fine

the stick came through the tunnel slightly further forward than the original one but this will depend on where you mount your engine of course !

i dare say that if its mounted extremely tight to the bulkhead it would pretty much be in the same place as standard but ive mounted mine forward quite a bit the drawback of this is that the bonnet was hitting the inlet manifold but a trip to the scrapyard and five mins with a cutting disc soon mounted a scoop

the upside is that ive got loads of room around it to work on it and plenty space for a turbo lump when one turns up cheep cheep

unfortunatly iv had my younger brothers car stuck in my garage for the last 4 months so , only just starting,

what clutch master cylinder did you use ?

i know from experience with rangers, if you put an adjusterable rod between pedal and master cylinder you should be able to adjust where on the pedal it bites.

what radiator did you use in front of yours ?

was there much clearance between sump and front axle?

last question i promise lol , did you use standard ldv engine mounts ?

cant wait to get started in the next week or so.

It'll be interesting to hear what this is like once fitted. I'd have gone for something with at least as much power as the 1.3 but I guess the economy will make up for it?

chris2010 wrote: unfortunatly iv had my younger brothers car stuck in my garage for the last 4 months so , only just starting,

what clutch master cylinder did you use ?

i know from experience with rangers, if you put an adjusterable rod between pedal and master cylinder you should be able to adjust where on the pedal it bites.

what radiator did you use in front of yours ?

was there much clearance between sump and front axle?

last question i promise lol , did you use standard ldv engine mounts ?

cant wait to get started in the next week or so.

hi mate eh think it was land rover engine mounts i used cos there shorter than the ldv ones ,the clutch master cylinder was off of the ldv so fited the pipe etc perfectly although placement on the bulkhead took a bit of thinking about .

the only place that was suitable meant i had to adjust the pedal to suit so now theres a foot resting space between that and the brake pedal .

the radiator is a black spot im afraid was at a mates telling him what i was up to and he dug out an all brass built radiator that was laying in the rafters of his garage and kindly donated it to the build , it fitted snugly

plenty clearance for the sump mate but as i said my engine touched the bonnet but only by 10 mm maybe

ill try and get some pics on of my solutions to the problems i came up against and if there any good then by all means do the same or indeed improve on them

jimnys currently sitting with the front chopped off it so i can strengthen the chassis legs for mounting my winch plate onto so i should get a decent pic of clearance for you and also the mounting plates for the engine

Busta wrote: It'll be interesting to hear what this is like once fitted. I'd have gone for something with at least as much power as the 1.3 but I guess the economy will make up for it?

standard 13b 70bhp

standard dw8 70bhp

standard xu9dt 90bhp

difference in torque petrol to diesel - a shitload

greenjimny wrote:

Busta wrote: It'll be interesting to hear what this is like once fitted. I'd have gone for something with at least as much power as the 1.3 but I guess the economy will make up for it?

standard 13b 70bhp

standard dw8 70bhp

standard xu9dt 90bhp

difference in torque petrol to diesel - a shitload

DW8 94 ft lb
M13A 81 ft lb
M16A (£300 Liana engine) 105 ft lb

Not really 'a shitload', although the diesel will be at much lower revs so better for going slowly (a rocklobster achieves the same thing though)
Not saying they aren't great engines- the XU especially. Is there room for the turbo and intercooler? Get an XU with a lucas pump and with a few minutes fiddling with the pump you can have about 110hp, lots of black smoke and probably still get 40mpg.

lobsters are hugely expensive and lets be honest for general off roading theyre a bit much , but for crawling (or running big rubber on a standard 1300 PETROL jimny ) there an ideal upgrade .

as for the £300 m16 upgrage ...this is of no use to me what so ever ! it was easier converting to derv than it would be messing around TRYING fitting this in my jimny !!

THE G16 THAT I FITTED was was a nice transformation to the jimny , bit more grunt and cos of this , better on fuel .

trust me mate the difference between the petrol and diesel torque on my recent conversions (g13b-g16b-dw8 ) is night and day and its only getting better

@ chris going down your path now , as i said when a TD turned up it would be fitted ........ bought one today so itll be out with the new and in with the newer

hey guys not been on for a while now ,sorry to anyone whos interested in my build !

jimny is now Turbo Diesel 1900 pug motor as discussed in earlier posts

had a few problems along the way and a few breakages in test but all sorted now and been out using it hard a few times on sites

extremely happy with performance both on and off road ,cant believe the difference 20bhp and a bit of boost makes

got pics n vids ill stick em on soon

cheers