Cowbell521:
I hope you find good buyer. The car looks cool though

Thank you.

If it stays much longer, I will take it off the market and keep it as I had not planned to sell it originally.

Some people will still call this vintage to justify the outrageous asking price.

Chidi324:


I hear you Chief, many people appear skeptical of the BMW drivetrain platform and I am not really sure why. However, for me the BMW drivetrain system offers very robust, smooth and very reliable drive mechanisms and they are quite cost effective too.

I haven't really had any unusual operational nor maintenance experience since I completed this modification over 3years ago. The overall drive experience is many moons ahead of what I had seen with the 300TDI Diesel Engine and Manual Gearbox that I had in it originally.

You did all these conversions?

Hope it won't cause issues to the buyer tomorrow

DarlingtonC:
You did all these conversions?

Hope it won't cause issues to the buyer tomorrow

Yes indeed I did so. I actually posses the requisite Mechanical Engineering expertise and Certifications to conduct very many challenging Mechanical works/ endeavours.

This land Rover Defender conversions was a personal project and I had not intended to sell it. I have been driving it with the conversions getting to 3yrs now and I have taken it on very long distance drives on many occasions from Lagos to the East and back.

Just good maintenance practices like any other vehicle keeps it happy; regular changes of Engine Oil & Filter and Automatic Transmission Oil & Filter.

But like every other thing in life, problems are inevitable but are always surmountable.

Chidi324:


Yes indeed I did so. I actually posses the requisite Mechanical Engineering expertise and Certifications to conduct very many challenging Mechanical works/ endeavours.

This land Rover Defender conversions was a personal project and I had not intended to sell it. I have been driving it with the conversions getting to 3yrs now and I have taken it on very long distance drives on many occasions from Lagos to the East and back.

Just good maintenance practices like any other vehicle keeps it happy; regular changes of Engine Oil & Filter and Automatic Transmission Oil & Filter.

But like every other thing in life, problems are inevitable but are always surmountable.

How did you go about engine mounts & transmission shaft matching? ECU & wiring solution?
I would love to see a thread.