Cummins 4BTA 2A One Ton HiCap

[Rovah]

Ron, great to see that thing done. Looks sweet. Considering a diesel swap into my IIA at present.

Cheers! John

[Saxondog]

109 Diesel Too?

I've been driving this for about a year after a 10 year project. Noisy but surprisingly civilized. Full width F250 8 lug front, 14 bolt rear, Ford F350 ZF 5 spd with np 205, Defender/RR coil suspension, 68 mph highway cruise at 1800 rpm. Not sure if it belongs here but it looks like a LR, and I have two more real ones so I qualify. Ron Franklin, Bowdoin, Me.

Just got a 109 wagon, have been mulling over what to do to my new project. I have 2 generation 1 6BT dodges, a 1990 D350 dually 5 speed and a 1980 crew cab 4X4 currently undergoing off frame resto and conversion to the Cummins. I had been thinking about the 4BT for my next project the 109 Landrover. I see it's been some time since this thread was moving. Have you learned your MPG, I get 21 with the D350 dodge of mine. I figured the 4BT would do some better. Any other thoughs on your conversion. I want to do wider axles also, but though fullsize PU stuff would be too wide but yours looks good.

[mongoswede]

working on a project to put a pair of Dana 44 axles from an International Scout II (1980) under a 71 series III. planning on running a T18 or T19 4 speed with a Dana 300 transfer case...engine to be determined...might stick with stock for now. The R&P in the axles now are 2.72:1 which not going to work with a stock engine. I can get a plethora of R&P's for the Dana's though so no worries. The axles are a couple inches wider then the stock rover axles and the rear is a center drop instead of a passenger drop. To make the rear fit I just have to relocate the spring perches. To make the front fit without shortening the axle we have to widen the front spring mounts slightly....about 1.5" per side outboards. This is not so bad.

Ideally I'd like to get a set of axles built to fit from either Moser or Currie but they are not in the budget at the moment.

The nice thing about the 76 and later scout axles is that they are disc brake up front and there are tons of parts for them...plus they are very durable compared to stock.

[J!m]

Sounds like a nice project!

Just add the Defender fender flares and it will look pretty 'socially aceptable' as well!

[Maryland 110]

full coiler,galv chassis,4bt, hcpu. this thing is fawking cool !
nicely done.

[oldhaven]

Maine Rovers, Thanksgiving

Russell Mountain, Breakneck Ridge, Blanchard, Maine

[msggunny]

Russell Mountain, Breakneck Ridge, Blanchard, Maine

Nice shot.

Great truck by the way.

[Tim Smith]

What a great build!