Rob Palin
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| posted on 19/8/07 at 12:56 PM |
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Diesel Maestro engine for a camper van
The little old dear who lives next door to me has an old camper van which is in the process of dying in a smokey heap. She's got a friend who
was a mechanic in his younger days and the two of them have been searching for a replacement engine but to no avail. Does anyone on here know where
to find a 2 litre diesel Maestro engine by any chance?
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MikeR
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| posted on 19/8/07 at 01:02 PM |
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wasn't the engine a perkins unit, therefore used in loads of different vehicles?
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Peteff
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| posted on 19/8/07 at 01:15 PM |
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Try looking for Maestro vans, they were used in them first. It's the O series developed by Perkins and Rover and it was turboed in the Montego.
Some on ebay, this place has Maestro and Montego on there
ebay link
[Edited on 19/8/07 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 19/8/07 at 03:50 PM |
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Why not fit something more interesting? 
I can just see an old dear driving round in a jamie oliver style, porsche engined campervan
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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Fatboy Dave
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| posted on 19/8/07 at 04:25 PM |
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The Rover 220SD motor from the mk3 bubble is a later relation and would fit. Failing that, earlier (pre pug power, so <94) Sherpa 200s, teh engine
is also fitted into the Montego too.
Dave
Stop the planet, I want to get off
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britishtrident
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| posted on 19/8/07 at 06:22 PM |
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They all get snapped up to fit in series Land-Rovers.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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hillbillyracer
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| posted on 19/8/07 at 07:40 PM |
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Is the engine actually going in a Maestro? Not seen many Maestro campers but Ive seen plenty Sherpa 200 ones. If it is a Sherpa then the Turbo O
series diesel doesnt fit all that easily as the turbo fouls on the steering box. I'd think you'd run into similar problems with the later
Rover TD engine & the Peugeot TD too as the turbo positioning is similar.
But it can be done, I've a mate who had the O series TD in a sherpa 200 but he did have a bit of work to do to get it in.
If it's a Maestro then the O series TD fits straight in (I did mine) & if you fiddle with the pump timing & boost a little they go like
stink! .
If you want to get into engine conversions the as suggested the later Rover 2l TD shouldnt be too hard to fit, it's basicly the same block but
some versions were drive by wire so it could take a bit of getting going. The Peugeot XUD would go in too, the Rover 218 & 418 TD used them on the
same PG1 box that the Maestro uses.
Rover M & T series engines from the 800 will fit without too much bother & in turbo form it would really fly!
If you want to get really silly then how about the 2.7 V6? I've seen one in a Rover 214 & it hadnt been a difficult job.
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Rob Palin
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| posted on 20/8/07 at 09:03 PM |
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Thanks for the tips guys, some useful leads to follow,although i think maybe the 2.7V6 might be a bit too much for the old girl - the van, not the
owner, of course!
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wacomuk
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| posted on 20/8/07 at 09:43 PM |
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try asking hear
http://retrorides.proboards86.com/
http://www.insightbookingsolutions.co.uk
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