I Engine Swapped My 50yr+ Land Rover - But was It Worth It?

The 1975 Land Rover Series 3 restoration continues, and this time it’s finally time for one of the biggest jobs yet — an engine swap, and with no experience. Timing tool used in this video (Affiliate links!) 200tdi / 300tdi: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c4k... New engine: Land Rover 300Tdi 2.5L Not much avaliable information on this swap online, so decided to document some of the process in this video. Before pulling the old engine, I give the replacement engine a some service and get it ready to go in. The original plan included keeping the turbo, but things didn’t quite work out that way, so I had decided to ditch it, for now. Yeah I know... So for now it's only a 300di If you’ve been following the Series 3 restoration, thanks for watching and following the project. Subscribe if you want to see futures tweaks and adventures with the Land Rover. 0:00 Old vs new engine 00:31 Disassembly 01:41 Timing belt change 05:35 Test fire 06:05 Prepping engine bay 07:36 The swap 10:55 Faults 11:46 Headgasket fix 12:37 Time to Drive ! *Disclaimer, I'm no mechanic, this is not a How To Do tutorial* #LandRover #Series3 #EngineSwap #LandRoverSeries3 #ClassicLandRover #Restoration #4x4 #VintageLandRover #ProjectCar #LandRoverRestorations #DIY #300tdi