If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Nissan gas engine to diesel engine conversion
Hi All,
Long Story short. I have a 1993 Pathfinder (Turrano(?) outside of the U.S.). The Auto tranny blew and it's going to cost $2400US to fix. Doing a web/google search for a good used tranny to buy I came across a company that sells used Nissan "pull out" Diesels (with trannies still attached) from Japanese cars. My son and I have been looking into this whole Bio-Diesel/Veggie Oil deal with diesels and, in fact, I have several co-workers that are running their Cummings and Powerstrokes on the stuff and doing real well. I'm getting about 16 MPG with the V6 gas engine in town and about 21 hiway on a good day. My wife does a job that requires her to drive between 250 and 300 miles a day with this little bugger and when the tranny went we felt stuck. We had been looking at a VW Jetta but it's really smalland the wife doesn't like it and the Passat is too expensive. She likes the Pathfinder even though it has 190,000 miles on it. The engines and trannies these guys are selling have around 40,000 miles on them and the engine AND auto tranny sells, together as one unit,for neally $1000 LESS than what it was going to cost to rebuild the existing tranny. The numbers just made sense to buy the diesel, so I did. Since the engine I bought, a 2.7 Liter, came out of a Turrano I figured it would be a fairly easy bolt up affair. Well, I was wrong. The engine mounts are totally different. My question is this, has anyone out there done a conversion like the one I'm attempting (gas to diesel)or know anyone who has? If so, where did you/they get the mounts or did you/they have to manufacture your own? If there are mounts that are available where or who should I contact? Any help would be appreciated. Post here or contact me at Thanks, Mike |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
I've done diesel /gas conversions
but not on a Nissan Turrano, try and locate the frame mounts off the diesel truck. The holes may be drilled into the crossmember already or maybe not since the US version did'nt have the diesel option, if you can get the frame mounts that fit the motor mounts on the diesel then you have the option of either bolting or welding them to the crossmember. Now you will probably have tranny crossmember issues...... Hopefully the slave cylinder is bolted to tranny so adapting the hydraulics will be easier. I'm sure the tranny is a top-loader so that should fit ok, output splines on tranny may be different than the gas version. DRAIN and FLUSH the fuel tank thoroughly............. Good Luck and have fun -- Mad-Dog '79 Chevy K-10 Slightly modified http://mad-dog16.tripod.com/ -- "Mike O'Barr" > wrote in message om... > Hi All, > > Long Story short. I have a 1993 Pathfinder (Turrano(?) outside of the > U.S.). The Auto tranny blew and it's going to cost $2400US to fix. > Doing a web/google search for a good used tranny to buy I came across > a company that sells used Nissan "pull out" Diesels (with trannies > still attached) from Japanese cars. > > My son and I have been looking into this whole Bio-Diesel/Veggie Oil > deal with diesels and, in fact, I have several co-workers that are > running their Cummings and Powerstrokes on the stuff and doing real > well. > > I'm getting about 16 MPG with the V6 gas engine in town and about 21 > hiway on a good day. My wife does a job that requires her to drive > between 250 and 300 miles a day with this little bugger and when the > tranny went we felt stuck. We had been looking at a VW Jetta but it's > really smalland the wife doesn't like it and the Passat is too > expensive. She likes the Pathfinder even though it has 190,000 miles > on it. > > The engines and trannies these guys are selling have around 40,000 > miles on them and the engine AND auto tranny sells, together as one > unit,for neally $1000 LESS than what it was going to cost to rebuild > the existing tranny. > The numbers just made sense to buy the diesel, so I did. Since the > engine I bought, a 2.7 Liter, came out of a Turrano I figured it would > be a fairly easy bolt up affair. Well, I was wrong. The engine mounts > are totally different. > > My question is this, has anyone out there done a conversion like the > one I'm attempting (gas to diesel)or know anyone who has? If so, where > did you/they get the mounts or did you/they have to manufacture your > own? If there are mounts that are available where or who should I > contact? > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Post here or contact me at > > Thanks, > > Mike |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
"Mike O'Barr" > escribió en el mensaje om... > Hi All, > > Long Story short. I have a 1993 Pathfinder (Turrano(?) outside of the > U.S.). The Auto tranny blew and it's going to cost $2400US to fix. > Doing a web/google search for a good used tranny to buy I came across > a company that sells used Nissan "pull out" Diesels (with trannies > still attached) from Japanese cars. Here in Spain the Terrano are very common and is a very reliable 4x4. The last engine mounted is a 3.0 liter turbodiesel (160HP), and 2.5 Turbo (125HP) were mounted. The auto transmission are very rare here. I really don't know if it's the same model, that was sold here also branded as Ford Explorer. I suposse that it's not problem to buy the engine mounts. Can you post the URL of the company that sells the engines?? Regards. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
1990 520i engine probs | Work Hard | BMW | 3 | October 28th 04 05:01 PM |
Part time engine knock | The Ancient One | 4x4 | 5 | July 4th 04 04:04 AM |
Cooling Fan??? | Zenteren | 4x4 | 28 | February 23rd 04 04:38 PM |
Engine conversion kit for 1987 Toyota truck | Loco 4 X 4 | 4x4 | 2 | January 2nd 04 04:05 AM |