Re: SER1 Rover 60 2L motor

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Jeremy Brooks wrote:
> Hi Y'all,
> 
> does the 2L motor from the 1956 Rover 60 saloon fit in a 1955 Land 
> Rover? Are the engine mounts correct? Does the Land Rover bell housing 
> fit? What are the differences in compatibility?
Jeremy,

To the best of my memory, the blocks are the same.

Thus, the engine mounts will swap across (if they are not identical), 
and the flywheel housing will swap across (if they are not the same).

Note that the head is different, and so are the pushrods...
(A head-swap, rover 60 onto land rover, was a common trialers trick over 
here.... as was always using copper, not composite, head gaskets [thinner])
        -- 
        
  Ian Stuart: Code Gorilla, Perl Laghu, & Land Rover fettler
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