BX 19 GTZD 4X4

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BX 19 GTZD 4X4

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involves a 1.9 diesel zx engine a 4wd bx and some spanner action to get my old tzd up to spec for some trail rides through the outback.lol.
have imported my old 4x4 from the uk now for the big swap fest to get it on the road.lol.
heard that you cant get the diesel to work. but i am a trying lad and i dont sleep till it does.lol.
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Apparently getting some worthy gear ratios is the tricky part, as all the 4x4's were petrols and have petrol ratios.

There was a 1.9TD 4x4 estate on ebay a couple of years ago with no T/T. AFAIK it had trouble selling.
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Why did you bother to import the 4x4? That must be one of the most expensive parts shipment going?
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There was a diesel 4x4, unbearably slow though...
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Apparently getting some worthy gear ratios is the tricky part, as all the 4x4's were petrols and have petrol ratios.
Quite so, as the 4x4 Bx is fitted with the lowest overall gear ratio of any of the Bx range.

Some years ago there was a dieselised version featured in the CCC magazine.

You could try different ratio gears (by using the gears from the ZX gearbox) in the gearbox and a higher ratio final drive (what would be the differential in a 2wd bx gearbox) but in the bx 4x4 the differential is moved to the transfer box.

This would however have the undesirable effect of transmitting increased torque through the notoriously weak splined coupling between the gearbox and transfer box.
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i love the bx's it is my hobby and i spend all my money on it.lol. rather than drinking all the time and being on the streets i am in my garage fixing and playing. i will strip the be3 box from the diesel down and put al the gears into the 4x4 think they still have a bolt on bolt off crown wheel so should be good. no probs there. and the rest i have tons of spares of.lol.
yeah i saw the 4x4 estate td on ebay before i left the uk dunno where it went.?? or wether they got the running sorted?
i will have to try harder to get some pictures up, will have to ask my computer wizz brother.lol.
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