Hello acy76!!

Thanx a lot for your reply. I have been going through the documenation on your blog and it definitely is very helpful and probably will be a lot more, once we get the new engine and engage on the subtleties of the swap.

We have indeed considered your input on the transmission and have confirmed that indeed we will need a new transmission specific for the 2.8 TD.

One thing that I would like to ask is what exactly a glow plug is?

I have seen some electrical schematics of the wiring on your site but I'm still not sure what this is exactly. I am really not familiar with the technical jargon and moreover english is not my native language.

Also one thing that I am concerned about is that I know that with a diesel engine, regular servicing and cautious monitoring of the engine is a must or otherwise it's really easy to destroy the engine without the driver's knowledge. So I would like to know if you have any recommendations on what to implement to monitor temperatures, oil pressure and all that.

On some article out there I found that is strongly recommended to fit an exhaust gas temperature gauge and keep these temperatures below 700 ?C at all times.

Has anybody implemented this kind of monitor tools and can comment.

Thanks in advance.