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What engine?

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I have a '85 Autosleeper that appeared to start life as a 1.9 petrol. It has had a diesel conversion ( 1600 non turbo I think ) but I cannot any reference to the engine number - " 15403X ". Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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pictures would help a lot  :idea

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I currently have a 1600 diesel (non turbo) and the engine code is CS

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Hi - sorry - thanks for the tutorial! Please find attached!Image

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Diesel engine numbers are on the top edge of block between injector pump and vacuum pump I believe.
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Found number in correct position " 15403X " . That's all that is on there! 

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Sighmoon wrote: 17 Aug 2021, 12:32 Hi - sorry - thanks for the tutorial! Please find attached!Image
Did they not move the battery when they done the conversion ???
 
1985 RHD Pop Top Autosleeper, 1.7D KY Engine 4 Speed ALD Gearbox (Bertie)

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So your engine number is

CS15403

The prefixes ‘CS’ in your case, always rub off.

50bhp CS 1.6

I’m wondering if the X suffix or ️ refers to a rebuild at some stage.
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Thanks for the info - it would make sense! The starting battery was left under driver's seat - is it a good idea to move it? How did engine provide vacuum for the brake servo? Thanks again for all the help! 

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If you move the starter battery to the rear via a battery shelf then you will have spade in the front to have 2 leisure batteries. This is what I have. Or anything you might want to put in the space left by the battery.
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Sighmoon wrote: 17 Aug 2021, 17:05 Thanks for the info - it would make sense! The starting battery was left under driver's seat - is it a good idea to move it? How did engine provide vacuum for the brake servo? Thanks again for all the help! 

If you look by the oil filter housing there is the connection for the brake vacuum pipe which comes out of and travels forward to the brake servo same as the petrol engine did.
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if you look at my engine and see the large coolant pipe coming from the block the brake vacuum pipe is just to the left of that and then goes through the bulk head next to the fuel return pipe

Below is a close up pic of the vacuum connection
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Thank you everyone - just one last puzzle. I wonder if the original 1.9 petrol gearbox is still installed - and if so would this be appropriate for the 1.6 diesel?
 

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Sighmoon wrote: 17 Aug 2021, 18:01 Thank you everyone - just one last puzzle. I wonder if the original 1.9 petrol gearbox is still installed - and if so would this be appropriate for the 1.6 diesel?
do you know what code it is, the code is located on the nearside, and look for a flat surface near to the end of the ribs looking forwards.

Look at this website and it will give you gear ratios that should be for each type of engine and year..

https://rjes.com/html/gearbox_types.htm ... BYt_ATNqfE

Below is my code on my box as its an original diesel box

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1985 RHD Pop Top Autosleeper, 1.7D KY Engine 4 Speed ALD Gearbox (Bertie)

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