Bedford Motorhome for sale

[Bas / NZ]

Hey Baz.....Johnno here mate, do you have any pics from above showing where the  v6 motor sits on the crossmember.?
cheers...

Will take some tomorow, getting dak outside now, just got in, mine sits off the front cross member, so the motor sits forward

[John Abbott]

Thanks Bazza....

[Bas / NZ]

Ok these show how the mount steps out past the front crossmember, leaving the motor foward so no cutting at the back, but my firewall has been cut due to the motor sitting higher, check out David's Gallery, his sits over the crossmember to but no firewall cut, not sure about the back.

His Link.......http://www.buga.com.au/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=21&g2_itemId=26785

[John Abbott]

Thanks very much Baz....Those pics are great. Food for thought

[BusyKiwi]

Yeah i cut the back of the floor for mine, for compassion to Baz's, my engine mounts are in the middle of the beam, and about 20mm between cross member and sump, and sump and steering rack

[willo]

Ok these show how the mount steps out past the front crossmember, leaving the motor foward so no cutting at the back, but my firewall has been cut due to the motor sitting higher, check out David's Gallery, his sits over the crossmember to but no firewall cut, not sure about the back.

His Link.......http://www.buga.com.au/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=21&g2_itemId=26785

Baz,
thank you so much for the photos and links.  David's swap was a lot more than i am planning to do.  I could't even think about getting my head across Lucas electrics into a Commodore dash.
A couple of things seem to emerge from the different transplants.
1) there are many different ways of doing this swap.
2) early V6 motors differ in intake manifold design to the later ones and this impacts on the decision to cut the floor or not as the earlier motor has the air intake at the rear of the manifold and the later motor is half way along on the left.
3) early cable 4 speed autos are a different length to the later electronic 4 speed autos.
4) It is possible to fit either V6 to a Bedford without needing to change to a reverse facing sump.  A considerable saving.
5) a V6 motor transplant can be installed "from the extension housing seal forward" and still use the standard rear cross member.
6) a V6 motor transplant can be installed "from the extension housing seal forward" and still use the standard tailshaft without modification.
7) V6 engine mounts can still be used.
etc

All of which confirms my preliminary (albeit rough) analysis of the future swap into my Beddy.

Thanks once again.  Will post more after June when I start the project.

Neil

[BusyKiwi]

I used the whole commodore wiring loom in my transplant, removed the bedford one and commodore goes from headlights to tail lights. The only joins I made was at the tail lights.
The only other change i did was to untape it and retape it so things aligned better.
The commodore has a lot of fault finding options in the dash

My trans mount has extentions bolted to the original mounts to extend backwards

I used standard V6 sump on mine, only thing I changed to the motor was a front pulley, removed the air con pump and made up the air intake tube.

Just a note to anyone considering the change, before welding your engine mounts close to the V6 mounts as they are meant to be filled with oil

[BusyKiwi]

I actually based my transplant of Baz's, I think I still have a few photos i took of it somewhere

[ben]

Thanks once again.  Will post more after June when I start the project.

intersted to see progress when it starts.. starting to think v6 may be a good cheap option