BuckBlu110 wrote:

Linds Hanson wrote:

The original R380 tunnel has a thick foam sound deadener glued to the underside the loss of this is causing your problem. The TDCI tunnel design doesnt allow enough space for underside sound deadening.

Unsure about when fitted to the original mt82, but there’s plenty of room when fitted over the r380, I’ve managed it just fine.

Procta, to be honest, if I knew back when I started the dash conversion, what I know now, I probably wouldn’t have bothered. I probably could/should have spent the money and effort on the mechanical side of things. Hindsight’s 20/20 as they say For the full conversion of the electrics, correct gearstick layout and instrument cluster, we’re talking ££££, and that’s without changing to the puma heater and making the fuse box more accessible. But I started back in 2011 before any of the plug and play options were available but dash parts were considerably cheaper.
It’s much easier these days with the likes of ministry of defenders kit, synchro gears stick adapter and Martin’s gauge adapter.
I would be half tempted to say buying a puma and swapping a td5 into it would have been cheaper for me
Don’t get me wrong, I’m very happy with how it turned out, and I probably didn’t need to be as ocd which may have saved a bit of money.
I suppose it’s how you value your money really.