When you first enter the world of Land Rovers you find yourself bombarded with all manner of abbreviations; these are the most common. Hopefully this will help to decode some of the more cryptic listings you find on ebay!
Glossary of Terms
Ton- Lightweight/Airportable
200 TDi- Type of turbo diesel engine
300 TDi - Type of turbo diesel engine
4WD - Four Wheel Drive
4x4 - Four Wheel Drive
ABS - Anti-lock Brake System
Airportable -Lightweight
Alloy -Alloy wheel
Auto -Automatic
BA - British Association (type of imperial thread pitch)
BSF -British Standard Fine (type of imperial thread pitch)
BSW -British Standard Whitworth (type of imperial thread pitch)
Carb -Carburetter
CEI -Cycle Engineers Institute (type of imperial thread pitch)
Con -Control
Cyl -Cylinder
Die -Diesel
Diff -Differential
EFi -Electronic Fuel Injection
FC- Forward Control
FFR -Fitted For Radio
HCPU -High Capacity Pick Up
ICE -In Car Entertainment
K Series -Type of petrol engine
LH- Left Hand (passengers side of a RHD vehicle)
LHD- Left Hand Drive
Lightweight -Series 2a or 3 Airportable
LWB -Long Wheelbase
M# -M followed by a number denotes a metric nut size (i.e. M1 = 1mm)
Man -Manual
NA- Naturally Aspirated
OEM- Original Equipment Manufacturer
PAS -Power Assisted Steering
Pet -Petrol
Prop Shaft -Propeller Shaft
RC -Radio Cassette
RH -Right Hand (drivers side of a RHD vehicle)
RHD -Right Hand Drive
Rim -Wheel
RRC- Rand Rover Classic
SI -Series 1
SII -Series 2
SIIa -Series 2a
SIII -Series 3
Stage 1 -Series 3 109 V8
SWB- Short Wheelbase
TC- Traction Control
TD -Turbo Diesel
TD4 -Type of diesel engine
TD5- Type of diesel engine
Tilt -Canvass soft top
UNC- Unified Coarse (type of imperial thread pitch)
UNF- Unified Fine (type of imperial thread pitch)
VIN -Vehicle Identification Number
VM- Vancini and Martelli (a type of diesel engine)
Wheelbase -Length of vehicle taken from the centres of the front to rear wheels
Whitworth -Collective for the imperial thread pitches BSF, BSW and CEI
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