Friday, July 23, 2010

Land Rover Abbreviations Reference

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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