engine identification help

[denviks]

hi all. just been talking to a mate of mine and he says one of his mates has a series 3 and cant get parts for the engine. i asked him to send me a pic so i could post it up here for you to look at. i know that there are people here that know what they are looking at  
the series is a A plate 1983...............it suppossed to be a 2286 land rover diesel?


any help would be brill  :D  :D

[Rangie3.0LtrDan]

Looks remarkable similar to the LD400 series sherpa engine i had in my old S3.

[Rich_P]

Can we have some more pictures?  Can't really tell much from that angle other than it doesn't have the standard air intake and filter arrangement.

[denviks]

i will see if i can get him to take some more pics tomorrow  

[bezzabsa]

looks like a 2.25 pump with a sherpa 2.5 air filter assembly
exactly what parts cant he get for it? and the engine number might help