The rear suspension is going to give you the most trouble. People always say, "should be easy to just toss in some gas shocks" but it seems to be way more difficult that most people expect, and the resulting handling is often incredibly poor. In fact I heard of someone who got gas shocks put in, then paid to have them taken out and fixed the original rear suspension because the handling was so bad. In fact, I'm not sure if I've heard of any TDs that have been converted to 'regular' rear suspensions that have satisfied the owners.

That said, you might be able to figure out a way to do it.

Another potential solution would be an electric hydraulic pump for the fluid, but that would be a custom job, and it relies on the assumption that the rear suspension is currently functional in every other way.

Either than that, good luck. The 240TD was popular in Europe, so as long as you aren't expecting a race car (and it doesn't seem like you are), you should be just fine with that engine's power.

peace,
sam

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