Leyland Super Viking info required, please

[Bus-ted]

Hi all,
The Mrs and I are looking at a 1982 PMC-bodied Leyland Super Viking, which has been converted into a motor home.

I'm curious about a few things relating to the bus, which has had a fair bit of "stuff" done to it during the conversion.

Just wanted to ask the knowledgeable people here about the "layout" of the bus as it came from the factory. The engine in there now is mid-mounted (a Scania DS8, I believe), and is backed by a 6-speed Allison auto. There isn't much info. out there on these about where the engine would have been mounted originally.

I ask as the engine as it sits hangs quite low (sump would be ~20cms off the ground by my basic reckoning), and I wonder whether that will limit the ability to take the thing places off the beaten track, so to speak, and whether there are other "economical" options as regards mounting the engine. (I'm guessing not).

Thanks in advance.

[ax8]

Mid mount sumps can sit low, that's normal and the bus would of been a mid mount originally i would think. The engine and gearbox are a good upgrade to what was there originally, 6 speed auto especially.
You could add a bash plate under the engine and gearbox sumps.

[Bus-ted]

Mid mount sumps can sit low, that's normal and the bus would of been a mid mount originally i would think. The engine and gearbox are a good upgrade to what was there originally, 6 speed auto especially.
You could add a bash plate under the engine and gearbox sumps.

Cheers, thanks for getting back to me.

Yep, def. a better engine and trans. combo than would have originally been there. That said, even the DS8 is getting *very* old these days (out of production in the mid-80s). Have been trying to do some research through Scania Aust. and they told me that "we'll get back to you in a bit, as we'll need to go through the microfiche to find info. on the engine...there's nothing digital on them!"

Biggest "concern" would be parts availability outside Europe...