Bongo Fury

What's the WLT stand for in 'WLT Diesel', and how do I know I've got it? Want to order some manuals and just double checking.....

Cheers,
Stewart

The WL-T is the engine "name" and all diesels in the Friendee!Freda range are the same type.
The V6 petrol is a J5- DE and the 2 l is FE-E.

The diesel is Ford heritage, found in the Ford Ranger. More commonly referred to with WL even though it also had a turbo.
Ford had a huge stake in Mazda around the time of Friendee/Freda's development (topped at 33% in 1996) so it is hardly surprising that Ford's name for their engine was retained by Mazda.

Sorry but it is the other way round the WL (non turbo) and WL-T (Turbo) are Mazda engines nothing "Ford" about them.

WL Engine; this was 2.5 litre basic diesel engine produced through 1992 to 2002. It was a non turbo engine. WL T Engine; this was another 2.5 litre turbo charged diesel engine. Mazda used it in Bongo from 1992 till 2002. WL T Engine (EFI); these engines were based on EFI technology. WL T engine was 2.5 litre turbo charged diesel engine produced from 2002 till 2006.

They were originally used in the Mazda "B" series pickup that was facelifted and sold on some markets as a Ford Ranger.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_BT-50

There is also another very different Ford Ranger made in the USA that bears no similarity and shares no parts with the Asian built "Ranger".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Rang ... h_America)

scanner wrote:Sorry but it is the other way round the WL (non turbo) and WL-T (Turbo) are Mazda engines nothing "Ford" about them.

WL Engine; this was 2.5 litre basic diesel engine produced through 1992 to 2002. It was a non turbo engine. WL T Engine; this was another 2.5 litre turbo charged diesel engine. Mazda used it in Bongo from 1992 till 2002. WL T Engine (EFI); these engines were based on EFI technology. WL T engine was 2.5 litre turbo charged diesel engine produced from 2002 till 2006.

They were originally used in the Mazda "B" series pickup that was facelifted and sold on some markets as a Ford Ranger.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_BT-50

There is also another very different Ford Ranger made in the USA that bears no similarity and shares no parts with the Asian built "Ranger".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Rang ... h_America)

Now I know why I was so bad at history at school! This makes so much more sense as I always had it that the WLT appeared in the Ford Ranger in 1998. Why would it appear in a Ford after a Mazda - because it is a Mazda engine doh in a rebadged Mazda pickup - oh dear.
Swiftly moving on, hahum ...

I'm happy for Mr Kipling to have made them as long as they work