L.E.G.S. (akimbo)

They are local to me, & I've had them do a replacement gearbox on a 200tdi disco & gearbox plus transfer box on my sons 90, both were done exactly as they advertise, my disco box failed on their first testrun so they had to keep for another day to replace yet again , no questions asked & lent me the bosses brand new Jeep (I KNOW) to get home in. I have found them fair & honest. Chris Ex Disco 200tdi

Dealt with them a few years ago when I helped rebuild an LT77 gearbox in a Disco. Bought a full kit including transfer box and it included every bearing needed. All the gears were ok but the mainshaft was shot, LEGS obliged by sending a replacement to Ireland the next day, superb service.

Not to bad to rebuild, the Haynes comic got to the point where it says "take the shaft to a garage to press the bearings off", we did it with a 4lb club hammer and a pair of tyre levers! We were putting all new bearings etc on so it didn't matter. Hardest part was getting casing back on while holding all the selectors etc in the right place.

Sean

I personally had some rather poor service from LEGS when I had a Clutch fork fail on a 200TDI gearbox in my Discovery that I had bought from them reconditioned only two months earlier, they even fitted it.

I had problems the moment I left the factory as the gears were not selecting correctly. I took it that it needed running in.

Anyway when I telephoned the gentlemen on the end of the phone was rather unhelpful and when I asked about getting the cost of fitting the clutch fork back, he said, "You can try." I was then promptly ignored for about a week,

Finally I got hold of the owner who asked me to send the clutch fork as they fit a Brand New Four Piece Clutch (By definition this must include the fork). It was covered with warranty, 12 months unlimited mileage. This was only 2 months and I had done a mere 650 miles.

Anyway he sent me a rather interesting e-mail saying the clutch fork had failed but he wasn't honouring the warranty. I asked for the clutch fork back as I may need it for the County Court as evidence and he ignored every phone call, letter and e-mail. I even asked what the four piece clutch comprised of and I was never told.

It says on their website:- G WE RE-ENFORCE THE CLUTCH ARM: Genuine Four part Clutch

I will never deal with them again - I am sure mine was just a one off bad experience. However, in my case their warranty was worthless.

Yours

Andy

Clutch plate, cover plate, release bearing and spigot bearing.

Ahhh well that was never explained to me - this was some three years ago. I am sure that things are different now and they will offer excellent service.

Yours

Andy

They put a new engine in my HSE. It was ready on time and at the price quoted, which was about 1000 less than dealer, so, in fact, I've had very little dealings with them. Drop. Collect. Happy.

nigelH

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

It's usually the clutch arm, for LR anyway.

Richard

Thats good news then. I've just had the innards back from the "other" old box and the gears are amazing. A new repair kit should have it back in rude health. It's actually getting the bloody thing in again afterwards that I'm not looking forward too. I may be asking for advice again!! I take it that you got a way without and "special tools". A mate has helped me out of a spot by lending me his 300tdi 90 with massive intercooler, Wheeeeeeeeeeee. Any pointers to look for while rebuilding would be appreciated

Thanks Again

Dave

i had a range rover gearbox fitted by them a few years ago . gearbox i never had a problem with since .

the only thing i did do after collecting the car from them and driving it home was to change the gearbox oil to dexron ATF because whatever they put in was too thick for my box and i had problems changing gear on way home , they must have used either synthetic or something like jcb auto trans fluid which was thicker viscosity than the usually used ATF .

after i changed to ATF it changed gear lovely .

as far as alans service went though i couldnt fault him and he even gave me a courtesy car for 2 days , so i could do the 200mile drive home and then back the next day to collect my car, no charge for the courtesy car except my putting fuel in it .

you shouldnt have any problems with them and if by chance you do im sure he will sort it out ASAP .

On or around 10 Mar 2006 11:41:44 -0800, "m0bcg" enlightened us thusly:

which 'box? the LT77 and R380 are supposed to run on ATF but run OK in moderate temperatures on MT75 synthetic - in very cold conditions the shift gets a bit heavy IME but this resolves itself for UK values of cold in a mile or so once it's warmed up a bit.

ISTR that one rangie box (LT95?) runs on engine oil.

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 08:44:24 +0000, Austin Shackles scribbled the following nonsense:

Correct, engine oil in the LT95