My new purchase is suffering the usual worn output shaft as I knew when I bought it & it was discounted to suit etc.
I can get a recon box for around £375 mark, Realistically, how many hours to change the box over & how easy is it to sort the input flange on the TX box?
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006 20:18:25 +0100, "Nige" scribbled the following nonsense:
bought it & it was discounted
change the box over & how
Home job is fun!!! About 4 hrs ish.......
You have to lift the vehicle up as high as you can to get the gearbox out from under the vehicle, as four post lifts are not normally readil;y available to us home mechanics!!!
The gearbox output shaft goes directly into the TX box, the gearbox shaft is shagged, so i reckon the input flange on the TX box must aslo have wear as it is due to lack of oil? Or am I missing summat mate!!!
On or around Mon, 04 Sep 2006 21:38:42 +0100, Simon Isaacs enlightened us thusly:
change the box over & how
f*ck me, what are you on?
LR service times list has 6 hours for remove and replace transmission.
I'd expect to take a long day, or 2 ordinary idle-bastard days, at home.
You can do this on a 110 by removing the seatbox and floor panels, unbolt props and other stuff, remove T-box, then remove main box, in 2 parts, from inside the vehicle. If you're strong enough, you can do it without a hoist as well. You'll want a jack under the main box so you don't hang it on the input shaft while removing it. You can't get the whole transmission out upwards even with a hoist, or I couldn't, mind, that was an auto and borgwarner. But you've got to split the T-box and main box anyway, so may as well lift 'em out in one piece. likesay, if you;re strong enough to lift the halves then you don't need a hoist.
Swap input gear in the T-box and swap bellhousing and gear linkage stuff over is about half an hour, I should think.
see above, about doing it from inside. has the advantage if working in the open that at least soem of the time it's not raining on you :-)
For my money (though I have none but spending that of others is much simpler!) I'd consider whipping it down to Ashcrofts or L.E.G.S (Legs?) for them to do.
You're very welcome and you'll not be disappointed. I've used them quite a lot in the past and never had any problems. They also do power steering boxes but I've not used them much lately as the age factor slows you down a bit.
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