Like most I guess we haven't been away for what seems like about seventeen years. To add insult to injury the Disco 2's auto gearbox decided that the oil pump had reached the end of its life. Needless to say that's a gearbox out job which is not trivial. While it was out I decided that the torque converter could be replaced with a heavier duty one. And while the thing was in bits a full ZF kit could be put in - seals, bushes, all friction material, steel's, bits for the valve block, etc. Once I got the gearbox out I found a crack which meant a new casing had to sourced. Then the whole thing needed to be dismantled and the bits stuck in the new casing. This was all complicated by me NOT being a mechanic and never having overhauled any sort of gearbox. Thank you YouTube and the RAVE manual.
Four months with bits of gearbox all over the place while it was thoroughly cleaned and otherwise chipped away at while we were unable to travel. It's done now and very good it is too. Happy days...
Anyway that's not the issue. What was the issue is that the camper was stuck in the garage unable to be moved or opened - our other car is a '97 Subaru wagon which is unable to be used to push the camper to where it can be opened.
Today was the big day - out came the camper and it was set up in the driveway. I was dreading a musty smell and some mould but NO. No musty smell, no mould, no nothing. As an added bonus I found a 10mm socket and a "lost" multimeter inside... Happy days indeed.
Another Land Rover owner who fixes their car instead of scrapping some piece of non English crap.
I ran into a D3 owner in SA who was saying he will have to replace the transmission soon. The car was at 1,150,000 km. He previously replaced the transmission at 600,000 km.
Other than the bush scratches down the side & a high tide mark well up the doors, I couldn't see a reason why 2m km would not be achievable!
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Rebuilding the box was a $2k job. Getting it done was a $7k job. I could justify the former but certainly not the latter - it is after all closing in on 1,000,000km's.
Well done Mark having dropped the gearbox of of the back of our manual TD5 to change a clutch. I now it is certainly a very heavy piece of machinery. Landy
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Like most I guess we haven't been away for what seems like about seventeen years. To add insult to injury the Disco 2's auto gearbox decided that the oil pump had reached the end of its life. Needless to say that's a gearbox out job which is not trivial. While it was out I decided that the torque converter could be replaced with a heavier duty one. And while the thing was in bits a full ZF kit could be put in - seals, bushes, all friction material, steel's, bits for the valve block, etc. Once I got the gearbox out I found a crack which meant a new casing had to sourced. Then the whole thing needed to be dismantled and the bits stuck in the new casing. This was all complicated by me NOT being a mechanic and never having overhauled any sort of gearbox. Thank you YouTube and the RAVE manual.
Four months with bits of gearbox all over the place while it was thoroughly cleaned and otherwise chipped away at while we were unable to travel. It's done now and very good it is too. Happy days...
Anyway that's not the issue. What was the issue is that the camper was stuck in the garage unable to be moved or opened - our other car is a '97 Subaru wagon which is unable to be used to push the camper to where it can be opened.
Today was the big day - out came the camper and it was set up in the driveway. I was dreading a musty smell and some mould but NO. No musty smell, no mould, no nothing. As an added bonus I found a 10mm socket and a "lost" multimeter inside... Happy days indeed.
Well done Mark, you are a brave man to tackle a job like that, .......me, I'm lucky to check a dipstick.
Another well done Mark, that is quite a challenge and helps to gain a great deal of knowledge of your vehicle that is useful on your travels.
Must say although I do a lot of work on my D3 the auto is one that I would not attempt, I don't have the equipment or strength these days, in fact I will be booking the car in for a tranny overhaul (original) and torque convertor next week, the car has just turned over 400k and the TC is in need of replacement.
After that the rear upper arms and ARB links which I will do myself.
I am also a LR fan having had 2 RR Classics and a D2a as well as 2 D3's all good vehicles.
The challenge isn't rebuilding the gearbox - that part is easy but fiddly and long winded. A bit of attention to detail and a willingness to follow the manual and YouTube clips is key. The challenge is getting the thing out. It's big and heavy and awkward.
