aaronmorris
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Southernlandy
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Splitting the diff open
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Putting it all back together
That's it for the moment on the transfer box
That's it for the moment on the transfer box
IamRobbie
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Where the hell did you learn to do all that?......
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Also, With the chassis, did you rub it down to bare metal before adding the rust treatment or did you paint over it as it was?
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Southernlandy
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My dad did most of the transfer box work, but I now know how to do it. He just used a manual for overhauling the transfer box from online. He is experienced with cars so it wasn't too difficult for him. Beats the cost of an ashcroft recon 
Southernlandy
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I wouldn't say I rubbed it all back to bare metal, but I used a wire brush in a drill to get rid of the flakey paint and most of the rust.
There is an App from the apple store on LR gearbox rebuilds.... it will show you the pictures frame by frame...go into you app menu and type in landrover/[email protected] it's something all 11-16 yr olds know,even allows you to order pizza on the app to your garage.
IamRobbie
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i need that app
And cheers for advice southern, My chassis seems to be painted red then black in places by the previous owner who just wanted to bodge it up like the internally rusted bulkhead!
And cheers for advice southern, My chassis seems to be painted red then black in places by the previous owner who just wanted to bodge it up like the internally rusted bulkhead!
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what refurbish kit did you use?
Southernlandy
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I didn't use a rebuild kit as such. I got a gasket set from paddocks, Bearings from paddocks, differential gears and cross pin from paddocks, a cross drilled input gear from ashcroft and two new drive flanges from paddocks
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Southernlandy
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i need that app
And cheers for advice southern, My chassis seems to be painted red then black in places by the previous owner who just wanted to bodge it up like the internally rusted bulkhead!
Wouldn't the red paint be red oxide primer? Mine was painted black in all the places that were accessible from underneath the car
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What did that total cost come to in the end as I've got a pair of transfer boxes which I'm thinking of rebuilding
IamRobbie
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Possibly but u wouldn't trust the guy who sold me the 90....
I've since learnt that when someone says the chassis has never been welded it's all solid that really means u need a welder there's gonna be some nasties here!
Should I rub the chassis down and paint it with red oxide then?
Southernlandy
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I never used red oxide, a coat of rustproof and then top coat hammer paint and that's all mines got
Southernlandy
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If the mainshaft and intermediate gears need replacing then I wouldn't bother due to the cost. Luckily, mine didn't
Gasket set :£10
Flange : £7
Intermediate shaft : £23
Crossdrilled input gear :£54
Diff gear set: £50
Various bearings: £70
Circlips: £5
Total: £219
There may be some extra cheap bits that you might need but those are the main things that I replaced. As I said, if you need the main gears, for an extra £225, you may as well get ashcroft to rebuild it.
