WashMyMongoose
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Good afternoon everyone! How are we all doing?
my names Chesney, born 9 months after “the one and only” was in the charts, so we can make our own assumptions where the name come from! I’m ex army, live in south east London/north west Kent. And I rip out asbestos for a living.
that’s the get to know me section done, time for the truck.
I bought a “1972” series 3 that’s had just about everything done on it. When sold to me it was in somewhat of a running order, but after bad advice and worse knowledge, she’s currently off the road.
needed a carb overhaul, so fitted the Holley 4 barrel - run perfectly
Lost the key, fitted knew ignition barrel - run perfectly
now this is where it gets interesting. Noise started coming from the gearbox after engaging the clutch and putting it in gear. My old man said it’s the thrust bearing. So, removed the engine to have a look, clutch and bearing spanking brand new. Put everything back together, nice and easy, everything back s it should be.
She’s now no longer engaging any gears with the engine. Thinking either the gearbox is shot, or something else I can’t put my finger on. So, found some LT77s on eBay, about to hit the “BUY” button but realised it didn’t have the “high low range” stick on the remote gear selector. Is that an easy change? Can I purchase a gear box, a gear selector, and just hand it to a garage and they solve the puzzle from there?
can anyone save me?!?
my apologies for the long post, just thought I’d get everything out on the table!
Looking forward to hearing from you all!
x
my names Chesney, born 9 months after “the one and only” was in the charts, so we can make our own assumptions where the name come from! I’m ex army, live in south east London/north west Kent. And I rip out asbestos for a living.
that’s the get to know me section done, time for the truck.
I bought a “1972” series 3 that’s had just about everything done on it. When sold to me it was in somewhat of a running order, but after bad advice and worse knowledge, she’s currently off the road.
needed a carb overhaul, so fitted the Holley 4 barrel - run perfectly
Lost the key, fitted knew ignition barrel - run perfectly
now this is where it gets interesting. Noise started coming from the gearbox after engaging the clutch and putting it in gear. My old man said it’s the thrust bearing. So, removed the engine to have a look, clutch and bearing spanking brand new. Put everything back together, nice and easy, everything back s it should be.
She’s now no longer engaging any gears with the engine. Thinking either the gearbox is shot, or something else I can’t put my finger on. So, found some LT77s on eBay, about to hit the “BUY” button but realised it didn’t have the “high low range” stick on the remote gear selector. Is that an easy change? Can I purchase a gear box, a gear selector, and just hand it to a garage and they solve the puzzle from there?
can anyone save me?!?
my apologies for the long post, just thought I’d get everything out on the table!
Looking forward to hearing from you all!
x
