The fact that it gets so close suggests that it's not fouling on the splines or on the edge of the spigot bush. Is there any debris or grease at the bottom of the spigot bush hole perhaps? A problem I had once with a different setup was that the gearbox input shaft was bottoming in the hole in the flywheel. You could check this with a bit of engineers blue (or paint if no blue available). In our case we just ground a bit off the shaft and the thing was fine until a few years later when an MOT failure due to rust put an end to it.
 
No debris I can see. I asked on face-ache too and one chap reckons my donor 3.9 engine might have been from an auto... Both John and Ashcrofts knew what they were aiming for though. Agree that splines etc will be engaged... Need to have a fresh look in the morning as how far the grease was pushed, and whether the splines are bottoming out...
 
Not too knowledgable on this but could you hold a straight edge across bell housing and measure how much shaft protrudes then same on mating surface of engine and measure depth of hole. May eliminate that part of it
 
Victory:

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Nice build! I'm doing a galv v8 r380 build as well. My engine is in but the box still on the floor :)

2 questions for you.

1. Are you missing the tubular gearbox cross member?
2. What are the part numbers for the v8 r380 gearbox mounts on the piccy?
 
Some nice work here.

I would also be interested in details with regard to the gearbox mounts for the R380 in a V8 chassis. I've got as far as ANR4657, ANR2819, ANR4650 and ANR2820 making up the arrangement (with ANR1808 rubber mounts), but have been unable to confirm it anywhere.

Some detailed pictures of the mounts and how they sit with regard to the boxes and the chassis would be helpful too if that is possible?
 
Retroanaconda said:
Some nice work here.

I would also be interested in details with regard to the gearbox mounts for the R380 in a V8 chassis. I've got as far as ANR4657, ANR2819, ANR4650 and ANR2820 making up the arrangement (with ANR1808 rubber mounts), but have been unable to confirm it anywhere.

Some detailed pictures of the mounts and how they sit with regard to the boxes and the chassis would be helpful too if that is possible?
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Glad im not the only one! I found those same parts (the bracket is more offset on the v8 eh?) and am on the verge of purchasing. not cheap either!

The other thing im questioning is what crossmember hes using. I bought the same one as on page 9 of this thread but it doesnt fit with the chassis bracket. 110 defender rebuild project and v8 conversion. Ive now bought a tubular crossmember where the ends curve up but have yet to fit it.
 
I'll sort the part numbers for you all tomorrow... As far as the diagrams go, just treat it as a v8 manual disco. Parts catalogue (us version I think) online.

You should use a 300tdi x member I think... The tubular one is the lt77 one isn't it?
 
jamesmartin said:
why not use the 300 tdi crossmember anr3713
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ive got one but it appears to foul the chassis bracket?
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which is why i was looking at the same solution as these guys.

i then bought one of these which i got cheap, but obviously you still need the seperate mounting brackets then.
PLI243.jpg
 
On a 300Tdi the transmission mounts actually sit on the crossmember I think, whereas others (200, V8) have separate brackets.

The photos on this page:

http://v8defender.blogspot.co.uk/2011_09_01_archive.html

... show the brackets I listed in place, one onto the gearbox and one on the transfer box (as per usual). The crossmember appears to be a tubular type and is located much farther forward. I am getting a V8 chassis from Marsland and hope to use the crossmember they supply, which looks like this apparently:

http://www.marsland-chassis.co.uk/defender-110-gearbox-crossmember.html

Seems to locate on the four square holes just aft of the bulkhead feet brackets with the bottom two proud of the lower chassis rail.
 
If it's an r380 then I don't understand how it can mount anywhere other than on the xmember. I'm certainly not the most experienced person here mind you...
 
This pic:

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Shows a V8 R380 (from a NAS spec 90 in this case), in the foreground you can see the mount attached to the box, the round rubber doodah, and then the three-footed bracket that bolts to the chassis (ANR2820). The other side mounts off the LT230 as per 200Tdi does, using bracket ANR4657 and plate ANR2819 with the rubber mount in between.

Or so the diagrams would have one believe.
 
Retroanaconda said:
On a 300Tdi the transmission mounts actually sit on the crossmember I think, whereas others (200, V8) have separate brackets.

The photos on this page:

http://v8defender.blogspot.co.uk/2011_09_01_archive.html

... show the brackets I listed in place, one onto the gearbox and one on the transfer box (as per usual). The crossmember appears to be a tubular type and is located much farther forward. I am getting a V8 chassis from Marsland and hope to use the crossmember they supply, which looks like this apparently:

http://www.marsland-chassis.co.uk/defender-110-gearbox-crossmember.html

Seems to locate on the four square holes just aft of the bulkhead feet brackets with the bottom two proud of the lower chassis rail.
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thats a td5 crossmember
 
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