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thetim

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• Aug 4, 2018

• #1

Bit of a general enquiry - has anyone built a rear engined LR of any type, and if so - how did you hook up the transfer box shifter and the diff lock?

 

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Colthebrummie

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• Aug 4, 2018

• #2

thetim said:

Bit of a general enquiry - has anyone built a rear engined LR of any type, and if so - how did you hook up the transfer box shifter and the diff lock?

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Apart from wanting to thought of as completely bonkers, why would you want to make a rear engined landy. Too foreign by half.

Col

 

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thetim

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• Aug 4, 2018

• #3

I'm making a cab forward truck, which means the gearbox is well aft of the driver. The cab tilts, which complicates matters too.

 

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Colthebrummie

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• Aug 4, 2018

• #4

thetim said:

I'm making a cab forward truck, which means the gearbox is well aft of the driver. The cab tilts, which complicates matters too.

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Well, now you have said that you are obliged to post some pics of it for us to comment on and provide you with inspiration and depression in equal measure.

Col

 

Paul D

Old, nackered 'n broke, but the Landy is fine . :)

Events Planner

• Aug 4, 2018

• #5

Have a look at this .. 101 FC Manual .. at the gearbox section, it might help. They do it with a gearchange shaft for the normal gears and a cable for the transfer changes.

 

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Hicap phill

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• Aug 4, 2018

• #6

Just take the diffs out & turn the diffs 180degs
You have to cut the opening & replace the diff pan.
Gears take a bit of used to running backwards
Good luck

 

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thetim

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• Aug 4, 2018

• #7

Thanks all. I'm lengthening the hi/lo shift lever (the business end, not the lever in the cab) so that forces on a cable solution are lower. However, when I push it back and forth, I can only feel two detent positions. Should there be three, i.e. does neutral have a detent, or is it just somewhere in the no-man's-land between detent high and detent low? I'm a bit worried that the 'box has seized up and I can't get high ratio any longer.

 

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thetim

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• Aug 4, 2018

• #8

...ignore me, I've found it! There are detents on all three positions. The third position was just further back than I expected.

 

jamesmartin

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• Aug 4, 2018

• #9

thetim said:

Thanks all. I'm lengthening the hi/lo shift lever (the business end, not the lever in the cab) so that forces on a cable solution are lower. However, when I push it back and forth, I can only feel two detent positions. Should there be three, i.e. does neutral have a detent, or is it just somewhere in the no-man's-land between detent high and detent low? I'm a bit worried that the 'box has seized up and I can't get high ratio any longer.

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discovery 2 has a cable operated hi/lo not difficult to fit any lt230 can include diff lock too

 

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thetim

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• Aug 4, 2018

• #10

Good point - thankyou. Will take a closer look at the Disco solution.