jai_landrover
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Yay!!! Sense!!
Dr_evil
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jai_landrover
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It may seem we're busting your ass but trying to help you with getting it done the best way
Dr_evil
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Yeah but just wondering who's made those parts! If its a good make I'll buy the cheaper ones
If not Ashcroft is £424 inc VAT and express delivery, unless my local indy gets a discount buying through them or no postage cost in which case I may get them to order it for me
Do I need to buy a puller if I do this conversion ?
jai_landrover
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That sounded rarther arsey lol I mean identify other options that have advantages to you and vehicle
Dr_evil
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It may seem we're busting your ass but trying to help you with getting it done the best way[/QUOTE]
Kinda
axle is still going ahead as I've got the parts for itReckon that axle on a short gearbox with a good length prop and those 35's it'll be pretty unstoppable
I think Chris still has my V8 adaptor plate so I'll buy that back off him, engine is staying forward as it gives me a longer rear prop and will put the front one at a decent length too
jai_landrover
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£3.50
I had a pile of LT77's I mean a pile maybe 7 of them not interested in the slightest I live 5 mins from ashcroft I weighed in a couple of boxes this morning
jamesmartin
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you need to remove seal collar from rear of r380 pullers may well be needed for that , and slacken 32mm L/S nut to allow enough movement to part both shafts to allow inputs to be swapped, and slide hammer tool to retrieve your old ukcl8 bearing race from old input to fit in new or puller to remove rller part from end of mainshaft,same with front input bearing(rtc6751)
jamesmartin
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they wernt defender lt77s then
Dr_evil
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Hmmm I may be able to borrow a puller or is there a way you can do without ?
32mm nut isn't a problem, gives me a chance to use those new King Dick spanners I got theres a 32mm in the mix
Slide hammer I can make up I suppose and the bearings I'll save, don't want to buy new ones if I can help it seeing as my box is brand new
Dr_evil
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Not worth it then, may as well pay postage for the parts and do it myself! £50 will probably only just cover fuel in the golf
chunkymunky
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Bulkheads a minter especially at that price
£10.50 for the swans (King Dick)
£5.50 for the open enders (King Dick)
£22.77 for the combos (Britool)
22 spanners in total
God my buck of spanners and sockets from scrappy were a bargain at £5
Dr_evil
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apparently these are the dimensions
Defender R380 question? - Page 2 - International Forum - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum
Looks like I'll get a big saving in prop length! A whole 5.5" which is a lot on a prop shaft, that'd be near enough standard length series prop on my set up with the engine moved forward if not longer
FFS I hate myself.
Defender R380 question? - Page 2 - International Forum - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum
Looks like I'll get a big saving in prop length! A whole 5.5" which is a lot on a prop shaft, that'd be near enough standard length series prop on my set up with the engine moved forward if not longer
FFS I hate myself.
Dr_evil
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Right have a plan for the spigot bush issue, local machine shop does surface grinding so I can give it to them and have them skim a few mm off it on the cylindrical or I suppose I could do this at uni using the same machine, the spigot on the 300tdi is 7/8th internal and the spigot on the V8 is something like 3/4s so compared to the 7/8ths I'll have to lose a bit of the OD on the shaft
Either that or I make up a thin walled spigot bush but I'd rather not have to do that as a 2.25mm wall thickness on a spigot bush probably isn't a great thing
Either that or I make up a thin walled spigot bush but I'd rather not have to do that as a 2.25mm wall thickness on a spigot bush probably isn't a great thing
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discomark10
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Ide turn the shaft imo, wont that difficult. What material is it?
jamesmartin
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apparently these are the dimensions
Defender R380 question? - Page 2 - International Forum - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum
Looks like I'll get a big saving in prop length! A whole 5.5" which is a lot on a prop shaft, that'd be near enough standard length series prop on my set up with the engine moved forward if not longer
FFS I hate myself.
its the same difference between def lt77 and disco lt77, theres only a certain thickness you can reach with the bronze spigot bush before it crumbles , ive seen copper used,you only have any movement in bush when clutch pedal is pressed
Dr_evil
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Steel but its hardened hence wanting to use the grinder instead of the lathe plus with grinder it'd be super smooth!
Yeah I had to make one out of standard bronze last time as it would take it unlike phosphor bronze
Copper sounds good though or possibly ally ?
As long as its softer than the other metals really
