Re: SER1 Slightly OT: gearbox designs

[prev] [thread] [next] [Date index for 2005/10/10]

Jon Hutchings wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Two questions - one hopefully easier to answer than the other :-)
> 
> Firstly, can a PTO from a later series land rover be fitted to a series 
> one (1953 80") gearbox.  I've just bought one for a bargin price, but I 
> noticed that the control lever is rather different.  This in itself is 
> not an issue ( I can make a suitable series one looking one) but I'm 
> concerned that other parts may also not fit.
I think so.... I believe that the transfer gearing is all the same...

> 
> Secondly and a bit OT ,
> 
> On my series 3 (late ex mil 109 FFR) the gear box tunnel cover has a 
> large rubber bund, under which you would expect the gearbox oil filler 
> to be (as on a series one), however this hole is blanked off and the 
> correct way to fill is from underneath through the top level/filler plug 
> (according to the owners handbook etc.)
> 
> Does anyone know why this, seemingly retrograde step was taken - having 
> just donw an oil change on my series one, and thought I'd do the series 
> 3 at the same time, it brought home how much more awkward the later 
> gearboxes are to change the oil in.
I believe it's the hole for the overdrive (fairey, not aeroparts)

        -- 
        
  Ian Stuart: Code Gorilla, Perl Laghu, & Land Rover fettler
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| This is a signature. It is either a statement defining the scope   |
|  of the message (and thus an attempt to indemnify the sender from  |
|  any missunderstanding), or is some witty comment designed to show |
|  how much of a sophisticate the sender is (or isn't)               |
| In practice is the bit you ignore. This has to be here for you to  |
|  ignore it, for that's what ignore means.                          |
| Pronunciation: ig-'nOr, -'nor       Function: transitive verb      |
| 1 : to refuse to take notice of.                                   |
| 2 : to reject (a bill of indictment) as ungrounded                 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Personal web site: http://lucas.ucs.ed.ac.uk/                      |
| Works web site:    http://edina.ac.uk/                             |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+

To change subscription see www.landrover.net/series1/mail