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| barbel jim Member Since: 12 Dec 2012 Location: Northants Posts: 1432   
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its just heavy and awkward ! did mine myself. just needed the wife to tweek the drive shaft as i bench pressed up the box
 remember to swap the speado drive, and fit a new genuine oil seal  Depending what plugs are on the new box, but I lost illumination and the throttle response with my swap. you can swap the casings, but alot of faf !! |
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3rd May 2016 7:12pm |
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| isacs Member Since: 28 Aug 2015 Location: Leamington spa Posts: 404
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What do you mean by illumination?
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3rd May 2016 7:50pm |
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| barbel jim Member Since: 12 Dec 2012 Location: Northants Posts: 1432
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Dash illumination, showing diff lock engaged
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3rd May 2016 9:22pm |
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| Mo Murphy Member Since: 01 Jun 2008 Location: Letchworth Garden City, Herts Posts: 2270 
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Jim, why did you lose your diff lock light ? The switch is there unless you fitted a later disco 2 example.
If so that's a lesson that the OP can learn from. Mo The Land Rover 90 - Many are called, few are chosen. 50 Shades of Pennine Grey |
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4th May 2016 8:08am |
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| barbel jim Member Since: 12 Dec 2012 Location: Northants Posts: 1432
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My transferbox was out a v8 disco, so had a slightly different casing without the plugs. You could swap the casing over as they are interchangeable. I just taped up the plugs on the defender and lefts as. I'll know when I'm using the diff. The other missing plug relates to the low range map,making the throttle pedal less sensative, again something you can drive round👍
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4th May 2016 8:19am |
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| steventheplumber Member Since: 29 Apr 2014 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 767  
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Havea a disco transfer box in my 90 with tdi engine . much smoother and quieter.
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4th May 2016 10:40am |
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| isacs Member Since: 28 Aug 2015 Location: Leamington spa Posts: 404
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Is there any issue if the new box comes from an auto disco?
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4th May 2016 11:00am |
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| barbel jim Member Since: 12 Dec 2012 Location: Northants Posts: 1432
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IIRC there are a few issues with some variants. I think I'm correct in saying that some disco 2 boxes don't have the internals for the diff lock
Bit of useful reading http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic26066....r+box+swap http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic42513.html? http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic39982....r+box+swap |
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4th May 2016 7:54pm |
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| jabber Member Since: 10 Jun 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 17  
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Like the top end quietness/reduced revs at speed.
Dislike riding the clutch more upon takeoff. Need to map it to help this, i hear. |
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4th May 2016 8:49pm |
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| isacs Member Since: 28 Aug 2015 Location: Leamington spa Posts: 404
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Barbel...thanks for that very helpful indeed!! 👍👍
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4th May 2016 9:08pm |
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| drakes Member Since: 09 Oct 2009 Location: Hexham Posts: 113 
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Had a 1.2 box out of a Range Rover classic ( so you get the viscous centre diff ) in my TD5 90 auto for years now and it is a great mod to do. As said above just a bit heavy and fiddly to do but simple enough.
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5th May 2016 8:50pm |
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| miker Member Since: 13 Sep 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 1768 
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Having dropped the whole gearbox/tcase assembly on mine once, do you have to drop the lot, or can you just drop the tcase off the back of the gearbox?
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5th May 2016 9:48pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17538 
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I find it easier to remove the t-box first, then the main box.
If you have the luxury of a four-post lift and a tall transmission jack it might be quicker to do them together, but the whole thing is brutal to manoeuvre on your own. |
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6th May 2016 7:20am |
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| miker Member Since: 13 Sep 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 1768
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Dropped the whole assembly, on the floor, in the rain, and back in in a day! Did have an enginer crane poking through the passenger door admittedly and holding through the trans tunnel. Also had 2 helpers! |
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6th May 2016 9:27am |
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