Roverbob

A very good evening to all, after finally finishing the tedious gearbox clutchpack change I went to the MOT station and was given a fail on a few things easily fixable except the carbon monoxide too high, it is 10.59% where 0.5% is allowed, for the Lambda it is 0.755 where 1 would be ideal. What could be a(n) (easy) fix for this? As it is a project vehicle and with an eye to the future gas usage I would like to spend as little money as possible trying to fix this. If anyone has a quick fix for a stuck rear right seat belt modulator, please send it too 😅 Kind regards, Bob

Yes, however with it being out and all the box didn’t have a single drop of fluid in it, except for maybe some left over fluid from soaking the new clutch plates. When my mechanic friend came by the following day I got a major slap in the face for doing so without any in it. Also when filling the box it is crucial, or at least the transmission shop said to me, to maintain a steady flow into the box when cycling through the gears, it’s best not to let it run dry.

Hi Arjan, it’s been a right out time disaster ;), what was supposed to take some weeks turned into some years. it all shifts perfectly and works as intended, feels like a stock box but with the upgraded reliability from the alto parts. alto’s performance clutches are of a high quality, I made a mistake of starting the v8 before filling up the box completely, which is a big no-no (to my defence I was anxious to hear the engine rumble after some time ;)) and nothing burned. I’ve already put 500 or so kilometres on the new clutches including about 60 of those off roading, hadn’t had the slightest issue/noise/vibration/smell. Highly recommending these clutches. All in all this project learned me a lot about the discovery 2 platform, but don’t underestimate the size of the project (which I did just a tiny bit) kind regards, bob

Good evening everyone (or at least it is here), first of all, sorry for my (very) delayed reply to the topic, it has been a very bumpy road. this evening the Land Rover moved for the first time since almost 2 years, it was a feeling like no other before. The whole process has been long, hard and has not been without blood and tears (like a lot). It was exactly as the RAVE manual dictated, but beware of some of the coming points; - When removing the transmission mounts, but some wooden planks between the firewall and engine as to not crush the ignition box (don’t ask me how I know). - Take out the plate where the shifter mounts to, in order to get access from above, this helps a lot when you do not have a vehicle lift as one can make a makeshift pulley system which I used to lower the transfer box (next point) - Do not, I repeat do not try to take out the transfer box/gearbox combo as this will require a lot of room which is not easy to get. You can easily slide the transfer box over the output shaft when it’s suspended. - Be aware to remember the breather lines for the transmission, they’re a bit of a pain when the gearbox is fully in position. - MOUNT THE TOP OIL COOLER PIPE WHEN THE GEARBOX IS NOT IN POSITION. This gave me a lot of frustration and the need of an unconventional way to do this. The part described as most dangerous was actually the easiest and most trouble free which was the clutch pack change. The instructions provided by Alto were very clear and it was easy. Try to do the whole change on the same day as it is very important where what bearing goes. Remember to have the torque converter seated properly, it’s not difficult to do but I had trouble mounting the gearbox and the torque converter falling off almost every time. When the gearbox is not mating to the engine easily, don’t push you luck, take it off a bit, check the fitment and try again, it goes on smooth without any force necessary, try to line up the torque converter to the flex plate, just makes the job of re-fitting the torque converter bolts 2 hours less. In in case if anyone has any questions, ill try to logon every once in a while and answer. Sorry about out the lack of pictures, I took some but all were at night when I had time and are pretty useless, I’ll try and clear them up and post any useable ones. Kind regards, Bob

Hello all! It is finally happening, I have ordered the clutch pack and have made all the preparations to remove the automatic gearbox. Thank you Tobias for supplying the link! If wanted I can provide some details with photos to help anyone in the same situation. Thanks everyone and have a great evening! Bob

Thank you for your swift reply! is it considered a hard job to do this? As I like to do a fair bit of work to my cars I don't mind. It currently has the problem of not having any forward gear, only reverse. If I put it in forward and rev it up, the S and M lights start flashing. I bought a new XYZ switch, so that rules that out.

Hello, I am a happy owner of a D2 from '99 with the v8 auto combination, it appears I have to change the forward clutch pack, or clutch pack "A". I cannot seem to find a kit with the right amount of friction plates and steel plates, is there a parts number for the kit? With changing out the friction plates, I suppose the whole gearbox needs to come out of the car instead of "shimmying" it back resulting in enough room. Kind regards, Bob