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bearpig

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  1. No idea. Should they be inline or slightly off (not sure on whether they should be following the sIII guidelines or 90 guidelines...)?
  2. Yup I've put them in an Imgur gallery here - https://imgur.com/a/6Fd4AFH
  3. Thanks for the comments. Further exploration and talking to others leads me to believe that when the conversion was done they did a fairly half arsed effort. But the good news is that by taking off the propshafts one at a time, I’ve tracked the clunk to the front diff so that needs swapping out (picked up a spare from another local). But regarding the conversion - they seem to have mounted the gearbox very low on a new welded into crossmember, mounted on a single mount directly below the gearbox, and the engine is mounted on what seems to be the original mounting positions. Explains hardly any pitch on the propshafts. Something to sort out next...
  4. Sorry about the delay in replying. Yup so if I disengage the free-wheeling hubs at the front (so it's set to 4x2 mode), and then lock the center diff so I'm driving just the back wheels, there's a large clunk when taking up drive. I've done a bit more investigating and the rear propshaft is really short (44cm) and the front is quite long (78cm) so I'm assuming that when the engine/gearbox transplant was done, they didn't do the advised thing of move the engine forward to accommodate for the longer gearbox & transferbox. I've seen a few on forums that did it this way, but the rear propshaft is almost parallel to the ground, so the gearbox must be sitting really quite low (brand new GB springs on it, so it's not that). Might be able to counteract that with some extended shackles on the back. The rear propshaft is almost fully extended and is out of phase, so it could be they fitted at series 1 rear (45cm extended) instead of making up a new one. I think once I get this replaced, the clunk should go away, but if anyone who's done the same transplant could point me towards some helpful info (or recommend somewhere to make up a custom length propshaft) it'll be really helpful. Cheers
  5. Yup LT77 & LT230 in a swb series 3 (1983). Yeah meant the center diff.
  6. Sorry for digging an old thread, but I've got a sIII with a 2.5 NA diesel (12J) and a LT77 box in it, and ever since I bought it I've been trying to diagnose this issue. When the free-wheeling hubs on the fronts are set to 4x2 and the front diff is locked, theres large amount of backlash and a decent thunk when taking up drive. Did you ever get to the bottom of it (was it a buggered center diff)?
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