Stef.

Hi All Thanks for the support and all the information, I've found a series 'box a couple of hundred K away, in Toulouse, I'm picking it up tomorrow. I'll fit that over the next week or so and report back. My vague plan is to rebuild the series box I take out, so any info on rebuild kits / suppliers of parts would be welcome. In the mean time, can I fit any other transfer box to a series box to up the final drive ratio Cheers Stef

Hi Snagger Ok, you're talking me around, well, a bit..... I'll check as suggested. I've got the first 'box in the shed, covid hit as I did the change and by the time it had settled down enough to get it back to Beaumonts they'd stopped doing series 'boxes and refused to accept it against the surcharge of £300. I might be able to get a second hand 'box locally, if I can I'll swap out and try the rebuild route. Is there a thread on here, or a Youtube vid anyone knows of? Finally, whilst contemplate the rebuild route, how do I get the final ration up a bit? I've already got Disco diffs and 235 / 70 / 16 General Grabbers Cheers Stef

Hi Snagger, Thanks for a swift reply, I bought the 88 about 5 years back, in the UK, a mate fettled it and declared the 'box in it wasn't likely to make the trip to the French Pyrenees so he put a recon unit from Simmonites in it that locked up after a couple of years, I replaced it with one from Beaumonts and that's getting noisy in reverse and harder to get int the forward gears, i have to shunt it in and out of reverse a few times. Whilst I haven't really hammered the vehicle, I live off grid up a gravel track, about 300m long with a couple of 1 in 10 slopes, one of which is around a 150 degree hair pin. Every time I go out I'm in 4x4 and once a month or so I haul up a two ton trailer load of gravel / sand. I would also like the advantage of a higher final ratio, not necessarily for the speed but to cut the noise down ar 60 or so. It's not really an outstanding classic, It's on a galvanised chassis that I don't want to chop that about, if it can be helped. Cheers Stef

Hi All I have a 1980 series 3 88 with a 200 TDI that has served me well for the last few years, however the series gearbox is getting noisy, particularly in reverse. I have the option of an early Defender with an unmolested drive train and would like to swap it out completely. I've had a trawl around the various topics and there's loads of info, mostly on different parts of the problem, There may well be a complete article, but I've missed it! Could someone please point me towards the right thread or give me a swift overview on likely problems, should it be possible, including shifting the engine mounts, prop shaft mods and details of where the gear sticks are likely to end up? Cheers Stef

Hi All. A cheap injector tester is available thro ebay, if it's not quite bang on it'll only be the gauge that needs changing. Biggest advantage is that you can get all four set up the same and then check the spray pattern before you fit them. Probably cheaper than the local bloke, certainly will be the second time you use it, and you can always get the lads to pay with beer! Cheers Stef