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Thanks for that if the v8 slave cylinder has a bigger bore does that mean it moves less than the standard diesel one? seeing as the master cylinder is the same on all models? K

What is there a difference between the standard slave cylinder 591231G, the 300tdi slave cylinder FTC 5205 and the V8 one FTC 5071 please? is there a difference in the throw of the cylinders? thanks K

Thanks for this there are loads of guys on here that can give you step for step info on how to fix anything on a Land Rover, software to most of us in still Black Magic, thanks for helping to upgrade essentially what is another tool in the toolchest K

Yes I did and I'm happy with the modification, however the gearbox fitted now was supplied with the cooler supplied by Ashcrofts, I understand the rear casting is different to allow the cooler part to be fitted to the gearbox, I think late LT77's fitted to Discoverys in Usa but 100% sure of that. I have piped the cooler to a small radiator under the right hand wing and the gearbox runs fine and cool as I do a lot of towing, I am interested with the temp switch as I could use this to fix my oil temp gauge to. k

Yep have that done as well

I had to mod the Lt77s with the cooler the same way, easily done, I did it after fitting the gearbox, as there was vibration where the cooler was rubbing off the seat box, If this is all the mod needed then its not even worth worrying about, The cooler is good and works well today after a 120k run with a heavy trailer the gearbox was cool enough to touch. I would also consider a fully synthetic oil for the box which I will do when I do the first oil change at about 1000 Km after fitting K

I have recently fitted a new gearbox to my truck (1989 110), its a Lt77s which has the same ratio as the r380, while it was reconned I got a cooling modification fitted to it as well. I have a small radiator under the wing, For long haul stuff this keeps the gearbox cool. This facility is also available on the R380 gearbox too, however the shortshaft R380 is an expensive conversion. As for Xfer box, all transfer boxes have same lower ratios, so offroad there is no differance. On road we have both defenders with 1.2 and 1.4 Xfer boxes, the 1.2 runs quiter on road but like a naturally aspirated will find the hills before you see them when towing. I believe the 1.4 gives a better allround performance. K

I have one of these mwm 4.2 sprint engines in my 110

I was pulled over a few months ago and the cops had a portable weighing scales type thing to check the weigh of the loaded trailer, (mine was ok) and I had the licence to pull the weight, however what the cop said that here (Ireland) if you do not hold or have held a licence for the catagory then there is no insurance cover as well, so points for no licence, and for no insurance...............

I have seen events where smallest tyred trucks went off first and this solved the issue of the large tyred trucks churning up the ground. On Hydro steering, we have systems fitted to lawnmowers which can still steer if there is fliud loss,or if the engine fails. As some one stated earlier we all love innovation, it really only needs someone to apply themselves to this issue and come up with a system that satisifies the "mechanical link" challenge. If this was resloved and could be demonstrated as suggested earlier, this I believe it would put a lot of the resistance and skeptics of hydro steer to rest.

Thanks for that, I was going to use a syntethic oil in the new box as well, has anyone used this:Synt oil

Oi! what sort of a site is that?

David at Llama4x4 has the Mocal pump on his website,

I asked to Ashcrofts today if they could modify the lt77 for cooling and unfoutunately it cannot be done by them, the internal pump in a Lt77 would not cope with the extra work either as it is of fiberous composition. The only way I see is to tap in a couple of pipes and a cooler, tank and an external pump (12V) to run the system, I also intend to put a thermal switch on so the system will only come on at a given temp. k

Has anyone put a forced cooling system on a LT77? and was it a success?

Thanks Dave will call next few days

Having trouble keeping my LT77s cool at the moment, last oilchange saw fluid completely burned and black in colour. Current box gave up the ghost over the weekend. I was thinking of adding a cooling system to my new gearbox, using a circulating pump, and an oil cooler piped into the gearbox, Has any one done this? Pumps I am looking at are: My link pump 1 My linkPump 2 Any ideas /suggestions welcome thanks K

This happened in a quarry yesterday, luckily no one was injured, would make you think about a rollcage though

Ok on another tack, is the only difference between a standard R380 and the short shaft version the lenght of the input shaft? and following on from that is this shaft available and how hard a job would it be to fit? K

After having input shaft failure on my lt77 this morning, I was wondering what is the availability of short shaft R380's, what were they fitted to an what model number should I be on the look out for, or are these gearboxes as rare as rocking horse poo? Thanks

Disco handbrake fits easy use the disco cable as well a little enlarging of the hole through the bulkhead is as much engineering as is needed. I will give you a shout later in the day Transporter K

Looked and couldnt find the spacer as a seperate part, and to be honest the thought of modifing the existing calipers did not appeal, replaced the calipers complete with new AP ones from Bearmach, and delphi disks, the vented disks are nearly as cheap as the solid ones. The truck is 1989 so was due a new set of disks and calipers anyway. Pedal is a little softer but I have also upgraded rears from drums to disks as well.

I've just upgraded my fronts on a 110 to vented, the disk diameter and the caliper are the same as the old solid ones but the calipers have a spacer in them for the extra width of the vented disk. The brakes operate the same as the solids but when stopping with a load on behind I find the vented brakes work better as the dissipate the heat quicker and so are more effficient at stopping. The down side is if you do offroading then the disks get clogged and are a pain in the butt to clean. K

I have one but to be honest its not up to much, handy for the odd stubborn bolt but I still use corded ones for anything else, however mine is not a DeWalt but is 18v

Thanks guys for the replys, my pedal is softer and travels further down with the disks fitted all round than when it had brake drums fitted to the rear, K