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stjohn

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  1. Hi and hello every one , was wondering, can i put a ser 2a metal spoke steering wheel on my ser 3 109 . I have done some research and keep coming up with diff Epinions .Some say splines are diff , some say the bolt on meth, is diff ,but can be mod . I love this old metal spoke wheel , want it on my ser 3 . anyone tried ? Thanks
  2. Hi John was wondering if you had any ideas on this ? I am fighting with this ser 3 suffix D gbox . It still jumps out of 1,2nd gear on over run and always jumps out of R g. After 2 rebuilds within a month or each other I rebuild it , everything new everything, synkro, bush (ONE PIECE), circlips ,bearings , seals ,new reverse gear ,new springs , fork seals ,spacers to take up float. I checked fork position but could not find the exact measurement anywhere online or in manuals (some say there is one some say you just put it in stock position ).So played around moving it back and forward , no luck , put it back to stock pos . Then checked the castle nut again , took of overdrive , checked the main shaft for movement .There was a lot , and the nut was not going to get any tighter . On 1st rebuild So decided to take box out again and check end float and ware on casing . But then i decided NO . let me take this back to the experts as this has been going on now for 6 months . The place I took it to was a Land rover shop , that is where i bought all my parts and they have been in the Landy business sins 1972. I had payed them the 1st time I rebuild the box , to assemble the main box for me , I could not figure out how to get the lay shaft back in , so they assembled the box . ( my 1st box rebuild ) Well I took it back to them , they are good guys , they decided to take the whole box apart Transfer and all . Go threw it peace by peace check everything again . We then found a lot of problems , I was standing next to the mechanic while he worked on the box for 7 hrs. There was lots of end float, circlips ,one was broken , and the R gear circlip had jumped off , they put in thicker spacers front and back main shaft and , new bush just to be safe as the shaft had been mover back and forth so better safe than sorry they said and tightend up 3 and 4th as well , checked the transfer box as well all good there . The did also find a problem where the main bearing gos through the casing on main shaft towards the front , there was ware there , So they put a collar on the front side and scored the bearing a bit ,to give it some bite and then loctite ,there was about 2 m movement there back and forth and then a new circlip . They gave me a credit on the money I paid the 1st time, they put the box together , but 4.000 rand ( im in south africa ) later , I got home put it all back together again ,and same problem , jumps out of Revers G , and will not stay in 1 /2 gear on over run ????????????? ... This was my 13th time pulling this box out and still not fixed . Sorry for the long story , but what the #$%%^ .. Any thoughts on what the hell is going on here I am really lost not sure what to do , I have just put 40.000.00 into totaly frame up restoring it . solar panels fridge and on and on , but can't go anywhere without Reverse gear working prop. I can't even hold it in reverse it pushes my hand back as it jumps out gear .. I did look at box mounts and engine mounts , look fine Thanks for any thoughts other than what I have allready done here .... I am true lost here and so is the land rover workshop ?
  3. I have to say how much this is helping me , I really would not have tryed to do my box without this thread ,thanks so much for all your time doing it . I am half way now about to take out main shaft . Thanks millions stJohn..............
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