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I'm replacing my LT77 gearbox with a stumpy R380 from Ashcroft Transmissions, its going on a 300TDi engine fitted to a 1987 90. Ive ordered the whole kit from him and expect it some time next week. The only thing I'm not sure about is the slave cylinder I will need and the pushrod. If I have done my reading correctly I need FTC5072 (300Tdi type) for the slave and FTC3912 (disco 1 type) for the pushrod. If anyone can confirm what I need for the Stumpy R380 and 300Tdi combination that would be great. Im hoping to get all the parts together for next weekend todo the swap. Cheers

So the weird felling has gone after spraying plenty of oil! However the box seems to be leaking and I’ve no idea where from. The pipe connections are dry and the steering shaft input is fine I think, the oil seems to be sitting on the chassis rail towards the front of the car. Any ideas? It could it just be left over oil from bleeding it?

So the box needed alighted so that’s done now which has helped but it’s still heavier to the right. Have taken steering dampener off and still heavier to the right than the left. The steering was fine before until I swapped the boxes so unlikely that it’s a swivel (both had a complete rebuild in February). Anything else to look at?

Have recently fitted a OME dampener and everything was fine before I swapped the boxes over. Will check if the box is centred tonight when I get home.

It’s a box from NPS (national power steering) which I believe are good?

So I’ve just fitted a recon steering box, tried my best to bleed it using the usual methods of left to right a few times with the nipple open and closed. With the nipple open I’m getting a flow of fluid with no bubbles. The flow is stronger when turning right though if that makes any kind of difference? When driving the car though it’s a lot heavier past centre heading right. Any ideas?

All seems fine with it now! Put 500 miles on it and no issues. It's still smokey when pulling away but that will be a whole other post possibly! Cheers for all the help!

So took it out for a drive and seems to drive fine and less smoke! I've made a "custom" catch can, what amount of oil should I expect to find in the "can"? cheers

So there's every potential I'm being an idiot. But I've taken the cyclone off, started her up and there's some blowing from where the cyclone should be as expected. However when I increase the revs the blowing becomes less? Thoughts?

The smoking seemed excessive compared to other 300TDi's that I've driven. Fuel pump is still standard, it's a reconditioned one and I haven't done anything to it (yet...) Asked a mechanic friend who took a look and said it could be that the gasket has gone between a oil way and exhaust. There were signs of oil leaking in the gasket. I will need to borrow the tester again and will get back to you with figures.

I would say the cap kind of flutters. Sometimes higher than other times, but no flying away. I had the piston rings go on an another engine before and oil was coming out of the dipstick tube but that isn't happening (yet) with this engine. It smoked really badly when pulling away but it was more black smoke than blue smoke. And when doing the head I had a slightly bent pushrod so done the belt and replaced the rods but haven't taken it out a drive since so can't really comment.

It's not blowing oil up the dipstick tube but you can feel it with your hand over the oil filler. I cleaned the cyclone a few months ago but will check it again. I left the cyclone breather pipe disconnected at the air filter end after doing the head gasket and it blew oil up my windscreen.

So I have pressure in my 300TDi crankcase, done a pressure test and getting 400-450psi on all the pistons with a warm engine. So changed the head gasket (didn't have the head pressure tested or skimmed though) however there's still pressure in the crank case. This would make me think piston rings but as it's getting pretty even pressure across all the pistons I'm at a loss... any ideas before I send it all away to get sorted? Cheers

Depends what company you go with and the options you choose but around £900 inc VAT and deposit. Cheers

I tried playing around with the reverse plunger today to try and see if that was the problem but sadly no luck! Cheers

I have just fitted a recon LT77 box to my 90 which has a 300TDi in it. Done the clutch at the same time and had everything replaced while it was out. The problem I am having is that I'm struggling to get it into 1st, very occasionally it will just drop in however most of the time it seems that I need to hold the gearstick as much as I can in 1st gear position and then lift the clutch pedal slowly and as the clutch engages it drops into first. All the gears feel really tight and you have todo every gear change with meaning however 1st is putting up a massive fight. My theory and I don't understand how clutches and gear boxes work exactly so please tell me if I am wrong but 1st won't engage because something isn't lined up inside, when I lift the clutch pedal and the clutch engages it moves everything inside the gear box slightly and it all lines up and I can get into first. Is this expected in a re-con box? I don't want to bug the company anymore before I have ruled out all the mistakes I could have made. Cheers

Can't be sure what gear is in just now. Will try and pull it out later on but with my speedo sitting at 60mph = 63/64 GPS, 30mph = 30/31 GPS

Sorry 1.2 transfer box. Standard diff for a 90 CSW

So I'm struggling to work out which speedo gear I need for my new tyres! Im running a 1.2 diff and its on 285/75 R16 tyres. Cheers

So I can't seem to get this part anywhere, no one makes them and no one seems to have them in stock when I order them. So what options do I have? I can try and bend my own, my plan was out of M6 threaded rod so I can just bolt it in place. I did try but I kept snapping the rod, guessing I need to heat it first though! Is there a way to upgrade the linkage to the newer type that uses part FRC8544? Cheers

So I believe the time has come to change my LT77 as its making a horrible noise! I crawled under to get my serial number so that I could give it to Ashcroft's but its not what I was expecting. Its "3615 LLR", its been stamped in the location that the serial number should be. I'm guessing its been rebuilt at some point and they have removed the original serial number to replace it with this. My question now is, how do I tell what variant of the LT77 do I have? And does it matter that much? I will need a long stick as its a Defender, but do the other details matter that much? Thanks

Just wondering what this turned out to be? I have exactly the same noise on my Defender 90, its a 300TDi with an LT77. Thanks

Over the last 2 weeks I have had a noise coming from my transfer box (LT230) and it's getting progressively worse. It sounds like bearing noise, you can hear it clear in 1st and 2nd gear and then in all the gears when down shifting to engine break, it seems to get worse as the box warms up as well. I don't think it's the input gear as I changed these recently (6 months ago) My question is how do I work out which bearing it is? I have a feeling it's the rear output bearing but I have no way to prove that just now, it's just a hunch. I'm going to investigate this evening so any tips on where to look would be good! Cheers

It sounds like the ignition barrel is faulty if the dash is lighting up without the keys in. Another option could be lose cables on the back of the ignition barrel that are shorting to a permanent 12V. There should be a white with red stripe cable on the back of the ignition barrel, shorting this to the Brown which you will also find at the rear of the ignition barrel should turn the engine over proving the barrel is at fault. Another thing could be the immobiliser if you have one fitted but the issue here sounds more like barrel. I have attached the wiring diagram for what I believe to be your car if thats any help! The first time I knew about my ignition barrel failing was in a Macdonald's drive-thru after I turned the engine off to place my order...

So I'm looking to fit a tracker to my defender, car thefts are up in my area and I want todo what I can do to help reduce my insurance cost and keep an eye on my car. I have narrowed it down to 2 options that are in my price range, option 1 is sky-tag with the Live-Tracking option and option 2 is Defender Defender with there £145 tracker. Both are pretty similar in what they can do, but I guess it comes down to what people's experience is with these products. Seen alot of people using Sky-Tag and it works well for them, just wondering about Defender Defender. Cheers Stephen