ejparrott Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Getting ready to rebuild my 88 on to it's new chassis, I've decided I'm going to drill the chassis and tube it where the LT77/LT230 mounts would bolt on before it goes for galvanising. When I build it up I might still just stick with using my custom mounts on the Series cross-member when I build it up, but it'll be a lot better to put the mount holes in now than decide to try and do it later! I'll drop the spare engine in and bolt the transmission up to get the length right from the engine mount, but to get the height, how does the transmission lie in a Defender chassis? I need to get the level right so I can mark through the mounts. I seem to recall in the vague mists of time that with the chassis level the transmission is also level, and the drive flange/hand brake disc would be vertical. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcan bomber Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Sump is parallel to the chassis on the 110 so do that with a gearbox attached and you should be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 It was only the TDCI that had an inclined engine and transmission axis, but that was only for sump clearance from the axle, nothing to do with transmission geometry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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