Steve Hiatt Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 GKN were very helpful, should be with me in the new year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Goon Posted December 24, 2006 Author Share Posted December 24, 2006 Overdrive unit delivered to the office on Friday, having been ordered earlier in the week. Well done Devon 4x4. Didn't realise quite how bl**dy heavy it would be though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Get it fitted this week then, no excuses, can give you a hand if needed, but must be done for the 30th Treasurer hunt if your coming out to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Goon Posted December 25, 2006 Author Share Posted December 25, 2006 No time this week I'm afraid - out all day tomorrow with my parents, meeting during the day and working Wednesday night, taking step-daughter's car to have new stereo fitted on Thursday and working again on Friday. Still it was nice to have a day off today - in the office at the moment only to get some software off the 'net to make one of the step-daughter's Christmas presents work! It was going to be a three hour download on dial-up at home Took seconds at work, but I now can't find where the damn thing has saved itself on my computer!!!!!!!! I hate technology Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Bit of a thread revival here... but I've been thinking of an overdrive for a long time now, and keep coming back to the subject, but I just noticed the prices for them quoted here, the "roverdrive" is now £1400 pounds thats crazy they have doubled in price in 8 years.... surely you could get a custom unit made for close to that now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 V8Freak has a Roverdrive unit, my GKN is working well, bought 2nd hand years ago from a guy on LRO, Devon4x4 are the only suppliers now, still haven't seen a Paynes Overdrive on the market for Land Rovers yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Well the overdrive on my 110 AW is dead. It has been for some time, 2010 I think. It sits there on the end of the transfer box just a lump of weight. It went dead 11,000 miles after I'd paid nearly the same price to have it serviced as I paid new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Goon Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 I never expected this thread to be revived so long after it was originally posted. A bit of an update... The overdrive was fitted early 2007 and has done many thousands of miles since. It has been (almost) completely reliable, suffering only occasional electrical hiccups, which always seem to sort themselves out again somehow. It must have saved me a fair bit of fuel over the years but probably won't have paid for itself that way. It does made 'high speed' cruising more comfortable though. I did a motorway trip recently without using it for much of the time due to one of the occasional electrical gremlins. The difference was incredible, much noisier and I didn't feel I could comfortably cruise at the same speeds as I do when it is working. I am very happy with the GKN overall. Expensive but worthwhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Goon Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 Update nearly 5 years on from the last. Still working reliably. Only recent issue has been the loss - somehow - of the grub screw that holds the cap/switch plate on. Truck doesn’t get much use now though. Took it out last week after collecting it from MOT (which I was amazed that it passed - again) and realised that the last time I had put fuel in it was March 2018! It is soon to joined by a much younger cousin - a Discovery Sport. I very much doubt that I will still own that in 17 years time, or that it will still be soldiering on at 22 years old. GH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Good to see you back on here, Glad the 110 is still going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Wow thread revival ! Welcome back Gordon ! Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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