Lockylockwood Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Hi again friends Thanks for all your support with my last few questions. Your responses are helping me shape plans for my defender 90. I have another question regarding my gears. I recently had a refurbished LT77 gearbox installed and it has improved my gear changes massively. The only one I seem to have a slight issue with is my reverse. I have to sort of pop it up at a slight angle to find it. Someone told me that it may be a spring issue rather than a carp reconditioning job on the LT77 Is anyone aware of any adjustments that I can make to maybe improve this myself? Links to videos welcome. Someone also recommended that when reverse is sorted I fit a slickshift kit to make it easier for my wife to drive. Any thoughts on this too? Thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Check the reverse switch adjustment as it can affect getting into reverse. The other thing to check is making sure the clutch is disengaging properly a dragging clutch may not notice to much into first because of synchromesh but may cause issues with reverse. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockylockwood Posted December 29, 2023 Author Share Posted December 29, 2023 2 minutes ago, miketomcat said: Check the reverse switch adjustment as it can affect getting into reverse. The other thing to check is making sure the clutch is disengaging properly a dragging clutch may not notice to much into first because of synchromesh but may cause issues with reverse. Mike Thanks Mike, when you say reverse switch adjustment. Do you mean the reverse light switch or some sort of reverse mechanism at the bottom of the gearstick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Reverse light. It can affect the disco box quite badly but I can't remember how much it effects the defender box so worth checking. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockylockwood Posted December 29, 2023 Author Share Posted December 29, 2023 1 hour ago, miketomcat said: Reverse light. It can affect the disco box quite badly but I can't remember how much it effects the defender box so worth checking. Mike Ok thank you. I’ll give it a look. I don’t have the reverse light connected but that’s not to say the switch isn’t there. I’ll let you know if I find anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausages Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 I was starting to have issues with finding gears. I took the gearstick housing off the top of the gbox and found that the set screw which locates the socket which receives the gearstick was loose and not operating the forks properly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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