kkk2 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 After having input shaft failure on my lt77 this morning, I was wondering what is the availability of short shaft R380's, what were they fitted to an what model number should I be on the look out for, or are these gearboxes as rare as rocking horse poo? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Member Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 They are rocking horse poo. Ashcroft says they are going to be building new ones very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMc Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Ashcroft's were selling brand new, crated, Short Bellhousing R380's. http://www.ashcroft-transmissions.co.uk/part_79.html Sadly, now out of stock . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkk2 Posted October 11, 2009 Author Share Posted October 11, 2009 Ok on another tack, is the only difference between a standard R380 and the short shaft version the lenght of the input shaft? and following on from that is this shaft available and how hard a job would it be to fit? K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonR Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Ok on another tack, is the only difference between a standard R380 and the short shaft version the lenght of the input shaft? and following on from that is this shaft available and how hard a job would it be to fit? K Yes, essentially that is the only difference but if you are replacing an lt77 with a short shaft R380 you also need the accompanying (shorter) bellhousing because the box is 30mm longer than the lt77. The parts needed to convert an R380 are: pinion, bellhousing, front housing and clutch fork pivot (Ashcroft, 2009). Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 They were fitted to a handful of 2.5 naturally asthmatic engines built in the 1995 model year (i.e. when the 300Tdi/R380 was introduced) and I think mainly as special order for export markets - we have a few here (probably about half a dozen) which are 2.5NA/R380 from the factory. Mostly bought by people who "didn't want one of those new fangled turbocharged things because everybody knows turbos are unreliable" and now mostly replaced by Tdis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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