gilloverland Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Coming home from work last night on the M1 in heavy traffic, snow and ice - in the middle lane - and yep, you guessed it - A loud BANG from the gearbox and no drive. At first I thought it ahd slipped from high in to nuetral on the t-box but after playing found I had lost all drive in 5th and reverse. 1st to 4th seem to work ok, but the box has been getting notchy over the last 500 miles or so. Has anyone else had this, can it be fixed or is it a recon / replacement job? And finally can recommend me a place to get it rebuilt, (is an ashcroft one worth the extra money?) this one was done about 80,000 miles ago, ought to last longer than that, shouldnt it? and btw, Merry xmas everyone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 It will be a recon job, unless you feel like taking it apart yourself. From what i have heard, ashcrofts are worth the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Try speaking to Andrew at AW Transmissions (google it) as an alternative to Ashcrofts. He just built me a short bell R380 and 1.410 tansfer box. really good service. Mav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evolwood Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Coming home from work last night on the M1 in heavy traffic, snow and ice - in the middle lane - and yep, you guessed it - A loud BANG from the gearbox and no drive. At first I thought it ahd slipped from high in to nuetral on the t-box but after playing found I had lost all drive in 5th and reverse. 1st to 4th seem to work ok, but the box has been getting notchy over the last 500 miles or so. Has anyone else had this, can it be fixed or is it a recon / replacement job? And finally can recommend me a place to get it rebuilt, (is an ashcroft one worth the extra money?) this one was done about 80,000 miles ago, ought to last longer than that, shouldnt it? and btw, Merry xmas everyone... I got a box rebuilt by a 'specialist' and it leaked after 2 weeks and got worse as time went on. In total it lasted about 20000 miles and 18 months before it rattled like a bog o spanners. 2nd box came from ashcroft's. Service is excellent and at least i know that if anything does go wrong they will sort it. Well worth the extra money. Reverse and 5th both sit in the extension part of the box thus the whole box hasn't exploded so it may be worth sending your own box away to get rebuilt as this is often cheaper. If its an LT77 and its had a hard life or done a lot of heavy towing then 80,000 is about right for death. Surely the only way the cheaper recon's are done is by using cheaper parts ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars L Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Or, like my recon LT77, reusing the old bearing in the input shaft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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