o_teunico Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Hi all, A friend has upgraded the rear axle of his 3.5 V8 injected Rangie to a Disco 300Tdi rear axle. Next upgrade is going to be a Defender 1.41 LT230 to replace the BW. Whe know that the front propshaft will need shortening, but we have three other questions. -Will the speedo cable fit the LT? -Do we need the gearbox crossmember from the donnor Defender or will the Rangie one be OK? -Disco lever linkage is needed or is there a way of adapting the Defender linkage to RR lever layout? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Speedo will be OK, you may want the gear from the BW box, test speedo accuracy and determine once up and running. Gearbox crossmember should be OK Go with the Disco (or Rangie) linkage, much simpler. Why is it an upgrade? Ratio change or for more reliability? Cos the BW boxes are very strong if in good nick... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejparrott Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Someone I know just destroyed their BW transfer box and has gone over to LT230. He's had a few issue's with speedo cables but he's replaced them with new now and the problem seems to have gone away - indicating that it was wear rather than mismatched parts. That was a 3.5 classic, engine died and replacement is a 3.9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Ah you are right, think the RRC has a different shaped end to the cable, oval IIRC and the Defender has a square drive, I had to use the RRC one, but it popped straight in Previously the cable span in the gear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o_teunico Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Thanks! 33" tyres make the BW too high geared. My friend is also a classic car rally driver (Ford Escort Mk1) and is interested in a box that cam be converted to RWD for drifting :-o Manual locking ability is also good when blowing halfshafts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesy Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 While this topic is still going is there any advantage or disadvantage to the solid disco front prop compared to an older RRC one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I think people tend to go with the solid one rather than the non-cat version, less to hang up on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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