Transfer box has gone :(

whats the best thing to do i know its the transfer box which has gone how much are we looking at if i take it to a landy garage is it hard etc get back at me thanks

what are the symptoms?

do it your self,

take the floor out, transmision tunnel out, middle seat out, ge a big piece of thick wood and a rope or chain and lay it across the seat box, undo all bell housing bolts, remove speedo cable and prop shafts, and un plug wires... basically disconnect everything from the gearbox/ transfer box make sure the rope is support ing weight of it then support on a decent trolly jack and with one person holding rope from the top and one ( at a safe distance ) underneath lowering the jack drop the unit to the floor on a piece of ply wood or simular, wrap rope around hand brake drum and pull out side ways making sure you keep wood under to protect the drive way, undo the bolts split the transfer box and gear box apart being very carefull of the seal then simply bolt new box on and insert all back in place

best of luck
cheers kieran

cheers kieran sounds a job i phoned up foleys they want £1000.00 reconditioned gearbox and transfer box the lot labour is so expensive £450.00, my dads mate is a mechanic works for recovery company ill show him this info and tell ya what he says cheers.

if you cover my fuel cost of getting to you im sure me and james can do it for you

cheers kieran

yer that sounds alright mate ill give you a ring tonight when my dad comes home see what he says thanks

Which type of transferbox you have?
LT230?
In that case you only have to split the boxes while undernesth the car. Gearbox can stay in place. One evening hard work and its done.

Hi Cadarn, yes it is a LT230 thanks its just i don't really want to pay £1000.00
i mean: ( i want pay a £1000.00 ) thanks for the info

Same as the Range Rover Classic and Disco then. As Jaap (Cadarn) says, located on the side of the gearbox, the transfer box is a simple bolt off/bolt on affair dropped down WITHOUT removing the gearbox.

Even purchasing from the best gearbox specialist in the country - Ashcroft Transmissions of Luton - an LT230 exchange unit would cost approx. £450.

Perhaps exchange units could be sourced at an even better price because as I say, Ashcroft are the best ... then again their prices may be very competitive anyway? Really don't know so you'll have to hit the phone to find out. Best look at either the "gearbox" or "engineering" categories of Macks 4x4 info to find the nearest company to you to save on carriage, then start working outwards.

Alternatively you could of course pick up a secondhand unit for around the £100 - £150 mark. Always a risk factor though when buying used parts, depends on your finances if you can afford a recon unit or not. If you go down this route, again Macks 4x4 info is the way to go; look in the "breakers" category for companies near you.

thanks Tom the nearest breakers to me is RGB Land rovers i will give them a call tonight see if they have anything i would really want recon not used as there is a chance it could be just the same and go wrong in a year a mechanic is coming round in the week o check and defiantly make sure it is the transfer box ill let you know how i get on

Since the exchange of a transferbox isn't that difficult and the change of getting a bad one isn.t too high ( boxes have a longerlife than gearboxes in my experience) I would opt for a used one.
Furthermore exchange units are not that reliable, not even ashcroft ones.
Been there, done that
2 gearboxes in 3 year

yer i think were using a used one now my dads mate is a skip driver and he does land rover mechanics on the side were dropping the landy off to him in the week for him to do

Hope you will be helping him, only way to learn fast. Isn't that difficult to change.
Good luck with it

yer will be labouring on the side for him and cheers ill tell ya how we get on

ok take it from me, i dont like big heavy things floating around above my head,
take both out,
it'll possibly save lives,
just remember theres a delicate seal inbetween the two when you take the transfer box out without the gearbox be prepared to loose it
on the other hand as these two say just take out the tranny box then do so if you have a ramp, and correct jacking equipment


yes my way is longer but like i say its safer and its a doddle, tom a defender transfer box is differant to a disco one and a rangie one,
a rangie one is the same as a disco one,
a disco one is higher ratio and not as good off-road or at pulling trailers up hills but you will get a faster top end,

call me safety kieran but i like my life

cheers kieran

You right if you say you need to take out bottomplate and other covers. Much easier to replace the transferbox, It's much easier if you can lign it up from above. But alltogether transferbox isn't that heavy. Ramps are handy but not necesarry. Lying on my back worked perfectly. As you now I have some kind of defender too.
Btw, what type of gearbox is fitted underneath you car Kieran?

HELLO,

SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THE TRANFER BOX. I HAVE JUST CHANGED MY GEARBOX AND TRANSFER IN THE LIGHTWEIGHT, TOOK MY TIME AND OTHER THINGS DID IT OVER TWO WEEKENDS EASY.

SO TO MY POINT I FOUND THIS SITE. :bom:

http://www.4x4gearboxes.co.uk/index.htm

BAEUMONT GEAR BOX, IN HALIFAX, THEY SUPPLY PADDOCKS AND NOT BAD PRICES EITHER. DELIVER OR PICK UP, I PICKED MINE UP, QUITE A GOOD SET UP, NO COMPLAINTS FROM ME. GIVE THEM A TRY.

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THEY SUPPLY PADDOCKS AND NOT BAD PRICES EITHER

Whatever you do don't tell Kieran ! He's still not recovered from their earbashing when he took Lenny's clutch plate back after it split having done less than 70 miles. He was accused of taking Lenny offroad and driving in the snow ! (by the way I though that was what 4x4's were for)
Apology still required !

cheers for the info Andy it should be sorted hopefully by the begging of next week

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THEY SUPPLY PADDOCKS

id rather poke my eyes with donkey poo than buy anything let alone fit anything thats supplied to paddocks,
they are the true pirates of 4x4's

try matt savage, he normally knows where to look for things

If you were really wanting to poke your eyes out I don't think donkey poo would do the job. I reckon a more traditional approach of a sharp stick would be better. Donkey poo is just too sloppy.....unless its been around for a while them it might firm up a bit but even then it really wouldn't have the tensile strength required given the that it would also have to be in quite thin long strips. It could be very effective at gumming up the eyelids but that is some way short of eye poking. I hope you found this helpful but if you need to discuss it any further please pm Tom or somebody .... anybody in fact apart from me - I'm off to bed.

its not the transfer box but it is instead the gearbox if anyone can get hold of reconditioned gearboxes, or know any one/ company's selling them please let me know much appreciated The gear box im after is a LT77

Log on to www.macks4x4info.com - click on "Gearboxes" in Directory Categories (no surprise there) l/h column and up will pop almost 40 companies specialising in transmissions ... simples!

cheers Tom thats the first thing i went on when i found it was lol i ended up getting one yesterday off of ashcroft so should be back on the road this weekend

Couldn't have gone to a better company - first class service, knowledgeable, efficient, PLUS really nice people.

also got it a little cheaper getting it from Foleys