Nick's Land Rover - Series III Rebuild

The transfer box was completed, with a check using the spring balance I bought from the fishing tackle shop for setting the front axle swivel pre-loads. Unfortunately, the pre-load is supposed to give a draw resistance on the string line of 2-4lbs, but I got a break-out force of 2lbs with a steady draw [...]

The bottom panel and hand brake assembly were removed from the transfer box, allowing the removal of the intermediate gear cluster. This, in turn, allows access to the internal nuts securing the transfer case to the gear box.
The front bearing cover of the gearbox was removed. This allowed me to see the [...]

Most of this task went easily enough, though removing the Wright Off Road matting adds a small amount of extra effort. The floor panels, tunnel cover, prop shafts, hand brake rods, speedo cable and bell housing bolts were al removed as normal, and the Roverdrive was separated to allow space for the gearbox assembly [...]

I have bought a very cheap but good condition 1983 Salisbury rear axle. The main part of it will be kept as a spare, but I’ll be using its stub axles and hubs to replace those on my current axle. The reasons are two-fold: first, the current stub axles have a tiny [...]

I have just finished reassembling the 109 after tinkering again with the gearbox. I’m hoping that I have found the cause of the 4th gear jumping out on the over-run. It seems like the position that I had set the selector fork on the shaft was too far forward, and this was preventing [...]