Well, the title says it all. Â I spent an exasperating day swapping the Salisbury diffs over again to drop the ratios. Â Removing the bearings from the carriers to move the good bearings from the 3.54 unit to replace the rusted bearings on the 4.71 was a pig because I appear to have lost my […]
deja vu
Following the sound proofing effort and oil change/service, I took the 109 on its 265 mile trip to work. Â The car was astonishingly quiet, eerily so, in fact, quieter than the 90XS. Â The sound proofing really works better than I could have hoped for, leaving only road and wind noise to be significant. Â However, the […]
Roverdrive Refitted
Sorry, no pictures as I didn’t have the camera handy, but it’s nothing you haven’t seen already. Â The relevant pictures were on the previous overdrive thread showing the changeover of the front casings of the unit.
Stronger Overdrive Casing
I have refit the original type of front casing to my Roverdrive, having suffered two broken new style casings. Â The design was changed to have three milled voids to increase oil flow through the main bearing, but I found the remaining lugs that centralise the overdrive on the transfer box too weak, the upper […]
109 April 2014 Update
A few little updates this month regarding the 109 transmission, Range Rover engine and Defender 90.
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