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« on: August 13, 2007, 09:31:33 »
Ola,
I have in the shed 2 gearboxes which came with the landrover however i have no idea if they are series1,2 or 3.I have taken the only numbers i can see from them but is there anyother way to tell what they are from.
Thanks in advance
Baz
PS here are the numbers
151007145

25405061E
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« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2007, 10:26:23 »
Right strictly speaking the gearboxes are not exactly linked to the year that the land rovers are made or the models but the numbers can give us a rough idea as to what landies they went in.

So the

1510 is out of a Petrol 109 early series 2, something around 1960

next is the 254*****E

The 254 tells us that it is for the a series 2 export LHD petrol 109 basic. Anything from the years 1961 to 1972

Now the E denotes like the chassis number about certain modifications that the box had. And from memory on post D suffix boxes the Layshaft front bearing is bigger and so the clutch release mechanism unit has a different casting mouding to the earlier boxes to allow for this.

Also I'm fairly sure that from suffix B onwards the gearing ratio's were slightly revised and were a little higher than the earlier one's

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« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2007, 10:01:19 »
Thank you very much,that helps a lot.
So basically they are both 109 boxes,In terms of build quality are they stronger than the swb boxes?

now i just need to work out what to do with them.

Thanks alot again for the help.
Baz
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« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2007, 15:25:23 »
The boxes you have are stronger than the later all-syncro Series 3 boxes. As for what to do with them, keep them for spares?
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