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Big probs... Loss of drive
Saffy:
Another vote for the input shaft , based on description given. Why not whip off the PTO cover on the rear of the transfer box and have a look see? The wear will be evident as will the grinding paste that results.
Have heard tales of emergency bush repairs by inserting nails/fence wire into the gears worn splines to gain enough drive to get mobile again.
If it turns out to be the input shaft/gear, the gear itself can be removed with transfer box in situ. Old style input gears should leave the inner portion of the shaft unworn/unused and then it maybe possible to use the later type of input gear with its longer mating surface that would engage those virgin splines and give a few tens of thousand miles before having to think about rebuilding/replacing whole box.
hrh_dave:
Cheers Saffy,
Im going to try and get it in the shed tomorrow, just was too busy today as lost too much time stuck on the side of the road.. So will take the cover off once its in and have a look... will post some pics when I get that far...
Saffy:
odd thing is that by the introduction of the 300tdi I think that they had switched to the crossdrilled mod already so shouldn't suffer premature wear. What's the milage? and is the tranny original? Lots of ppl swap transfer boxes off disco's to gain the different ratio gearing... unfortunately they might source the box from an old 200tdi disco and introduce an un modified/un-updated input gear.
hrh_dave:
Its an early 300Tdi 94, Just under 90k on the clock, it was a farm vehicle for its previous life and spent most of its time being driven by the elderly farmer who never took it further than 10miles and driven like miss daisy... Ive got the pto cover off, just cleaning out the crud... before investigating further..
hrh_dave:
Well its official... Christmas is now cancelled...Rebuild time... Gear Box Main Shaft pooched, along with the non cross drilled input gear. Bloomin land rovers, going to start stripping it down in the morning...
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