Ward Lafrance restoration project part 2.9

[TooTallMike]

4 days before the Big Bang on the M25 we had changed the gearbox in Mark's truck for the one in the scrapper as Mark's one had begun to make odd noises on the way back from Salisbury. It took us 1.5 hours to remove the old 'box, 3 hours to remove the other one and swap parts across, and another 1.5 hours to re-install. We went for a successful test-drive at 21.30 that night!

 

In case anyone ever gets struck by the bizarre desire to do this themselves, it is done as follows:

- chock truck (some people like to use small floodlights for this purpose)

- drain gearbox oil and muse upon small metallic hedgehog found on drain plug

- remove roof and fold down windscreen

- remove all floor sections to gain decent access and light

- remove battery and box

- remove gearbox to transfer box propshaft

- remove 2 transfer box levers and handbrake lever

- remove clutch air cylinder

- support weight of gearbox (in our case using a chain fall and strops though the floor)

- remove bellhousing bolts

- ease gearbox backwards and lower onto wheely pallet thing underneath

- oh yes, and don't forget to attach the Land Rover to the front end so you can shunt the truck back and forth as necessary.

 

 

Replacement is pretty much the reverse. We put the best spare clutch in. fat lot of good that did eh!

 

[Markheliops]

Thanks for that Mike - totally forgot after the M25 mis-hap.

 

You did forget something though -

 

Before you start - ensure you have friends who are either silly enough or stupid enough to assist.

 

Many thanks mate.

 

Markheliops