Thread: R380 Gearbox exchange Suppliers / reconditioners in QLD

Dave, I'm a novice and it probably took me about 4 hours (td5 130 )
Tell the wife to put her fingers in her ears when you're putting the tunnel back in, but thank the Land rover gods that in a Defender the tunnel is removable.
Good Luck Dave

PS Thanks for the reversing light tip Justin, last time I cut the leg of the hex key off real short and went in from the top after taping a bit of string to it in case I droped it.

Originally Posted by sdt463

Dave, I'm a novice and it probably took me about 4 hours (td5 130 )
Tell the wife to put her fingers in her ears when you're putting the tunnel back in, but thank the Land rover gods that in a Defender the tunnel is removable.
Good Luck Dave

PS Thanks for the reversing light tip Justin, last time I cut the leg of the hex key off real short and went in from the top after taping a bit of string to it in case I droped it.

Thats a great idea !!

JC

Mate,
thanks for the tip! Do you think going in from the top is easier then going in from the reverse switch?
cheers
Dave

see R380 problems for the fun we are having with our gearbox and/or clutch.

Just pulled out a R380 gearbox from our disco with blown 300TDI motor, as I was sure we had a crook gearbox in our going registered Disco. Would jam in gear, then not go into any gear, etc., in addition to the problems in the link thread.

Now it drives very well, except that of our NINE forward gears that we have in high ratio, only five of them work. Our other four gears are simply ghost gears- If we select one of these ghost gears our disco will not go at all.

So could this also be the grub screw you guys did mention. We were expecting to pay big dollars for someone to put in that other gearbox and clutch for us.

It would be wonderful if it was just a grub screw. We expected to pay a lot for repairs, that we cannot really afford.

Originally Posted by clankilpatrick

Mate,
thanks for the tip! Do you think going in from the top is easier then going in from the reverse switch?
cheers
Dave

If I understand Justins post the only difference is how you get the hex key into the grub screw.
I think if I had known about the reversing switch approach I would have gone that way, as there is less chance of dropping any thing into the gear box.

JohnF, I do not know if in a Disco you can get to the top of the box in situ, others will know, but is certainly worth looking at, as a first point of call. When the fork starts sliding around on the selector shaft, as Justin has already said, " It will cause havoc "
Dave.