Thread: Gear box ID

Not sure on the box (what year is it from might make it easier) but those linkages on the transfer look the same as a discovery S1, which are common as anything.
Andy

What year and what engine???

Hi,

thats a LT77, type 52A suffix D, from a V8 range rover classic , circa 1983/84,

the transfer case is a 1.192 ratio LT230,

Dave

Originally Posted by ashtrans

Hi,

thats a LT77, type 52A suffix D, from a V8 range rover classic , circa 1983/84,

the transfer case is a 1.192 ratio LT230,

Dave

Dave, I know this type of stuff is your bread and butter - but that level of detail is scary

I have visions of you placing a stethoscope against the box and telling us that the syncho in second is worn and smelling the transmission fluid and telling us it should have been replaced 17,432km ago.

i belive its a 1985 110 with the 3.5 V8. I bought it as a project vehcile ive just finshed modifiying a series 3 firewall to fit the 110 as the one i have is stuffed from rust.

Originally Posted by Lost Landy

i belive its a 1985 110 with the 3.5 V8. I bought it as a project vehcile ive just finshed modifiying a series 3 firewall to fit the 110 as the one i have is stuffed from rust.

Worth noting that Land Rover didn't think the LT77 was strong enough for a 110 V8.

Might be worth upgrading to an R380. It will mean shifting the t-case back (or the engine forward) a couple of inches though.

i was led to believe once (when thinking about putting an r380 in our 200tdi) that there really wasn't that much of a margin in strength between the 2 boxs that would warrent you to change it........

needless to say we were talking diesels not petrols

Originally Posted by dullbird

i was led to believe once (when thinking about putting an r380 in our 200tdi) that there really wasn't that much of a margin in strength between the 2 boxs that would warrent you to change it........

needless to say we were talking diesels not petrols

You are talking about the LT77S (S=strengthened), not the LT77. When Santana and Land Rover parted ways, LR lost the right to use the LT85 in the V8 110s, so made a few upgrades to the LT77.

Fitting an LT77S would be another option, and would be bolt in I think.

However according to Dave Ashcroft, the suffix K-onwards R380s are the strongest 5-speeds in a rover (or at least as strong as an LT85 (santana box)).