From 4x4 to 4x2

[Tommy]

G'day

Has anyone done or seen a conversion where the Landy motor, gearbox and transfercase have been ditched in favour of a motor/automatic gearbox 'straight through to rear diff' setup.

Any suggestions?

[Dinty]

G'day All, Are the Series 3 109 ceremonial vehicles set up with a 3 speed auto straight thru to the rear diff?? I seem to think thats the way they are, could be wrong cheers Dennis:angel:
ps holden engine etc

[chazza]

Not forgetting the RAF 4x2, which were S1's I think.

They had a beam front axle and are now extremely rare, because everyone who bought one couldn't see the point and converted them to 4WD :(

Cheers Charlie

[Sprint]

then there were the (rare) series ones built for the royal navy that were permenant 4x2

[digger]

G'day

Has anyone done or seen a conversion where the Landy motor, gearbox and transfercase have been ditched in favour of a motor/automatic gearbox 'straight through to rear diff' setup.

Any suggestions?



YEP....DON'T!!!


as its you TOMMY and theyre rare - I am assuming you found one!!

keep us up to date!
digger

[Tommy]

as its you TOMMY and theyre rare - I am assuming you found one!!


Nope :( :)

Just throwing around ideas :)

[UncleHo]

G'day Folks :)


There was a special production model Series1 (86 I think) for the British MOD about 500+ vehicles, so there could have been some purchased by the Aust Govt. when these vehicles were released/sold off, they were registered in the FUV series on the UK civilian register, and have become a very desirable military vehicle collector's item, there was an article on the FUV vehicles in one of the UK Landrover mags a few years ago.

The ceremonial Landrovers in the Series 3 were fitted with Holden motors and Trimatic Auto Transmissions I believe, about 10 weree built, Phoenix would have more info on those I think.


cheers

[JDNSW]

As stated above.

According to Taylor there were 655 88" Series 1 4x2 Landrovers built, delivered in 1958 to the UK War Department.

They did not have a straight through drive, but simply had the standard transfer case without the front extension and locked in high/2wd.

The front axle housing was replaced with a tubular axle bolted to standard swivel balls, but with, of course, no drive axles in them.

John

[GSKeeper]

G'day Tommy,

While I have not seen one, I have often thought of doing just as you have suggested.

As well as having Land Rovers, I've had a lot of Ford Six Cylinder Auto Utes, which have always served me well.

I would love the power and on road speed, but with the classic Land Rover body........

Maybe one day..

Cheers

Ben

[Tommy]

The front axle housing was replaced with a tubular axle bolted to standard swivel balls, but with, of course, no drive axles in them.


G'day John

I have discussed this conversion with a couple of people but the same question comes up..."how does the hub internals get lubricated when the axles are removed?"

So the question must be asked, "what would replace the splashing action of the axle unijoints to lubricate the hubs?"

[Tommy]

G'day Tommy,

While I have not seen one, I have often thought of doing just as you have suggested.

As well as having Land Rovers, I've had a lot of Ford Six Cylinder Auto Utes, which have always served me well.

I would love the power and on road speed, but with the classic Land Rover body........

Maybe one day..

Cheers

Ben


G'day Ben

I know exactly what you're talking about. I too want that 'get up and go' performance from the old Landy. My latest S2A purchase has a really good Holden 202 motor that has a bit of grunt. However, when driving around the streets, the Land Rover gearbox and transfercase are holding the old girl back and I feel that if I push her too hard something will go 'crunch 'n munch' :(

As this Land Rover will be used as a general hack around the streets, I don't see the point of having 4x4.

[JackM]

G'day John

So the question must be asked, "what would replace the splashing action of the axle unijoints to lubricate the hubs?"

Stuart,

I can't imagine it would be overly difficult to drill and thread in a grease nipple for the pins/bushings, to provide regular lubrication.

That's the way my WC 55 is set up.



Jack

[Sprint]

i recall seeing an interesting idea a couple of years ago, someone had taken a SIII cab/front panelwork and bolted the whole lot onto a holden 1-tonner chassis.....

[wozapinin]

my 2a runs the ford 4.1 with the c4 auto. along with early range rover diff centres. doesn't stop or sit on the road any better but it'll sit on 110 kmh easy and the missus can drive it. You still have the ability to 4wd, and in soft sand the auto is sweet. The adapter is a "marks" brand.

[Newbs-IIA]

my series 1 (80") has a holden 186 and wow does it have some poke!!! shame it's only a farm truck and the speedo doesn't work...

I'm dreading the day my IIA finally get's redgestered and I have to drive it the 1hr40mins (that's at 100km/h) from the property back home. It's driveline is original so i think there will be a quite a few cars queing behind me every time i come to an overtaking lane

speedo is in miles too :D

[JDNSW]

G'day John

I have discussed this conversion with a couple of people but the same question comes up..."how does the hub internals get lubricated when the axles are removed?"

So the question must be asked, "what would replace the splashing action of the axle unijoints to lubricate the hubs?"

The splashing action of bumps. As long as the swivel is filled with oil not grease I do not believe there would be a serious problem, although it may be necessary to overfill them. There would be more oil anyway and with a larger free surface it would slop around more anyway.

John