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    Gearbox swap

    G'day.
    I think I might have damaged my lower spine a little bit when I fell off Me Roof a few months ago.
    Pumping the clutch up and down makes Me Back ache.
    So, has anybody swapped an LT77 manual for an auto box ?
    What would fit ?

    Ta.

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    Probably help if we knew what vehicle, but I assume it is either a Defender (or 110/90) or a D1. In either case the easiest would be an auto out of a Discovery with the same engine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JDNSW View Post
    Probably help if we knew what vehicle, but I assume it is either a Defender (or 110/90) or a D1. In either case the easiest would be an auto out of a Discovery with the same engine.
    Sorry its my 1990 tnree door D1.3.5.
    I dont know if they had a three or four speed auto.
    I would prefer a four.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rob2 View Post
    Sorry its my 1990 tnree door D1.3.5.
    I dont know if they had a three or four speed auto.
    I would prefer a four.
    4spd zf4hp22 , any D1 V8 sourced auto will fit as well as range rover from 86-94.
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    Make sure that you get an inlet manifold and accelerator linkages with the auto, as the most difficult thing to do will be to set up the kickdown cable.

    Really IMHO, you would be best to by another D1 v8 with good auto, as they are cheap as chips.

    Regards PhilipA

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    Quote Originally Posted by PhilipA View Post
    Make sure that you get an inlet manifold and accelerator linkages with the auto, as the most difficult thing to do will be to set up the kickdown cable.

    Really IMHO, you would be best to by another D1 v8 with good auto, as they are cheap as chips.

    Regards PhilipA
    Yep, prolly cheaper option
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    [QUOTE=PhilipA;2950234

    Really IMHO, you would be best to by another D1 v8 with good auto, as they are cheap as chips.

    Regards PhilipA[/QUOTE]

    OMG.
    Me Disco is me pride and joy, I have left instructions to be buried in it.
    I just resprayed it a few weeks ago.
    After the respray I think I proberly have the best looking early Disco in the state, umm, if not the world.

    I wouldn't mind putting a P38 gems engine and gearbox in The Thingy ( I had a P38 as a shopping basket, I gave it to Me Bro and he traded it, grr ). I still have the Nanocom for it.
    I wonder which workshop does these swaps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by loanrangie View Post
    4spd zf4hp22 , any D1 V8 sourced auto will fit as well as range rover from 86-94.
    Thank you.

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    Might be easier to do a body swap of your good body on to a donor chassis with v8 and auto drivetrain.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cjc_td5 View Post
    Might be easier to do a body swap of your good body on to a donor chassis with v8 and auto drivetrain.
    2nd vote for this. You then get to (easily) check and clean the chassis/drivetrain/bushes/etc.
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