Reply With QuoteGood luck with the inner tube repair. I hope it holds for you
Been down this road Before and admittedly my Cover was in worse condition the repair did not hold. I put it down to the cover was in bad condition (rubber was already perishing) the wrong glue, (triedsikka), the extreme heat in the Territory ( gearbox oil temps would go up to 90 during the buildup with outside temps hitting 50 travelling on the highway) and the fact the cover was under constant strain ( 50 mm body lift).
I was lucky enough to source a mint Second hand replacement out of England in very good condition Thanks to a eBay notification in my thread. I enquired with a number of business’s In Australia about having the part AWR5526 remanufactured however the same result all round. Not financially viable.
I sincerely thank Nugget for all his enquires and effort that he went to as well as advice from Mario whilst I was researching this.
My mechanic Leigh (formally Nightcliff Service Centre now LR Automtive NT) did a fantastic job on my metal gearbox tunnel cover By modifying and dropping the gaitor position down 50 mm to where It should be from factory Releasing the pressure on the rubber gaitor which will hopefully keep the cover from splitting in the future unless a ham fisted mechanic doesn’t take enough care if the gearbox ever has to come out again( which Hopefully it won’t need to with a new rebuilt HD Ashcroft modified gearbox and transfer fitted 2018 and then some significant engine repairs in 2019 including new clutch replacement).
It is hard to believe that none of the aftermarket industry took up the manufacture of this part as there must be thousands of manual D2’s around the world with the same issue.
I am just happy mine is no longer damaged or torn and finally seals out some the heat, road noise and hopefully dust and water entering from the transmission tunnel and into the cabin.
cheers, Chris
Originally Posted by 4runnernomore
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