Thread: Ashcroft Under-Drive

I have heard of people putting disco rim centres into another size rim (8-10'' wide) so maybe thats what he did
Looks like a bloody awesome defer by the way

TIM.

Originally Posted by cal415

Cool, can you ask him how much it was to ship the under drive over and if it required anything done to the tranfercase to fit it up too please??

you have a PM Cal .

I was looking at one of these being installed to LowRanger's Defender today. I can't see how that rear section (second pic of the 3) can be fitted with the intermediate part (top pic of the 3) fitted to the transfer case. There simply didn't appear to be enough room to slide the shaft and gears into place with the transfer case on the gearbox. When I left, the mechanic was trying to work it out. I suggested he might have to pull the engine, gearbox, and transfer case out, fit the underdrive, and then refit the lot. The fact that the cross-member behind the gearbox isn't removable like it is on Rangies and Discos doesn't help.

Originally Posted by Disco_owner

LT230 getting prepped up for the Underdrive marriage...



<snip>

Ron, it should be possible. I did mine not long back. Lots of pics in the 2 posts below.

Whats in the way on a 110?

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/1593565-post350.html

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/1595104-post354.html

Pete

The cross member is in the way on a 110,well on my 110 anyway
Managed to get it all in the end,a bit of jiggling and juggling and pressure here and there
Ended up mounting the lever to the floor so that it sits between the handbrake lever and the transmission tunnel.
The lever housing is a nice piece of gear,and we were able to move the mounting bolts from the side to holes in the bottom of the housing,allowing it to be mounted from the bottom.

Ron
You must have been there in the 2 hours I was away
Never got it finished till after 5pm

nice work! you will love it.

I ended up putting the lever on the other side of the tunnel on mine.

yeah,the way the lever assembly comes assembled,it is set up to mount easily on the passenger side.But I know the wife would complain if I put anything else on her side,so I was happy when we pulled the lever assembly apart and were able to change the mounting points.I will get some pics when it dries out a bit around here,and post them up

Originally Posted by LowRanger

Ron
You must have been there in the 2 hours I was away
Never got it finished till after 5pm

Glad to see you got it sorted. I was there from about 1200-1230.