Gearbox issue

**btm** · 19th March 2009, 12:05 PM

Hello.... Did you say you just had a finger removed??? Sorry, couldn't beleive that no-one else mentioned that??

**Seriously_Series** · 19th March 2009, 01:23 PM

If you still keen on getting it rebuilt.

The Gearbox Shop at Woolloongabba does them.

23 Nile Street
Woolloongabba QLD 4102

From my experiance they have a good collection of Series Gearbox spares.

**Seriestwo** · 23rd March 2009, 12:37 PM

Thanks for the comments guys, yeah I did loose a finger, I was playing touch football and it got caught in a short pocket and snapped. I had a couple of operations to get it fixed but eventually it was removed because it wasn't responding to treatment.

But to fix my gearbox problem I purchased a 2nd Land rover. It is a series 2a LWB 5 door wagon. It has origional 2.25l engine and gearbox, it has Gal dipped chassis, salsbury diff, larger brakes, and everything works still. Plus it came with so many spares they bearly fit in the back. The only problem with the car is that it has rust in the rear wheel arch in the bottom of the door arch. Rust in all the doors, rust in the gully at the top of the dash directly under the air vents, and rust in the panel that the headlights attach too.

So I am not sure if I will take the gearbox out of that one or just do whats needed to it to get a RWC and register it. It drives very well as I just drove it from Bribie Island to Brisbane north. It was registed but the owner followed me home and took the plates with him.

**Shonky** · 23rd March 2009, 01:15 PM

Interesting that it has a front mounted exhaust...

Looks alright.

Maybe just tidy up the new beastie?

**Seriestwo** · 23rd March 2009, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by Shonky

Interesting that it has a front mounted exhaust...

Looks alright.

Maybe just tidy up the new beastie?

I was thinking that the front mounted exhaust was weird too. Is the front mounted exhaust illegal in QLD??

Apparently the owner before the guy I purchased it from worked in the navy workshop in brisbane and it purchased it directly from the Navy. But there is no way to check this as it has been issued with a new chassis number due to the fact that the chassis has been Gal dipped and the firewall replaced.

**Shonky** · 23rd March 2009, 02:39 PM

Not sure on legalities in Qld, but I am fairly certain that ADRs state that it has to terminate behind the rear wheels...

This of course pre dates ADRs so you could get around it if you could prove that it was an original fitment for the vehicle. Army Radio and Workshop vehicles were so maybe that is your loophole.

VERY interesting that it is ostensibly ex-RAN... Is there any chance you could bring up the original chassis number?

I'll point Phoenix (REMLR administrator) towards this post - he will be interested in the vehicle no doubt.

The Registry of Ex Military Land Rovers. Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere.

**Seriestwo** · 23rd March 2009, 03:27 PM

Thanks Andrew. For those of you who want to know the engine number is 25311943K and the new VIN is Q715ELC. I have searched the REMLR website and I cant see it listed,

Cheers
Chris

**Phoenix** · 23rd March 2009, 03:48 PM

No, that's nothing like the original chassis number. Is the original chassis number still stamped anywhere on plates under teh bonnet or on the firewall or seat box?

Richard

**Andy-M** · 23rd March 2009, 04:24 PM

Hi Seriestwo

My old girl is a 5 door on an old navy galvenised chassis, the chassis number is still readable on the spring hanger.

If you decide to wreck the 5 door I am looking for seatbelts and all mounting points for a 5 door wagon. I can get away with no seatbelts but would feel safer with them fitted.

Cheers Andy

**Seriestwo** · 23rd March 2009, 05:53 PM

I couldn't seem to find any numbers on the car anyware. So I rang the previous owner and I asked him about it and he rang me back with the previous owners number. So I rang him and he said that it was not a RAN vehicle but he had purchased one 2nd hand and put alot of RAN bits and pieces on it. Then it sat in his shed for 10 years or so and he started to rebuild the car which was when he took the chassis off and got it Gal dipped, he changed the firewall from another vehicle and painted the entire car the navy grey to match a few panels he had replaced. The original colour was gold from what I can see.

I took it to my mechanic this afternoon too see what it needs for a saferty certificate and it only needs the door tops replaced, some rust taken from the bottom of the drivers side rear passenger door sil, and the brakes booster replaced and the brakes bled.

So it should be on the road by the end of the week.

Thanks for all your thoughts and information with this issue.

Chris

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