Thread: Gear lever required...Shocks...Petrol tank....

Gear levers have been known to break. If you can't find one, just grind the broken bits down to two cones, and get a good welder to reattach them.

Is yours the side or rear mounted tank? I have a long range / 16 gal tank in VGC (apart from a few dints) that is surplus to requirements. Absolutely no rust/leaks. (in Brisbane).

Hi isuzurover,

Mine is a side tank. It seems quite big compared to the one on my SWB in the UK.

Would have to post from Brissie to Wodonga, Vic. Any idea on cost?

Cheers Chilly

Originally Posted by Chilly

Hi,
... Whilst moving it tonight I showed of my super human strengths and broke the gear lever. HE..man...master of the universe!!! Nothing to do with it being broken before and some poor welding performed...'honest guv'.

Well. I can either weld it myself or I would prefer to get a new...as in good second hand one.

Anyone ideas why this should snap. ...

... Chilly

Chilly

It is a known fault - t'was reading the Army's 1952 test of a Holden engine in a Land Rover recently. There it was in the breakdown summary, "broken gear lever". From memory the Army's repair indicated, drilled, tapped and welded. So I guess they ran a die over the lever end, drilled and tapped into the stump where the ball is then welded the repair. Sounds like a good method to me.

The problem was so common one of the foundation members of the LROCS, Howard Ross, used to carry a spare on Club trips.

Diana

Hi Diane,

Most interesting. A good solution too.

This reading of the army's 1952 test of Holden engine...whereabouts is that?


Chilly

Originally Posted by Chilly

...This reading of the army's 1952 test of Holden engine...whereabouts is that?


Chilly

In the National Archives of Australia, I purchased a copy to have one myself.

Broken gear levers are quite common. Possibly because the ball tends to bind with dust (use graphite powder), but probably not quite strong enough as well. (Mine is welded, and so are most of the ones I have seen)

Note that the four and six cylinder levers are different and not interchangeable (different shape). The series 1/2/2a and Series 3 are different but interchangeable (except very early Series 1). Main differences with the Series 3 are push on knob not threaded, and the anti-rattle is by a nylon tip not an O-ring. I'm not sure this change was exactly at the start of S3, may have been a bit earlier, but it doesn't matter as they are interchangeable as long as the number of cylinders are respected. If it has a foreign engine (e.g. Holden) you need to check what the original was, four or six. (And the V8 has a different box and is not interchangeable)

John

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Broken gear levers are quite common.
John

.. and there I was thinking my gear lever was rare if not unique.
One of the previous owners had done a welding job that wasn't pretty, but must have been effective because it lasted over 200,000km.
I actually liked it because in the process, the lever had been moved back and a bit closer to the driver, so I could get reverse gear without having to reach across in front of the passenger.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Broken gear levers are quite common. Possibly because the ball tends to bind with dust (use graphite powder), but probably not quite strong enough as well. (Mine is welded, and so are most of the ones I have seen)

Note that the four and six cylinder levers are different and not interchangeable (different shape). The series 1/2/2a and Series 3 are different but interchangeable (except very early Series 1). Main differences with the Series 3 are push on knob not threaded, and the anti-rattle is by a nylon tip not an O-ring. I'm not sure this change was exactly at the start of S3, may have been a bit earlier, but it doesn't matter as they are interchangeable as long as the number of cylinders are respected. If it has a foreign engine (e.g. Holden) you need to check what the original was, four or six. (And the V8 has a different box and is not interchangeable)

John

I have a 6 cyl gear lever fitted to my 4 cyl gearbox?