Thread: PTO attachment/tools for Defender

Originally Posted by Jimmy

tell me more about this overdrive?? where from, how much, what are the results???

Hi Jimmy,

Some info (results, etc.) here Information on the GKN Overdrive
~$4000, difficult to get approval from domestic gestapo

Ruslan

On series landrovers the pto attachments were fairly "plug and play" as there was allowance made for them in the chassis. The most common, on series, is a shaft to the back crossmember (all the crossmembers in the route have holes in them). Then there was either a right angle drive and a flat belt pulley or a spline like a tractor has. Installations of pumps or generators were usually custom mounted or imported from england as a kit. They were driven by a standard output flange pto that looked like the drive shaft flange.

Defenders are much less pto friendly as there is no holes in the crossmembers that line up with the pto points i.e. crankshaft at front and pto attachment on the gearbox. It can be done and has been done it is just a bit more work.

I've always like the idea of a shaft driving the wheels of a camper trailer.

Thats what I was getting at Martin. After reading the manual, and with a large bush block running pumps a generator and the need for a firfighting set-up, my mind started ticking.

However judging by replies and dealer feedback it seems not really that benificial. I would assume if it was that plug and play the UK landrover mags would be full of devices and tools.

I do love the idea though of a spinning shaft running off the defender and simply plugging on a water pump, generator or even a pto winch like the series had.