Thread: Defender td5 tranfercase!! EMPTY, this could be expencive!!

unpanic....

the very little bit of oil will have been getting splashed around and sticking to the bits that need it as best it could.

it'll have some wear but since it hasnt already failed now that youve added oil its not just going to fail tomorrow.

the seal can be changed without dropping the tcase and takes about 2 hours to do from the time you pull out the spanners to the time your taking it for a test drive. Odds are tho that the sealing surface is damaged and it will leak again.


I bet if you keep putting good oil in it, stay on top of the level it'l llast oh 60k Km if you dont abuse it.

Thanks dave

Ill keep an eye on it..

Ill go buy some parts for the next days off to fix him.

Have fun

Mike

Hi Mike, if it makes you feel better a similar thing happened to my daughter's TD5 Defender. Three and a half years ago the car went in for a recall on the dual mass flywheel (was missed in the initial recall). The job wasn't done by a dealer due to the remote area. We visited her about 3 months later and I was concerned about the whine in the gearbox - turned out absolutely no oil in the transfer (suspect forgot to refill) I too thought this might be terminal, but after filling up - no more noise - still good (touch wood). Cheers, Erich.

Originally Posted by Bundalene

Hi Mike, if it makes you feel better a similar thing happened to my daughter's TD5 Defender. Three and a half years ago the car went in for a recall on the dual mass flywheel (was missed in the initial recall). The job wasn't done by a dealer due to the remote area. We visited her about 3 months later and I was concerned about the whine in the gearbox - turned out absolutely no oil in the transfer (suspect forgot to refill) I too thought this might be terminal, but after filling up - no more noise - still good (touch wood). Cheers, Erich.

Reminds me of a cousin with a brand new Austin (shows how long ago it was). 500 mile service; 1000 mile service ; 2000 mile service; 3000 mile service - then the gearbox failed while halfway across the state, so it went into another dealer. The inside of the box was not even oily - it had never had any oil in it! But it did over three thousand miles before failing, and the selling dealer ticked off the gearbox oil as checked four times in that period.

John

I have always run the newlon G70 teflon stuff in my gearboxes on the other cars, didn't bother with the defenda coz it runs trendy expencive synthetic oil. Im told that after a G70 treatment they can run dry!!! expencive experiment!!

I'm going to service the gear box tomorrow. Does any one know what size the in filler port is? looks like its a torx thought the mirror, could be misstaken going to look in daylight tomorrow.

Thanks again guys

T55 Torx.

i ran mine dry enough to start making a whining noise about 8 years ago .just filled it up and its still going strong

I had the same good luck with mine, We had fitted the Isuzu and ZF/LT230 in a few late nights leading up to a trip towing a van to Qld. We got to West Wyalong and the auto failed So we went East to Newcastle, and fitted another ZF at All4X4 spares,(Me and Bentseries working under a hoist...)and that is when we discovered 200ml of gearoil in the transfer!!!!

Then I remembered the other halfs comment about 'What's that strange whining, it gets worse when we are climbing hills...'

We must ALWAYS listen to our wives.

Filled again with oil, did another 15K and then I swapped it out for a LT95.
Was still quiet.
Good units these LT230's!

JC