Thread: Found a donor truck

Originally Posted by Vern

Yep, left hand side, going to be hard to see the triangular plate if your looking from the back of the motor

As for the grubbs kit fitting in a rangie, I have it in my soft dash, fits fine, gear stick comes up where the old tbar shifter was. I had to get his kit as the lt95 came up under the dash

So then I can describe your right hand as your left hand because when I look at you its on the left. Just imagine how many mistaken amputations we could achieve if we were that laissez faire with descriptive terminology.

Yea, I put a mirror in front of the engine and then looked from the rear...no probs

Vern, just need clarification on your comments. I'm not sure what a 'soft dash' is - Disco adaption?, and if so then can I take a Disco dash into an 80's RRC?

Was the fire wall in a soft dash in a different position to the earlier RRC 'hard dash'? One dash is falling apart, you can poke your finger through the top (really soft). And I can't believe there is no glove box!

Anyway, in your situation where you had a successful install of Sheldon's shift system, was that on a 4bdt1 and msa5 combination, as is my proposal - although I have manual land rover gearboxes I've no intention of using them. I was a bit confused by the comment that you had to get his kit because the lt95 came out under the dash. You mean you tried to adapt the lt95 shifter to the MSA box?

Cheers guys.

OK, I had an lt95 and 4bd1, this bolts in fine in any rrc except the soft dash model(94), the body shape and firewall are exactly the same but it has basically the same dash as a disco 1 and 2. The dash obviously protrudes into the cab more therefore the gear stick ends up coming through the floor directly under the dash so can't be used (in a soft dash and guessing a disco)!
However I'd think that and r380 or lt85 would fit.
So as the lt95 would not fit in the soft dash, I purchased grubbs kit (whole thing, msa, shifter, adapter etc...) as it locates the shifter in the r380 (original tbar) position.
Anyway, it fits like a glove.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

So then I can describe your right hand as your left hand because when I look at you its on the left. Just imagine how many mistaken amputations we could achieve if we were that laissez faire with descriptive terminology.

As I said, if looking at the triangular plate it is located on the left hand side of the harmonic balancer.
Moderator or not, you are being rediculous!

Originally Posted by Vern

OK, I had an lt95 and 4bd1, this bolts in fine in any rrc except the soft dash model(94), the body shape and firewall are exactly the same but it has basically the same dash as a disco 1 and 2. The dash obviously protrudes into the cab more therefore the gear stick ends up coming through the floor directly under the dash so can't be used (in a soft dash and guessing a disco)!
However I'd think that and r380 or lt85 would fit.
So as the lt95 would not fit in the soft dash, I purchased grubbs kit (whole thing, msa, shifter, adapter etc...) as it locates the shifter in the r380 (original tbar) position.
Anyway, it fits like a glove.

You've got Grubb's later short-stick conversion kit in the soft-dash?

On our Isuzu Series 3 [now sold] we had the 12 volt starter rebuilt with a brand new commutator, etc. Done at the Engineers where my son works as a boilermaker, hence paid little for labor.

So i am now wondering about whether or not the 24 volt starter can be rebuilt as a 12 volt.

Do not see a problem with changing alternator. Will a RR V8 one fit-- we have a V8 wreck for spares.

The electric stop mechanism, will that have to be changed from 24 volt to 12 volt??? [our series 3 had a string pull stop, as the replacement stop cable was too short. Would prefer to not have electrics except Starter, Alternator & battery, but understand cable stop will be illegal.]

Originally Posted by Vern

As I said, if looking at the triangular plate it is located on the left hand side of the harmonic balancer.
Moderator or not, you are being rediculous!

A girly thing

Originally Posted by JohnF

On our Isuzu Series 3 [now sold] we had the 12 volt starter rebuilt with a brand new commutator, etc. Done at the Engineers where my son works as a boilermaker, hence paid little for labor.

So i am now wondering about whether or not the 24 volt starter can be rebuilt as a 12 volt.

Do not see a problem with changing alternator. Will a RR V8 one fit-- we have a V8 wreck for spares.

The electric stop mechanism, will that have to be changed from 24 volt to 12 volt??? [our series 3 had a string pull stop, as the replacement stop cable was too short. Would prefer to not have electrics except Starter, Alternator & battery, but understand cable stop will be illegal.]

Electric stop from a Mazda T3500 truck is 12volt, cheap from truck wreckers (think I paid $50 for mine), and does the job very reliably.

Steve