Following your thread with interest as timing chain on mine is on the list .
Keep the compliments flowing and it’ll all go well
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Stuck in gear
- Thread starter Fulltimedad
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Keep the compliments flowing and it’ll all go well
Rustee nutz
Extreme Landy Fan
It's a good sign when the new oil doesn't run straight out as you pour it in 
Yes I know thatI spoke lovingly as I was pouring the new oil into each box today
Battery on charge . Seat box in tonight . Driving it tomorrow with just drivers floor placed in . Woo hoo 
. Positive thoughts ......
. Positive thoughts ......
Positive waves baby, think righteous and positive waves!
Mike_Hammond
Extreme Landy Fan
Battery on charge . Seat box in tonight . Driving it tomorrow with just drivers floor placed in . Woo hoo
Leave the floor out just in case you need to get back Flintstones style LOL
IT WORKS woo hoo
I am so very grateful for all who have provided advice , answers to my simple questions, solace on the dark days and support throughout this learning process for me .
I freely admit removing , rebuilding and putting back in a gearbox has stretched my knowledge (and confidence at times) but with all the help from the forum I’ve done it !!
What it does prove is
1 this forum truly has a wealth of knowledge and is a great support from the moment the problem starts to the day it is resolved.
2 you CAN repair a Series gearbox yourself even with zero previous knowledge of repairing a gearbox . I had no idea at all how it worked and hadn’t even looked inside a gearbox before .
So now to get the floors fastened in etc and get the tilt off whilst the sun is shining
Thank you again all who have helped . I’m truly grateful .
I am so very grateful for all who have provided advice , answers to my simple questions, solace on the dark days and support throughout this learning process for me .
I freely admit removing , rebuilding and putting back in a gearbox has stretched my knowledge (and confidence at times) but with all the help from the forum I’ve done it !!
What it does prove is
1 this forum truly has a wealth of knowledge and is a great support from the moment the problem starts to the day it is resolved.
2 you CAN repair a Series gearbox yourself even with zero previous knowledge of repairing a gearbox . I had no idea at all how it worked and hadn’t even looked inside a gearbox before .
So now to get the floors fastened in etc and get the tilt off whilst the sun is shining
Thank you again all who have helped . I’m truly grateful .
Dalts2904
Trekker
Good stuff! I never doubted you.
To think you even considered paying someone to do it for you!
In the end, it's not confusing, it's just a lot of simple things put together in a confusing looking way.
I think the beauty of Series' and Defenders* is that you can fix nearly everything yourself, and what you can't fix, it's dead easy to replace.
*Most defenders... *ahem* 2020 *ahem*
I'll leave you with 1 word: Overdrive
To think you even considered paying someone to do it for you!
In the end, it's not confusing, it's just a lot of simple things put together in a confusing looking way.
I think the beauty of Series' and Defenders* is that you can fix nearly everything yourself, and what you can't fix, it's dead easy to replace.
*Most defenders... *ahem* 2020 *ahem*
I'll leave you with 1 word: Overdrive
Well done @Fulltimedad I had every faith you would get it done.
Mind you, the positive waves Moriarty and I have been sending MUST have helped?
Mind you, the positive waves Moriarty and I have been sending MUST have helped?
Excellent job, and a handy guide for when the rest of us inevitably need to follow.
I felt the positive waves floating me along as I turned the key and selected first gear
nice winter project I think Looks complicated inside for a relatively little thing .
Thanks @nigelmay . Hardest part for me was the sheer weight of the parts . I enjoyed doing the mainshaft with @erubus photos and guide . Really interesting how it worksCongratulations.
Dalts2904
Trekker
It's like another gearbox, just with far more tiny bearings to loose and circlips to jump out at you! Oh, and another 1st/2nd style synchro unit to explode - ask me how I know, I dare you...
I don’t dareIt's like another gearbox, just with far more tiny bearings to loose and circlips to jump out at you! Oh, and another 1st/2nd style synchro unit to explode - ask me how I know, I dare you...
but thank you for the warning which has been logged 
Well done, nice crisp gearchanges and quiet? all good syncros etc?
That must be pleasing (maybe not the best adjective) when you drove it.
I look forward to when someone new comes on here and says "oh my gearbox is....." and you will jump in and say "well of course the trouble will be....."
That must be pleasing (maybe not the best adjective) when you drove it.
I look forward to when someone new comes on here and says "oh my gearbox is....." and you will jump in and say "well of course the trouble will be....."
Hi @Kevm . Yep gear changes are good , goes in and stays inWell done, nice crisp gearchanges and quiet? all good syncros etc?
That must be pleasing (maybe not the best adjective) when you drove it.
I look forward to when someone new comes on here and says "oh my gearbox is....." and you will jump in and say "well of course the trouble will be....."
. Quiet is difficult to judge as floors / tunnel not in yet - then there’s the clatter of the diesel I was beaming when I drove it but it’s funny as now I “see” what’s happening when I push / pull that long lever and think what the other end is doing
I really hope I can inspire other forum members to do what I did and can offer advice to other gearbox newbies
Got one here you can rebuild.....
I've been 'getting round to it' for a while.....
I've been 'getting round to it' for a while.....
Yeah those "round tuits" are hard to come by.