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Date: Sun, 3 Jul 94 14:14:58 0 GMT
From: Jon Ward <jon@mgroad.dircon.co.uk>
Subject: Low Ratio Gearbox

I've just bought an 88" series 2 from my dad. It was built in 1971 and he 
bought it about 8 years ago. The people he bought it from told him that it 
had a special, low ratio, gearbox and the gearbox does indeed seem to have 
a very low ratio (40mph at top revs). However, I can't find any mention of 
such a gearbox in any Land Rover literature and I've started to wonder 
whether there's something amiss.

One of my suspicions is that the transfer box might be stuck in low ratio. 
I hope that's not the case since the freewheeing hubs are currently stuck 
in the freewheeling position :-( Bit of a worry really.

So I've two questions really:

	1) Has anyone heard of a low ration gearbox for field work?
	2) Is it possible to buy spare parts to mend the freewheeling hubs of 
	will I have to buy new hubs?

I'm sure you'll be hearing a lot from me as this saga progresses.

jon

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Date: Sun, 3 Jul 1994 19:16:40 -0500 (CDT)
From: David John Place <umplace@CC.UManitoba.CA>
Subject: Re: Low Ratio Gearbox

 

  Let me know if you want the name and phone number of the fellow in
Alberta.  Dave VE4PN
If
the hubs are Warn, you will probably be able to get parts although the
older brass ones are no longer made and the parts are not available.  I
had one bad one and could not get the handle part.  I know of a fellow in
Onoway Alberta who has some parts.  They are very easy to fix however. 
They consist of really only two parts, a scroll gear, and a star gear
which interacts with the spline on the hub.  You simply screw the star
into the spline as it were.  Open it up and you will see how easy it is to
fix.  The centre screw although it looks like a strange head can be taken
out.  That is the screw on the back of the select handle.  Clean all the
parts and grease it up and put it back in service.  If you have the other
type of Land Rover hubs called Selectro, they are even easier to fix as
they are just half circular shafts which are selected by flipping over two
handles on each hub.  They almost never give trouble but they are a bugger
to get on and off at times and you may have to rock the vehicle to get
them in or out.  Farie (sp) the same company that makes the over drive
also makes a common type but I don't have much info on them.  Check out
the J.C. Whitney Cat. because they have some complete sets for the Land
Rover under $80.00, so it might be~r easies

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Date: 04 Jul 1994 14:37:57 +1200
From: DAVID DEAN <DEAND@kea.lincoln.ac.nz>
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