Got my landy back from
MC Auto Centre!
Chris and Mike did a great job!
All went rather smoothly. Couple things cropped up tho
TRE was utterly destroyed some how - not sure how I missed that
My crankcase breather pipe was melting
i forgot to refit the heat sheild
One of the engine mount nuts was finger tight
not my doing but a small worry!
One gearbox rubber mount was ready to fail! Lucky Id bought spares!
Clutch went in no issues.
Tranny box little harder but done, the "harmonic dampener" had to be removed however. Feels no different thus far.
1.3 ratio is nice so far. Sits at 80 as if its 70, 70 as if its 60ish. So much quieter on the mway and maybe some better MPG too. Lower gears arent that noticable which is nice too, but 1st is more usable.
Different casing to my old one and uses a different difflock switch so got to be mindful of that if the switch ever fails.
Zero backlash with the ATB in, driveline slack is so minimal now, its so lovely and smooth. Doesnt actually feel much like a Defender
Clutch is soft, light and nice to use. Much more forgiving than before again very un- Defender like!
Now got 1000 miles of very boring Sunday pensioner driving
Till the clutch is bed in and it can fly again!!
New Nissens rad too as the old one had a hefty bow at the bottom and was at leats 50% mud
