Clutch renewal Range Rover

As the friction plate of my RR '81 needs to be replaced a question:
I've no equipment to take the engine out. So I thought to do it from the
inside of the car. Take out the gear cover plate , loosen both propshafts
,take out the bolts of the bell housing, support the engine ,loosen also the
mounting bolts on the chassis. After supporting also the gearbox, move it
backwards away from the engine ,and renew the clutch.
Anyone done this before ? Or is there not enough space to move the gearbox
far enough backwards? Maybe other problems pop up?

Thks

Kees

On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:49:34 +0100, k.w <[email protected]> wrote:

> As the friction plate of my RR '81 needs to be replaced a question:
> I've no equipment to take the engine out. So I thought to do it from the
> inside of the car. Take out the gear cover plate , loosen both propshafts
> ,take out the bolts of the bell housing, support the engine ,loosen also
> the
> mounting bolts on the chassis. After supporting also the gearbox, move it
> backwards away from the engine ,and renew the clutch.
> Anyone done this before ? Or is there not enough space to move the
> gearbox
> far enough backwards? Maybe other problems pop up?

Kees,
Voor zover ik weet kan de versnellingsbak eruit, maar dan enkel langs
onderen. Ik betwijfel of er plaats genoeg is door de vloerplaat weg te
nemen.
Vergis je niet, de versnellings- en transferbak zijn bija even groot als
de motor zelf.
Je zal de zetels er ook moeten uitnemen, wat toch ook een karwei is bij de
oudere RR's.
Vraag me niet hoe ik dat weet ;-)

Ikzelf heb reeds twee keer m'n V8 eruitgehaald ('82RR) en ware het niet
dat ik de inox spaghetti-uitlaten moet demonteren zou dat niet eens zo'n
karwei zijn.
Je dient weliswaar de hele voorbouw en de radiator te demonteren, maar
alles is vlot bereikbaar.
De bouten aan de koppelingsklok kunnen wel wat problemen geven, ik heb dat
destijds opgelost door een ringsleutel (Engelse maat!) te plooien zodat ik
makkelijker achter de motor kon komen.

Een dag voorbereiding, één dag een girafje huren, motor eruit, koppeling
vernieuwen, er terug in en een dag terug monteren. Moet te doen zijn.

Groeten, Pros
België

English translation on simple demand ;-)

On or around Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:03:57 +0100, aghasee
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:


>Kees,
>Voor zover ik weet kan de versnellingsbak eruit, maar dan enkel langs
>onderen. Ik betwijfel of er plaats genoeg is door de vloerplaat weg te
>nemen.

that's easy for you to say...
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well according to babelfish a rough translation says:

As far as I am possible weet the acceleration barge, but then only along down. I doubt if there place is enough removing the floor plate. Do not be mistaken yourself you, acceleration - and transferbak are bija just as large as the engine himself. You the seats there also must remove, what is nevertheless also a job at the older RR's. question me not how I that weet; -) Myself have times already two my V8 eruitgehaald (82RR) and truth it not that I the inox spaghetti-uitlaten must dismantle that such a job would not even be. You must indeed the complete voorbouw and dismantle the radiator, but everything are smoothly contactable. Crap to the link bell are possible, however, to what problems to give, I have then solved that by ringsleutel (English half-measure!) so that to fold I could come more easily behind the engine. A day preparation, one day girafje engage, engine, link renew, there and assemble a day. Must be to do

Just got an answer from someone in Belgium who thinks the gearbox can only
be removed from underneath the car. So he's also not sure if the clutch can
be renewed as described by me. Maybe someone else knows?
"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On or around Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:03:57 +0100, aghasee
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>
>>Kees,
>>Voor zover ik weet kan de versnellingsbak eruit, maar dan enkel langs
>>onderen. Ik betwijfel of er plaats genoeg is door de vloerplaat weg te
>>nemen.
>
> that's easy for you to say...
> --
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On or around Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:14:00 +0200, "k.w" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Just got an answer from someone in Belgium who thinks the gearbox can only
>be removed from underneath the car. So he's also not sure if the clutch can
>be renewed as described by me. Maybe someone else knows?

I rather doubt you can on a Range Rover. You can on a series or 90/110 by
removing the seat box and floor panels, and the gearbox tunnel piece. Even
then, I ended up splitting the gearbox and T-box removing them in 2 stages,
although it was a ZF auto and therefore not standard.
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Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:14:00 +0200, "k.w"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> Just got an answer from someone in Belgium who thinks the gearbox
>> can only be removed from underneath the car. So he's also not sure
>> if the clutch can be renewed as described by me. Maybe someone else
>> knows?
>
> I rather doubt you can on a Range Rover. You can on a series or
> 90/110 by removing the seat box and floor panels, and the gearbox
> tunnel piece. Even then, I ended up splitting the gearbox and T-box
> removing them in 2 stages, although it was a ZF auto and therefore
> not standard.

Renewing the dry clutch on a Defender fitted with a ZF auto? That's a novel
experience you had there Austin ;-)

Huw

On or around Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:55:48 +0100, "Huw"
<hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>Austin Shackles wrote:
>> On or around Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:14:00 +0200, "k.w"
>> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>> Just got an answer from someone in Belgium who thinks the gearbox
>>> can only be removed from underneath the car. So he's also not sure
>>> if the clutch can be renewed as described by me. Maybe someone else
>>> knows?
>>
>> I rather doubt you can on a Range Rover. You can on a series or
>> 90/110 by removing the seat box and floor panels, and the gearbox
>> tunnel piece. Even then, I ended up splitting the gearbox and T-box
>> removing them in 2 stages, although it was a ZF auto and therefore
>> not standard.
>
>Renewing the dry clutch on a Defender fitted with a ZF auto? That's a novel
>experience you had there Austin ;-)

well, you know me - if it's not something different, I'm not interested.
Actually, it was a clutch failure - A clutch in the box.
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