discovery gearbox mods

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Codprawn

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• Mar 8, 2006

• #1

No doubt been covered before but what year was the cross drilled gear
improvement made?

Will my discovery be ok on this - it's a 1998 which must be one of the last
of the tdis.

Also I remember reading there were probs with 300 tdi engines chewing
belts - will I need to do anything about this as well?

Thanks

 

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Vince

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• Mar 8, 2006

• #2

Oops brother messing with my signature!!!


"Codprawn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> No doubt been covered before but what year was the cross drilled gear
> improvement made?
>
> Will my discovery be ok on this - it's a 1998 which must be one of the
last
> of the tdis.
>
> Also I remember reading there were probs with 300 tdi engines chewing
> belts - will I need to do anything about this as well?
>
> Thanks
>
>

 

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icky

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• Mar 8, 2006

• #3

"Codprawn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> No doubt been covered before but what year was the cross drilled gear
> improvement made?
>
> Will my discovery be ok on this - it's a 1998 which must be one of the
> last
> of the tdis.
>
> Also I remember reading there were probs with 300 tdi engines chewing
> belts - will I need to do anything about this as well?
>
> Thanks
>
>
Should be ok on both counts, changing the tensioners as well as the cam belt
is always a good idea anyway. The r380 gearbox shouldn't give much trouble
as long as it has and is well maintained

Hope this helps

Icky

 

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Vince

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• Mar 8, 2006

• #4

Well maintained - you could say that - Disco has only done 52,000 miles -
serviced every year - sometimes at 4,000 miles!!!


"icky" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Codprawn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > No doubt been covered before but what year was the cross drilled gear
> > improvement made?
> >
> > Will my discovery be ok on this - it's a 1998 which must be one of the
> > last
> > of the tdis.
> >
> > Also I remember reading there were probs with 300 tdi engines chewing
> > belts - will I need to do anything about this as well?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> Should be ok on both counts, changing the tensioners as well as the cam
belt
> is always a good idea anyway. The r380 gearbox shouldn't give much trouble
> as long as it has and is well maintained
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Icky
>
>