[jmattley]

As I'm swapping my series 3 for a 200tdi 90 soon (wanna swap anyone?), I'm thinking of putting in a higher ratio disco transfer box as it'd be used as a daily drive.
Is it worth it?

Cheers guys.

 

[Trewey]

no - just fit bigger tyres

 

[fleck]

elementary my dear watson....

 

[Sean]

As I'm swapping my series 3 for a 200tdi 90 soon (wanna swap anyone?), I'm thinking of putting in a higher ratio disco transfer box as it'd be used as a daily drive.
Is it worth it?

Cheers guys.

having not long done this on my own 110 i'd deffo say yes, it transforms the vehicle - it's no longer a race up the box, the noise level at normal road and mway speeds is dramatically reduced and it's had a significant positive affect on the fuel consumption

also, if your 90 has those silly looking standard 205 tyres on change them for a nice tall set such as 750s

and it's a simple task to change, nuts and bolts, bit of goo when mating the boxes and BoBs an idiot

 

[jmattley]

Cheers Sean, thought it'd be beneficial as like said, most of my time is on road, would I need to re-calibrate my speedo at all? Also, anyone wanna swap a 200tdi 90 for a very tidy petrol series 3?

 

[Sean]

Cheers Sean, thought it'd be beneficial as like said, most of my time is on road, would I need to re-calibrate my speedo at all? Also, anyone wanna swap a 200tdi 90 for a very tidy petrol series 3?

my speedo used to read very slightly high - now it reads very slightly low

as there's only a few MPH in it i havent bothered, am not sure if anyone would take on the job of recalibration these days (unless it was for big bucks)

 

[iannotts]

I have got a disco transfer box on my defender and its makes it a comfyer drive, you dont have to race through the box.

Works well untill the defender side goes bang..........

 

[jmattley]

Sounds like a good plan anyway, cheers everyone, so no one wants to give me their defender for a S3 then?

 

[landrover11019]

I think I might try this when ive rebuilt the 110's engine.
I put RR diffs in my lightwieght years ago, what a difference!

 

[opedley]

Have been thinking of doing this to my Defender for ages. I think it will be a job for the summer. What kind of price should a disco transfer box be, and also is it a straight forward job to switch over? Cheeers, Oli

 

[jmattley]

Also, with one, possibly 2 people doing it, bearing in mind I haven't done anything with gear boxes before aside from change gear and fit overdrives, about how long would it take to change, a day possibly? And what's a reasonable price for a disco transfer box?

 

[jai_landrover]

I paid £40 for mine but would be happy to go up to £6o if the input gear is in good nick.

It took me about 6 hours on my own to do but I did change input seal and both output seals. Jai

 

[iannotts]

dont forget the handbrake bracket

 

[jai_landrover]

Oh yea that was a bitch. only realised after I fitted the damn thing. out with the tapa nd drill set.

 

[jmattley]

Speaking of handbrakes, are them disc hand brake conversions any good? Worthwhile?

 

[iannotts]

There is nothing wrong with WELL maintained standard hand brake.

Are the disc ones still around £200?

 

[olmasters]

Is swapping the transfer box, literally a bolt off, bolt on jobbie and presumably there a gasket wetween the gearbox and transfer box that would need replacing?

Ive seen a few boxes on the bay with the disco handbrake still on, would this mate up to the props on a defender, or does it require changing to the defender handbrake??

Ollie

 

[Pikey]

Transfer box is a straight swap but you need to change the handbrake bits & bobs to a defender one.

 

[olmasters]

So is that again a straight swap, i didnt quite understand whether i would need a new bracket (in which case, what one would i need??) or would i need to drill and tap mounting holes as jai said??

Ollie

 

[iannotts]

just drill and tap like jay said, if i remember rightly its M10