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landy121

New Member

• Apr 9, 2014

• #1

Goodmorning, where about will the gearstick come if you put a discovery R380 gearbox in a defender 200tdi?
and would it be posible to convert the box to longstick and stumpy belhousing?
Thanks in advance,
Sytse

 

jamesmartin

Well-Known Member

• Apr 9, 2014

• #2

yes people sell a stumpy conversion ,not cheap though, disco can be converted to def by swapping selector shaft and gear box top but both require box stripping ,some have manufactured an adapter for selector shaft so as not to require box strip

 

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ebbadger

Well-Known Member

• Apr 10, 2014

• #3

I wasn't too worried about modding my seatbox so kept disco box standard .... means a box swop is easy if I ever need to... gearstick is in a much more natural place imho.... falls naturally to hand









cheers steve

 

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discomania

Well-Known Member

• Apr 10, 2014

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landy121 said:

Goodmorning, where about will the gearstick come if you put a discovery R380 gearbox in a defender 200tdi?
and would it be posible to convert the box to longstick and stumpy belhousing?
Thanks in advance,
Sytse

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I fitted an Ashcrofts shortshaft (stumpy) to my 90 so I could leave everything as was. Cost near £1500 all up including EVERYTHING I needed to do it. For me it was a long term investment and made a huge difference.

 

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landy121

New Member

• Apr 11, 2014

• #5

Thanks allot for all the reply's.
do i need to move the engine mounts if i fit a complete disco box?
And would i need to do any work on the props?

 

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landy121

New Member

• Apr 12, 2014

• #6

so ive bought a disco r380 gearbox, is it posible to mount the disco gearbox in a defender 90 without alteringthe transmision mount or propshafts?
I d rather convert the gearbox to short r380 gearbox than welding on my galvy chassis.
Cheers