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stuxj40

Active Member

• Sep 26, 2009

• #1

Hi landy lovers... 1998 dse.. need to replace mass fly wheel.. but is the gearbox removal a realistic diy job?? I mean it will consised of me my mate my drive way and two halfords ramps.... is it really that heavy??.. compeared to a ford xr4x4 2.9 box (which i done on me drive way).. any advice would be great.. many thanks stuart..

 

nathan5346

Well-Known Member

• Sep 26, 2009

• #2

its heavy yes, realistic? yes, but id rather pay sum one £150 to do it for me have fun

 

j the range

New Member

• Sep 26, 2009

• #3

you could do with a engine lift it easyer to drop unless you built like man mountin

 

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Rangey-V8

Formerly known as Simon1975

• Sep 26, 2009

• #4

Surley a jack can be used to lower and then raise the gearbox back into position.

Its all possible, you just have to use your brain.

 

Sirus

Your all Banned except me

• Sep 26, 2009

• #5

its qiute heavy in one lump......there was 4 of us to get it out the back of me van

 

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Sean

Banned

• Sep 26, 2009

• #6

a couple of scaffold bar and some strops on the inside and a couple of inflatable mattresses underneath

 

j the range

New Member

• Sep 26, 2009

• #7

glad you said that i thought it was me thinking it was bloody heavy last one i did we used engine lift though open door strap round gearbox lowered it down and put it back the same way, we found that much safer

 

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Sean

Banned

• Sep 26, 2009

• #8

j the range said:

glad you said that i thought it was me thinking it was bloody heavy last one i did we used engine lift though open door strap round gearbox lowered it down and put it back the same way, we found that much safer

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a crane is handy - but it's really not needed if you employ a little ingenuity

 

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stuxj40

Active Member

• Sep 26, 2009

• #9

thats a good tip.. many thanks..ill defo put that to the committee ....

 

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• Sep 26, 2009

• #10

mines out of the defender and It was heavy as hell we pulled it with 2 people a 3 ton jack and some old tyres just in case.

will be using a strop and engine crane to refit possibly

 

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kds

Well-Known Member

• Sep 27, 2009

• #11

HI stuart, guess you took the plunge with new DMF, had 3 attempts at replying to your pm hope you got it. I would go with engine lift option thats how I did gearbox change on my classic ( on my own by the way ! )