Again with a screwdriver gently prised the springs back into place and fitted the bolts back. After this was done, I made sure that all the gears were able to be selected and with a small bit of adjusting ensured this was the case.

When all the bolts are off and the gearshift plate is off I lifted the gear stick up slightly and this will raise the seal up so it can be removed and cleaned. Then after cleaning it all I replaced the gear change plate loosely fitted the rear bolts and fitted the springs back on the lugs.

While I'm here I replaced this ( but did it while the gearbox was on the floor ) but whilst on the subject I removed the our bolts and the two springs do prised these off with a screwdrivers.

I've always had a problem since I bought the car that the gear stick would always flop to the left and not stay central and from this photo you can see why. The gear selector plate has snapped off so the spring had no resistance so it fell to the left making third gear selection hard. There...

With this off it leaves you with the rubber cover. Mine was ripped and in a bit of a bad way, which has left the gear selector plate area covered in mud and other bits.

Now that these have been removed and the cover with the insulation on it removed, this exposes the cover to the top of the gearbox and the gear selector plate. I drilled out the rivets and found that this helped out loads later when getting to the rest of the gearbox.

With this off I then undid both the air pipes that go to the rear and removed both them.

With this removed you can remove the centre console by undoing the few bolts that hold it down, inside the centre console box. This will leave the gear stick extension and air supply pipes exposed. The gear stick extension can then be undone by removing the bolt.

Then undo the handbrake by removing the clip and sliding out the pin from the cable and handbrake. This means that the handbrake will lift up to a higher height to enable you to take the centre console out in a bit.

First thing I did was to remove the centre console. Un-clipped the gear stick and transfer box gaiters and unscrewed the gear knobs and removed the rubber trim. Then unscrew the window switches and remove the cover and switch plate.

I tried this yesterday, but it didn't post for some reason. I've had a few problems with oil leaks from my Discovery 2 TD5 on the 04 plate as seen in the thread: http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f8/disco-2-td5-oil-leak-rear-main-237357.html I've replaced the seals shown on that thread but it...

Since my last question about a oil leak or 3!!!!! ( http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f8/disco-2-td5-oil-leak-rear-main-237357.html#post2837264 ) I still had an oil leak and after looking at all the suggestions that you had, I bit the bullet and took the gearbox out to investigate as I was sure...

Sorry, just logged on again and saw your question about the rear camshaft seal. I've been busy and am trying to do a thread so you can all see why. The way I did it was to put a large tool I use to get rubber water pipes off metal pipes. It's basically a pick tool and I stabbed this in the...

Don't know if this will help with the oil leak: http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f8/disco-2-td5-oil-leak-rear-main-237357.html I've put some photos on there to try and help, I had a horrible oil leak coming from the three seals shown in this thread. I've still got an oil leak coming from the back...

I'm guessing its the rear main, but just wondered if there were any other 'common' leaks or is it likely to be the rear main and also any tips or guides or videos for removing the gearbox?

The oil leak is coming from the bottom of the gearbox near to the engine oil drain plug. It's dripping from the square plug which is on the bottom of the bell housing.

Front camshaft oil seal

Still learning with the photos

Hi there. Just wondering if anyone was able to help out with a oil leak that I've got. I've changed the cam cover seal and also the front cam shaft seal and rear cam shaft oil seal and it's still leaking from underneath.

I have looked at the seal to the rear of the camshaft, and it is leaking and you're right I didn't even see it there. I'm not sure that it is leaking enough to leave the mess that it has left on the driveway, but with the amount of mud that there is stuck to the body and for the amount of time...