@300bhp/ton my inclination is to keep leafs and eventually upgrade to parabolic springs and the appropriate shocks. I keep an open mind in case something just comes along that is clearly better. For parts, I just want to make sure I get what I need to convert the front differential to 3.54:1...

@300bhp/ton seems I was right to quote you above. Would you mind weighing in on the proper parts, particularly for the front. IIn my case i am jsut making a leafsping defender with a cooler front end. Would it be easier/cheaper to just swap the entire axle and get rid of the unused locking hubs?

Here is a post i found about this very thing: https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/which-diff-to-upgrade-to.390595/post-5656209 I must have had this idea 10 years ago when I got the 109 because I found a box in my garage from East Coast Gear Supply with a: Dana 60 Slasbury 3.54 ring, pinion...

I am thinking similarly since my 109 is 200tdi powered. The 4.7:1 axles are a bit overkill.

you think you're soooo smart :D. I just kinda mushed the whole thing together and I get power to the flashers now. they are just constant instead of blinking. It's a three pronged flasher unit but only two prongs are connected.

I am stumped. There is constant 12v at the flasher in and out. I can seem to find the right lead on the stalk switch. After all this work is THIS what I am gonna have to pay someone for?

Ok so far unplugging and plugging it back it didn't fix it, but we all know it is always worth a try. I did get my electric fan to start working by redoing the ground so thats a plus. Getting into the steering column and dash tomorrow. I can live without the gages. The truck is pretty well...

I am worried the gages may just be broken. The lights in them still work, but needles aren't going anywhere. I will at least try a hard reset. Can't hurt. The flashers have me a bit more stumped

All my tubes (on the steering column)look good and pass a continuity test. Same for my installed fuses, on the dash. So unless there are fuses someplace else

You jumped in quick before I added the last line lol

I was swapping out a bad battery (i have two) and i had forgotten to to the accessory power off. The wrench sparked once, but otherwise everything went smoothly. However, now my flashers won't come on in any capacity, and the electric tach, and EGT gages no longer work. i am hunting down and...

"fortunately" this has been such a long project there were never many miles put on the vehicle at all, and it sat for the last 2+. Ot drives (predictably) better than ever now! All new sideframes, floor panels, clutch master and slave, brake master, servo, wheel cylinders and lines. New lights...

Sorry, it took me so long to catch on. I am rightly embarrassed.

@Grebby man. . . .ok so I KNOW 2-3 years ago when I was driving this I had it in what I thought was 2wd. . .means I must have had the diff locked the whole time. In fact it came to me that way to me, because I know I didn't mess with the TCase. I mean better late than never but this is soooo late.

@tottot it is a 1978, but it came with the old NA 2.5 diesel. It is definitely a Frankenbtruck. Thats' why i am happy to bolt it together any way that works. It seems that you and @Grebby are telling me the front hubs should always be locked. is that correct? if so i have been killing myself...

OK I think I had my head wrapped around this. So I have proved my Tcase CAN send power to the rear axle, it just isn't unless the diff is locked, meaning that (since both front wheels are on the ground) something is disconnected in the front axle. The vehicle moves with the front hubs locked...

UPDATE: I think my Tcase selector linkage may have been put in wrong/weird. After messing with it a lot, I put it as far back and to the left as it would go. This to me should be High-locked. The rear driveshaft is finally spinning, but when I lift the rear end, it is only one tire. There is an...

tottot, Thank you for the reply. I am dying over here and the helps means a lot. The vehicle is on the ground in my garage. The only way the vehicle will move is with the front hubs locked. I have tried putting the Tcase is every position i can. With the front unlocked the front driveshaft...

Hello, I am trying tonget my '78 Santana 109" with a 200tdi-lt77-lt230 up and moving after years. I thought I had it, but the monster has other plans. Here's the issue in as much details as I can muster: I shift into gear and I have no drive. I just installed a new clutch master and slave and...

Greetings, I have a Series III with a 200tdi/LT77 conversion. It has been sitting a couple years. I went to move it and the clutch went to the floor. I replaced the clutch master and slave cylinders. I can not get the transmission to operate correctly. : With the vehicle off i can select any...