2.6 S2a Gearbox re assembly Part 2

[@MrRobmellor]

Congratulations Mike for completing this job without the use of one four letter word, beats me how you can do it. My wife used to come to the garage and say : I think that you should turn the radio on Rob-------LOUD !!!!. Thanks for a perfect lesson recall. All the best, Yorkshire Rob.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Wait until you see putting the transfer case back together! I had to film it 5 times as the linkages kept falling out!

[@greebo7857]

If only.. Mike, I did my time on 2As and other things back in the early 70s in the Australian Army. Apart from one bloke, the instructors were all wooden and boring. Fair enough i guess, we were winding down from the stupidity in Vietnam, but someone like you teaching would have made a far better mechanic out of me than the Army eventually got. Of all the channels i subscribe to, it is this one I click on first, every time. You have a pic of my 109 on your wall. It needs a GB overhaul. Watching this makes me want to do it.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Thank you! Although I am on my own I try to present like one of you guys are here and not just explain how to do a repair, but the reasons why you have to do things in a correct order and how things work - in that way I think people can get a bit of confidence and encouragement to have a go and work up to more complex jobs My Apprenticeship was crap - I though my 6 months in the training centrer was a taster to the rest of my 4 years on site - what a disappointment - no one taught me anything, so I found out myself on my own jobs 3.5 years waste just for a bit of paper and a few bucks! Oh well!

[@greebo7857]

@@BritannicaRestorations All I can say is if that's what you are trying to do, it works! I feel like I'm there, I feel like I know you, and I'm no longer so embarrassed by all the crap i have lying around and all the times when I can't find the exact tool I need at the time, when I can find half a dozen of the ones I DON'T need. You make it human.

[@whitacrebespoke]

Mike you keep at it. I’m less nervous of doing a Landrover job if I’ve watched your videos. I’m a carpenter/joiner by trade with some spanner knowledge. I’ve ordered door skins and repair panels to redo my defender doors not something I’d have been happy with before I started watching you

[@machiningbasics1729]

Blue hylomar was invented by rolls Royce !! Good enough for them good enough for us. Nice work as ever

[@BritannicaRestorations]

It is good stuff and hard to find here - I get through quite a lot!

[@stirlingbridgen7793]

@@BritannicaRestorations hi Mike, our Defender 90 has had an attempt to steal it of the drive, they were disturbed so left, but they have damaged the ignition lock. Is it just a simple replace or is there more to it? Not going through insurance as they were going to right it of!

[@BritannicaRestorations]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoKlfmWnn8-kedU this is how I do pre Td5

[@fionanokelly]

that was fantastic, Mike!! So much information on your tutorials. Realy great!

[@greebo7857]

Hylomar. We used to use on headgaskets about 40 years ago. Now it comes in spraypacks Mike!

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Didn't know that! I have to import it here

[@greebo7857]

@@BritannicaRestorations Yep. Part no 61311. I believe you could maybe get it from Hylomar LLC US in Texas. 158 JJ lane, Center Point, TX. 1 803 634 2603, or www.hylomar.com. Well, that's one address on the can I have here.Might be easier than getting it from the UK. Or maybe not, of course.

[@eliotheasman5378]

Hi Mike very well done as always now I know why my dad curse and swearing at gear box's and tell me to make him a coffee very many thanks Eliot ps keep up the good work more videos please

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I have a back log of videos to post - some jobs get stuck for parts or cash, so there is sometime a pause between jobs and need an ending

[@andrewreynolds2647]

Amazing job Mike as usual, bet you were good at puzzles as a kid. lol/ Cheers. Andy.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I was inquisitive !

[@greebo7857]

I always cut gasket packs on the back, but I always cut them across, maybe an inch from the top ( or bottom ), so I can ease out the gasket I want without all the others falling on the floor. I'm a litle! bit clumsy...

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I have seen so many gaskets ruined by cutting on the front -same goes for plastic bags - use scissors where possible as knives can cut the parts inside

[@OverlandHorizons]

Great stuff as ever, keeping me sane as I struggle not very man fully with week 2 of the flu 🤒

[@BritannicaRestorations]

You don't want to be here then! -15c this morning!

[@grahamlamb2393]

Fantastic series of videos

[@ЕвгенийВалиев-х6п]

Добрый день. С наступающим рождеством христовым. Я Вас смотрю правда не слова не понимаю, но смотрю

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Спасибо за просмотр! Если вы посмотрите это видео - оно покажет вам, как включить автоматический перевод в KZbin

[@BritannicaRestorations]

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[@fionanokelly]

@@BritannicaRestorations Это был хороший совет. Я мог бы использовать это тоже!

[@spitfiremk1uk]

Obviously you get the job done, so some constructive comments (Adds to the you tube algorithm if nothing else). Engine oil is a perfectly good oil to use in the main and transfer box. Many engine oils actually perform better at wear protection than so called special gear oils (As suggested by Land Rover service School on a transmission course back in the day). You might want to consider selecting 2 gears at the same time to lock the gearbox solid which will allow you to tighten the layshaft and mainshaft nuts without fear of introducing cloth fibres into the gearbox. A more controversial subject... Consider using rtv automotive silicone sealant INSTEAD of gaskets (Never had any clearance issues). These days I just purchase new rubber seals and a tube of rtv. Purists hate it... My gearboxes have never developed a leak from a "gasket" joint in over 20 years of using the stuff. I still use Hylomar on the selector shaft cover to prevent leakage from there. I can see how much more hassle you are having trying to film at the same time as do... Keep up the great work.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Mentioning oils on YT really gets folk going! Modern oils are so much better - I ran a 200Tdi on Rotella 0w30 for a full year here = -30c to +35c never a flicker of the oil light (and it was working!)

[@iaincrosbie2873]

I seem to remember you were supposed to check the lay shaft endfloat, and if required insert shims behind the rear bearing?

[@BritannicaRestorations]

The end float is controlled by a selective washer behind the froward layshaft bearing - generally they are ok as originally fitted

[@nickboylen6873]

Once the bolt (or nut on earlier models) is fitted to the front of the lay shaft, the only end float is whatever is present in the front bearing. The rear bearing is a roller bearing with separable outer race for that very reason - it’s not sensitive to shaft longitudinal position.

[@MAMDAVEM]

Hi Mike, Great series of videos, enjoying them very much. Some years ago (20 I think) my series 3 Landy started jumping out of 2nd/3rd gear which I diagnosed as a worn synchro. So I removed and dismantled the gearbox, a big job for me at the time with limited garage facilities, replaced the synchro, fitted new bearings and oil seal, reinstalled into the truck and.... it still jumped out of 2nd/3rd!?*!. the vehicle was my daily driver and I was so sickend by this that I bought a military reconditioned box and swapped it out, selling the origional box as faulty. I was told that the reason it continued to jump out of gear was that I had not properly adjusted the end float of the second and third gears. Is this something you checked on this box?

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Yes, you will see in later videos Mike

[@nickboylen6873]

By transferring the complete main shaft, that step is not necessary. Float for those gears was set by sand long down the length of the bronze bush they sit on, which is made slightly over size in length to allow this fine tuning. So, you only need to do so if you replace the gears or the bush.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

As the mainshaft was in excellent condition there was no reason to strip it - and if you have worked on this shaft you will know getting the circlip off is a problem and then getting the pin out of the mainshaft locating the bush is a nightmare without destroying the bush and pulling the tiny pin out - no point in making work!

[@GrumpsBarn]

...blue hylomar is great if used properly....however I remember seeing countless engines that had failed spectacularly through idiots using half a tube of the stuff on every gasket they fitted, leading to either/or blocked oil strainers and impassable water galleries in engines

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Which is why I said silicon sealers are not always needed on paper gaskets - I have seen engines assembled where 'more sealer makes a better seal' go bad! I generally use grease on non pressurized gaskets like axles as they are better machined steel, but on 50 year old ally castings Hylomar is a must!

[@FluffH1]

Just wondering: do your neighbours watch your videos? ;-)

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Nobody I know knows what I do here!

[@FluffH1]

@@BritannicaRestorations In that case keep chucking that old oil over the fence:-)

[@ruaidhriobriain]

IFTH 😂