R380 notes on possible repairs. Part 1

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[@jameskerr5756]

Did somebody say 'drawings'. The test rig is looking very nice. All great to know Mike re the gearbox.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Me!

[@greebo7857]

Top hat is the common way to repair slipped liners in the 4.0 and 4.6 V8. Works a treat.

[@craigelbagel9498]

Wear on the selector fork where the selector shaft dowel pushes is worth checking out. I've had selector forks where the pads were in spec but still wouldn't select gear consistently and it appeared to be due to wear at the dowel interface

[@malcolmyoung7866]

Great video Mike… I am mid process on changing the bearing in the IRD on a Freelander 1 TD4. Watching this video has me thinking about my van’s gearbox and the bushings on the TD4 gear change etc. child’s play compared to the stuff you get up to. BTW used my separator tool for the first time in anger just recently.. worked a treat… it resides in my tool box, adorned with a Britannica Restorations sticker… keep up the good work.. Fae Scotland!!

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Glad it helped!

[@simonrowlands7472]

Great vid Mike, rebuilt a healey 3000 box a while ago had a very bad reverse and discovered it had bent the idler shaft 3/4" steel ,so always check your shafts for damage ,keep up the good work

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Thanks for the info

[@chriscary5302]

A couple of thoughts. You could try building up the selector pads with Phosphor bronze brazing rod. And a second thought that I have toyed with. Putting an external pump on the gear box using the cooler lines.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

The pump in the gearbox is OK - the V8 and RoW vehicles had oil thermostatically controlled coolers fitted

[@alfredsteidle5035]

And for Maschining you can do it easy on a CNC. If not you should have a Wohlhaupter Tool.

[@user-fc7li1tu5e]

When I first got my Disco 300tdi the 5th gear on the layshaft was noisy because it was loose due to a reused stake nut. I fitted new gearbox bearings, a new stake nut and a new clutch. Since then that gearbox had been apart four times by me and twice by a gearbox specialist ( who fitted an Ashcroft kit), chasing a second gear grate. I eventually gave up and just tried to ignore it. About a year later I changed drive members, cv's plus shafts in the front axle due to play on the front diff where the prop mounts, (there was no noise when driving caused by the front axle play) and since then I have had no more second gear grating.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Odd

[@user-fc7li1tu5e]

@@BritannicaRestorations Yes very Odd. If someone had told me this could cause that, i probably would have laughed at them.

[@alfredsteidle5035]

Great Video, you can Laser Weld it . Alpha Laser in Germany sell special equipment.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Thanks for the tip!

[@nickboylen6873]

To put a mild load on the gear box, how about a fan?

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Possible - I was toying with a viscous coupling ...

[@billsoucess2448]

Interesting

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Just got your casings back today!

[@greebo7857]

Brass? Bit soft? Phosphor bronze maybe?

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Possibly

[@craigmclaughlin7870]

I wonder if you could rig something with an old transfer case drum brake assembly and set it up in such a way you could dial in the drag you need to create a load for testing?

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Yes it is possible - just got to find a housing!

[@tazmeadows2925]

I have worn-out selecters from the driver leving there hand on gear stick when driving

[@googlegok9637]

I deep respect, but how long before JP goes on pension? or ashcraft can still get donor parts? I think we have to begin to adapt alien parts sooner or later.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Plenty of time yet!

[@alfredsteidle5035]

Mike , sended you Infos from Subi Performance, about Aluminuum welding with Alpha Laser. You can ask Alpha Laser if there is a Maschine near you place ?

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Never even heard of suck here

[@BrianM0OAB]

watching with a keen interest to why it makes a noise, 1 thou of play making teeth out of mesh ever so slightly make the noise, ( is that oil imploding in the teeth ?) and why does my gear lever move back and forth when speeding up and slowing down in 3rd, and will jessica Tate ever get Burt into bed in the next episode of Soap.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I just got the modified casing back tonight to fit the bush in place - looks good Got to take it back in the morning for final fitment

[@BrianM0OAB]

@@BritannicaRestorations look forward to the next installment, and Burt is off his rocker.