Land Rover P38 Gearbox Removal

[Crips]

Hi All

I need to remove the Gearbox on my 1996 P38 4.6.

It leaking oil out of the round inspection hole on the bellhousing.

I stopped driving it immediately.

Apparently it's either the input shaft seal or a cracked torque converter?

I'll be doing it myself, any suggestions or tips and tricks seeing that it is a Auto?

Cheers

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[Anthony Forgey]

Tip #1
Don't do it yourself

[Apocalypse]

Tip #2 - listen to Anthony !

[KurtG]

Tip #3: listen to Alex

[Erin]

Bunch of pansies...removing the gearbox is easy.

Putting it back right can be a pig of a job though...got that T-shirt.


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[ThysleRoux]

Remove the motor and 'box as a unit ................ much easier to line everything up afterwards if you are not lying on your back under the vehicle

[BushWacker]

why not remove box and then
give it to Sean O’Reilly at
Gearbox Co to fix and reinstall ...

... at least you can save
on dropping the box ...

ask for quote estimates first :

remove
refurb
re-install
Total

[Estee]

Tip #4: Dont listen to Erin or Thys

[ThysleRoux]

Bunch of Ninnies with no sense of adventure. The Voortrekkers would not have reached the Elsieskraal river with you lot !!!!

[Paul#25]

Especially if their gearbox was broken.........

[Prof]

What I found wtih DIY...you have a better appreciation of your vehicle.....and second time around is so much easier

[Crips]

Tried to remove the prop shafts, took me half a day as the bolts where stripped.
So I stripped my moer
Phoned a Indy Landy guy who fetched her on Saturday, they will sort it out...

[BushWacker]

... on my RRC and defender the
UJ nuts on prop are specific ...
nylocks, (HT? ) and coned at top so
flat (7/16th?) spanner can get in
and turn them about 1/8th turn
at a time ...
none of my ring-spanners etc
can get in those tight places ...
... and not metric

[Crips]

... on my RRC and defender the
UJ nuts on prop are specific ...
nylocks, (HT? ) and coned at top so
flat (7/16th?) spanner can get in
and turn them about 1/8th turn
at a time ...
none of my ring-spanners etc
can get in those tight places ...
... and not metric

These are similar but it's 14mm.
Also had to use a ring spanner but for the front prop where it connect to the TC you have to use a socket or remove the cross member, hence I just gave up

[Crips]

Flex plate shattered, damaged the torque converter and gearbox oil pump.
Torque converter has been sent in for recon and gearbox sent to gearbox guy to sort out the oil pump.
Hoping to have her back by the end of the week or early next week.

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