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Land Rover P38 Gearbox Removal
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 7:51 pm
by 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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Re: Land Rover P38 Gearbox Removal
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 6:49 am
by Anthony Forgey
Tip #1
Don't do it yourself
Re: Land Rover P38 Gearbox Removal
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 3:33 pm
by Apocalypse
Tip #2 - listen to Anthony !
Re: Land Rover P38 Gearbox Removal
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 6:43 am
by KurtG
Tip #3: listen to Alex
Re: Land Rover P38 Gearbox Removal
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2019 5:57 pm
by 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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Re: Land Rover P38 Gearbox Removal
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:42 am
by 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
Re: Land Rover P38 Gearbox Removal
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 4:13 pm
by 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
Re: Land Rover P38 Gearbox Removal
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 4:36 pm
by Estee
Tip #4: Dont listen to Erin or Thys
Re: Land Rover P38 Gearbox Removal
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 5:22 pm
by ThysleRoux
Bunch of Ninnies with no sense of adventure. The Voortrekkers would not have reached the Elsieskraal river with you lot !!!!
Re: Land Rover P38 Gearbox Removal
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:27 pm
by Paul#25
Especially if their gearbox was broken.........
Re: Land Rover P38 Gearbox Removal
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:46 pm
by Prof
What I found wtih DIY...you have a better appreciation of your vehicle.....and second time around is so much easier
Re: Land Rover P38 Gearbox Removal
Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 10:53 am
by 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...
Re: Land Rover P38 Gearbox Removal
Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 12:26 pm
by 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
Re: Land Rover P38 Gearbox Removal
Posted: Wed May 29, 2019 11:48 am
by Crips
BushWacker wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 12:26 pm
... 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
Re: Land Rover P38 Gearbox Removal
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 7:24 pm
by 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. [emoji1303]
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