"Austin Shackles" <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> On or around Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:53:06 +0100, "Badger"
> <brianhatton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >
> >"Austin Shackles" <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
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> >message news:n1r674p5kiecnhh2b91erti49fbfaqdqfh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>
> >> OK, Been looking properly at the H-plater with no engine and box,
turns
> >> out
> >> the chassis and doors are iffy.
> >>
> >> So, I'm considering the G-plate with the iffy 'box again.
> >>
> >> So, any thoughts about which 'box it is, i.e. LT77 or LT85?
> >>
> >> It's a factory V8 CSW, 1989 or 1990, 5-speeder which has reverse
> >> left-and-forward. "Normal" looking hi-low lever with diff-lock on
the
> >> left
> >> although it's stiff, doubtless not been used.
> >>
> >> If it is an LT85, is that like a LT95, with an integral t-box, or
does
it
> >> use the LT230 like an LT77?
> >>
> >> not super-critical, but it'd be nice to have a LT230 for it in place
of
> >> the
> >> BW, both for the ratios and for the propshaft length.
> >
> >LT85 looks very similar to LT77 and uses the LT230 transfer box Austin.
I
> >have in fact seen late model V8 defenders with an LT77 box from the
factory,
> >just prior to the introduction of the R380. I ran an LT230 in my own
110
V8
> >for years with no issues whatsoever, despite the doom-and-gloom
merchants
> >proclaiming imminent failure, and that was me using it as a rally
recovery
> >unit and for RTV trialling as well!
> >Badger.
> >
> Thanks. Plan F (or wherever it'd got to) is now on hold anyway: the
bloke
> has the motor on fleabay with a starting bid of 1850. "If it doesn't
sell,
> I'll get back to you"
>
> It's a mushroom-brown CSW if anyone wants a look. To be fair, it's
worth
> what he's asking, I reckon - but *I* can never get what things are worth
in
> theory when I sell the sods.
>
> The only bad point is the 'box. Personally, having heard it, I'd not
trust
> it for long distance journeys. Aside from that the other kit that's on
it
> and the general condition (very good) makes it easily worth 1800 notes,
but
> if you factor in a replacement box and fitting (which I'd do meself, but
I
> still need to factor the time) then you're talking getting on for
another
> grand, and that makes it a bit pricey.
>
>
> So I reckon I'm, back to plan A, in fact: rebuild my 110 on a galv
chassis
> (which I happen to know where one is which I reckon I can buy). Still
would
> prefer a LT230 on it, so if anyone has one in good usable condition
As I mentioned just over a week ago to your previous post, I have a 90/110
ratio recon transfer box which was fitted to a Disco, but you don't
*really*
want one, do you?, or had you forgotten? I thought it was only me who had
the memory of a goldfish. :-)
Martin
(or even
> needing a new input gear) then I'll be interested. Probably 90 ratios
would
> suit best - early 110 ratios might be a bit too low. Basically,
anything
a
> bit lower than the BW rangie box, which is a bit long-legged for the 3.5
> engine in a 110.
>
> as before, the BW box is available for swapsies, or I'd buy a usable
LT230.
> --
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