best place to buy rebuilds?

[JimCT]

military gearbox

I think the military gearboxes have a different throw out bearing arraingment, show me easy to tell if they are military rebuilds.

[JimCT]

military gearbox

Actually it might me a bearing instead of just a lip seal on tthe input shaft.

[yorker]

So is everyone out of those NOS Santana transmissions or what? Didn't Kevin NY get one for his Daihatsu swap? Rovers Down South had them a while back. I think TNTLR had them?

[adkrover]

OK, so I installed the new (rebuilt) gearbox. The clutch fork and bearing assembly went right on with no problems so it was exactly the same (ex-mod I don't know, what would it have looked like?). It is indeed a "C" suffix box. Everything matched exactly with no problems but I did decide to swap the reverse lockout assembly because the one from my existing was cleaner than the one on the rebuild. I haven't done too many miles on it since I am planning a few other jobs while I have the floor out but I did run it around a few miles through all gears and it is beautifully tight and quiet. I must say it was a bit cold driving around a New York winter with the floor boards out and despite all of the other noises coming from the open floor, none were coming from the tranny. The other wonderful part was how tight the new box is. Travel on the gear shift is half of what it used to be. It does require a bit more of a push than I would like to get it into 1st gear but all of the others are very smooth once it's rolling. Is there a detent spring I can adjust or something that can be done to make getting into 1st a bit easier??

[adkrover]

where can i find used body parts?

I am refitting my Series with Trakker seats but need an additional seat frame. I have a driver's side frame but can't make the Trakker work on the passenger side as i have no frame or hardware. The previous owner put in some cloth buckets from a Blazer that looked out of place and were too high in the saddle for me. I think I can make the Trakkers work if I find another seat base frame. Has anyone else installed these seats in their truck and am I missing something? What's the best way to install them? The seats just came as a bottom and back cushion with no hardware for fastening the 2 pieces together. Thanks.

[thixon]

Hello there,

I beleive that name calling and demeaning any supplier is not beneficial to anyone.
This conversation appears to be spiralling into nowhere.
If people continue down this path, this thread will be terminated.
The Landrover parts supply and support pie is big enough, without folks deriding any particular supplier.
RN policy is not to interfere with the BBS, though if folks persist with negative input, it leaves us little choice but to act and swiftly lock this thread.
Please get this thread back on track.

Les,

With the exception of a disagreement between members on semantics, I see little difference between this thread and the one titled "never ever go to west coast british." If one of your primary concerns is muckraking of Land Rover based businesses, then why not threaten to kill that thread as well?