Td5 Defender clutch

[Guineafowl]

I fitted the LOF single mass bundle and all went fairly well. I didn’t find the engine crane through the passenger door all that easy, since the crane lifts from too far forward, meaning the transmission is rear-heavy, and the legs mean you can’t get a jack on the back to level it up.

In the end, I lifted the whole transmission, tilted up at the bellhousing end, and went behind and lifted it level by hand and shoved it back in place. It would have been easier to take off the tbox, but I don’t have a transmission jack.

Final thought: whoever decided to put a coolant pipe bracket in front of the top two bellhousing bolts should be beaten with a sh!tty stick.

 

[Robotstar5]

I remember my dad doing the clutch on his Series 2, seatboxes out, props dropped off the box then a piece of 4x2 between the seat bulkhead and the top of the dash, couple of ropes round the box then take the bolts out and swing the box back.