mmm . . . new gearbox needed!!!!

[Disco69]

Hi guys,

I've just blown 5th gear on my 02reg td5 disco!!!!:eek:

Its been slightly noisey for a little while but I thought I'd 'let it devope' - and it certainly has!
Its gone from a slight rumble to bang bang bang - sounds like a bearing has collapsed and the shaft is rattling around in whatever is left. Is this a common fault on these as its only done 120k miles? - my last disco(300tdi) had done 290k miles with no gearbox problems at all.

All the other gears seem ok so I limped home in fourth.

Obviously I'm now looking for a low mileage replacement gearbox if anyone has one or knows where I might get one at a reasonable price.
Also, does anyone know anywhere that would fit a gearbox for a reasonable fee in the south yorkshire / Nottinghamshire area? I'm gonna get a quote from Stratstone Landrover dealers tomorrow but just the thought of paying main stealer prices is giving me wallet cramps!!!

Any help / advise would be greatly appreciated,

John

[bilge rat]

i think it was legs i spoke to. they sell exchange boxs, did also say iff i took it out they would repair whatever it needed for 100 quid labour plus what parts it needed, thought that was pretty fair. alan...

[waft]

we did the 'box on my bros 300 tdi defender, it took us a couple of days with no specialist equipment, recon one from ashcroft transmissions was about the £400 mark if i remember rightly+ clutch+new output shaft/transfer box sleeve, would highly recomend them.

[Disco69]

Thanks guys,

I've managed to get a low mileage gearbox/transfer box complete for 500pounds, which seems to be the going rate, so I'm going to get a local guy to swap it and fit a new clutch while its apart.
Gonna cost around 300pound to fit which is a bit painful on the pocket - I would do it myself but I just haven't got the time or the facilities at the moment.
At least when the new one has been fitted I can rebuild the old one then sell it to recoup some funds.

Thanks again.

[waft]

69'
the previous owner of my old 300 disco had 5th gear go, it cost him £1200 to have the local independant LR garage remove,strip,rebuild and refit his gearbox,i have not got the details because i have now sold it on, with all the paperwork,but if i remember,the parts were very pricey and you need specialist tools,
good luck.

[Disco69]

Thanks for your comments guys,

I've just picked up my disco with gearbox swapped over - new box is a lot tighter (fnar, fnar) and she's much smoother, she slides in and out (gfaw, gfaw) like a dream and she's not a screamer!:D

Total cost was around 900 including new clutch(which it didn't actually need) and I now have a gearbox and transfer box to strip, rebuild and keep as spare or sell and lots of other spare bits which came with the new unit - ie handbrake cable, high/low cable +lever, gearbox mountings etc oh and a clutch of coarse.
:D