Defender 90 - Hi ratio transfer gears or not ?

[Furyous]

Seriously tempted with some gears for Ashcrofts for my 90, but can quite convince myself that it worth £650 fitted.

Anyone got this gearing in a 90 ?

Opinions please.

Ta.



edited for wrong price in op.

Edited by Furyous on Tuesday 12th February 22:01

[biglepton]

Secondhsnd Disco t-box is cheaper and easier to fit isn't it?

Which ones, 1.222 to 1.410 or 1.667?

[GreenLandy]

Picked my disco transfer box off fleabay for £60 iirc about 18 months ago not fitted it yet planning to do it later this year. If you hang around in the LRO.co forums and fleabay you'll soon find one. I've had transfer box's refurbed for cheaper than Ashcrofts quote.

HTH Matt

[Furyous]

Thing is, my truck is a genuine 75k miler which I plan to keep for a long while.

Consequently Im not overly keen on fitting a transx box from a 250k Disco that was only ever serviced twice.

If you get my drift.

I can buy the gears from Ashcroft for £225, but I cant do the swap myself for time and space constraints.

If I could get it dopne for £500 I dont think Id blanch quite so much.

I think the gear change could really transform the usability of the old girl though.

[GreenLandy]

Agreed I wouldn't fit any old transfer box either. My box is like new though and cost IMO peanuts. I was advised to get a complete box just in case I was not satisfied with the upgrade.
HTH Matt

[eliot]

I''m going the other way from 1.22 to 1.4 - Ashcroft wanted silly money for the gears, so I scored a complete unit for £50. I wouldn't describe is in as-new condition though, there seems to be quite a bit of play in the diff unit. But at least its a cheap source of the required gears.