Item in LRO International September edition showing how to remove the gearbox if anyone's interested or got a spare few hours

Hope not to have any requirement for this knowledge.  Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Same here Bob, fuel, water, air and passengers is about my lot

Had a quintuple heart bypass, so had a few weeks off work (4) and was going to whip the box out in the street - probably a good job that I didn't after reading the article.
That was the thing that made the family gang up on me and sell the FL2

crawl underneath, unbolt subframe drop it on chest and slide out on crawling board. Undo gearbox and repeat, probably not a good idea when your breastbone is held together with staples. Turns out the gearbox is heavier than it looks.

Yes the wife did drive me into work after 4 weeks, for 3 days a week, rather than have me "helping" around the house. Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
Replaced by Ewok what a mistake - now a happy Disco Sport owner

I was taking the gearbox out of a Skoda Fabia . It was such a tight fit that I ended up directly underneath it and I accidently let it slip on top of me despite a support from above. Shouldnt have tried to do it by myself. Got an injury to the brachial plexus resulting in weeks of paraesthesia and pain in the right arm.
Gearboxes are very heavy for their size. Jules

I always use an engine crane to lift the a gearbox from above. It makes removing and refitting so much less work, and limits the possibility of personal injury too.  Hyundai Ioniq 5 Ultimate. The family car.
2009 Rimini Red SE TD4. Gone.
2006 Tonga Green i6 HSE. Gone.
Audi A5 convertible, the daily driver.
1972 Hillman Avenger GT, the project.

This is a simple, one-handed lift

Nodge68 wrote:

I always use an engine crane to lift the a gearbox from above. It makes removing and refitting so much less work, and limits the possibility of personal injury too.