Recent content by ThaJFactor

Well I went for it all day on this and had a win, although its a weird one to me.. Started the day with the setup it was left with (Diesel Bellhousing, fork, t/o bearing and clutch/pressure plate.. "Petrol" box) and went to do the simple fork change.. In with the "petrol" fork and bearing, and...

Yep, the throwout assy is completely different.. The bearing assy is fatter and the fork is a little different in size.. Possibly length too.. Not too sure what would be in backwards, but I'll be looking again for sure.. When I first did the clutch replacement and put the old box back in it...

I'm going to pull it back out on Monday so I'll be sure to update on how that goes.. It was tested by popping the fork off the pivot pin, which released any pressure.. I tired today myself and sure enough it jerked when starting in gear, clutch out.. RE the input shaft length, I was under the...

Correct, but to clarify, the new bearing is for the old box.. No play at all.. Ultra tight if anything I got a mechanic to look over it yesterday and apparently it needs to use the fork and bearing from the petrol bellhousing.. I don't know exactly what he did for testing as I was working...

Thanks for the reply Dion.. I didn't remove the linkage from either box so I'd be saying it's still OK.. I've tried in 2H, 4H and 4L (with hubs locked obviously) but no go.. It's almost like the old box was, but no gears at all now.. Just a random thought, but the fork and bearing in the "new"...

Hey fellow Navara-ers!!.. Long time lurker, first time poster here, but I'll get straight to the nitty gritty.. Not too long ago I picked myself up a 1994 D21 Navara TD27.. When I purchased it, it had a bit of a noisy gearbox which I thought was clutch.. Over the space of a week, the dodgy...