New member here, new Discovery owner as well. My son purchased a 2002 DII last week with no forward gears. We have a replacement transmission and transfer case waiting to go in. I have removed all 14 mounting bolts and the torque converter bolts but I cant seem to get the trans separated from the engine?? It appears to be stuck right above where the starter mounts. I removed the starter for a better look, but that didnt really help much. We can get the case to come free on the bottom and other side but there is a holdup here. Is there a dowel or something in that spot that could be holding us back? Thanks in advance for any input and advice.

 

there should be a dowel on each side just above the center line iirc

 

That would be in the right area. I am trying to remove it with t-case still intact, my next step is to remove it and see if that allows me to break it free.

 

Have you taken out all the bolts including the 2 hidden ones? Checkout the RAVE manual for bolt locations.

It is far easier to remove the autobox without the transfer box attached as the two gearboxes are over 100kgs

http://www.paddockspares.com/blog/zf...ked-questions/



From the photo you can see the locating dowels as well.

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