Hello everyone!

I just bought my '97 Discovery 1 a few months ago and I gotta say I love every bit of it.. except for the automatic tranny. Now having read the forums for a few weeks for this and that I got the impression that there are a lot of people who prefer to drive automatic over manual.

So my point is, are any of you chaps with a manual willing to swap?

My ZF tranny has 133 000 miles and is in good shape (the car was a kid hauler before). I am looking for an R380, preferably with comparable mileage, but I am open to negotiations.


I live in Toronto, Canada. If anyone is interested, I can probably make my way to their location (if it ends up being reasonable financially and time-wise) and we can do the swap at a local mechanic's shop.

Alternatively, if any of you have a cross-member for a manual tranny and the electrical harnesses that go with it that they're willing to sell, I'm all ears.

Anyone?

 

Perhaps a boneyard near you. Or there are dismantlers like Paul Grant (CT), but shipping to Canada is pricey.

 

Yea I found a few transmissions nearby, but the problem is I need not only the transmission but also whatever goes with it, i.e. the crossmember, electrical spaghetti and the clutch system and so far I haven't had any luck with that.

Thanks for the input though, I will talk to Paul

 

Hi, I have (2) 97 SD discos that are both manual transmissions for sale, check the classifieds. I'm in WV, USA.

 

mailtoaulgrant@mac.com

 

revoRdnaL, checked it out, but I'm guessing you're looking to sell them and not do a transmission swap, so I guess that's a no-go.

drowssap, I am not sure whether you were referring to me or to revoRdnaL, but I will email you just in case.