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Posted: **Fri Nov 11, 2011 7:02 am**

just need a gear box as third gear dnt wrk anymore..to finnish project or to sell?87 brumby..be hard to part with i tell ya..gotta keep goin!!!

Posted: **Fri Nov 11, 2011 6:35 pm**

If you just want a 4 speed box send me a PM and i can probably help ya. I'm in Newcastle though so you're up for a drive or some freight. The other thing to do would be put a 5 speed L series in it - a little more work but it would pay off in the long run...

Posted: **Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:10 am**

as someone who went the L Series 5 speed conversion in a 17 hour marathon - 11am Saturday to 4.00 am Sunday in 2005 - I say go do it - well worth it

Posted: **Sat Nov 12, 2011 10:39 am**

+2 for the "L" series 5 speed, recently when we were putting a new engine into my vortex, I was lent a stock brumby. (my brumby is a 5 speed AWD) Out on the freeway I kept trying to put the brumby into 5th, as all I could hear was the engine revving hard in 4th. It is amazing the difference in fuel economy from that one extra gear.

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The above thread goes into great detail in doing the swap.

TOONGA

Posted: **Sat Nov 12, 2011 4:01 pm**

brado if ur looking for a five or four speed either one go see mark birket in berridale i know hes got a couple of l-series and my wagons and if u go a 5 speed i would be keem to help u do the swap

Posted: **Sat Nov 12, 2011 6:50 pm**

Know where you were @ with that 4 speeder Julian, doin' the same now - even the shift feels more ...agricultural

So when you go for the 5 speed there is some reading to do, questions to ask, prep etc and best if you get all the bits from one donor - flywheel to rear diff, consider what clutch you have now, small mod to the pedal box (peddle box for some

) use L clutch cable, MY pedal

Posted: **Sat Nov 12, 2011 11:29 pm**

thanks everyone..i realy wanna keep it stock,i love the old 4 speed..might check berridale and take ya up on the help..i did a VS commodore once ,that box lasted 1mth!ive owned my brumby 4 yrs and have never looked back..every part of them is built solid!use it every day for work.jst cant fault em.i dont let my own family drive it...so many kanga"s here its scary..had some close calls over winter with them,not to mention wombats..

Posted: **Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:46 am**

I know what ya mean brado we get heaps of roos up cooma

Posted: **Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:29 am**

cool as i didnt see any roos in my ute but soon as i got in a quiet car they were every where
has anyone else experienced this