Haha, I thought you guys would probably speak far better English than I do German!! I'll do my best with brushing up on German but for the moment it's probably a lot easier for everyone if I speak English rather than butchering your lovely German!
The S2 V8 88 is finished, well, it works, but there is still more to be done!! It's in the pictures I posted. I'm now working on a 1972 S3 88, I'm installing a defender 200 TDi as the original 2286 petrol cracked it's block. This will be the land rover I take to Switzerland this year, I would rather go in the V8 but it's having the summer off this year, for repairs and upgrades :-) No pictures of the S3 yet, but soon!
I see you've joined OLLR, well done! Sorry to keep putting links up on your thread, but these will work for you now!
Anyway, back to the thread!! I'm glad you managed to get a new mainshaft, the old one was definitely dead!! Are all the LT85s split case? I don't remember mine looking obviously split case but I haven't looked at it that well yet. I actually had a 1.003:1 LT230 attatched to it, the whole lot was in a V8 109 Station Wagon with range rover axles on leafs, but I had to scrap the land rover as it was so rotten, I only bought it for the engine and gearbox. Unfortunately I sold the transfer box as I thought it would be too high geared with big tyres, range rover diffs and a 109. I would like to be able to tow as well, so I'm going to fit 1.222:1 ratio instead.
The steel plate you have bolted down over the selector springs, is that just to allow you to test the selector mechanism or is that part of the final gearbox? Also, I notice you seem to be assembling everything dry. When we rebuilt a gearbox for the S2, we were worried about causing damage to gears and bearings by lack of lubrication, so as we built it everything was assembled with a film of either grease or thick EP140, or just plain EP90, in order to make sure that every bearing and gear face had a film of oil the first time it turned. The only problem is that it can be difficult to stop oily or greasy parts from picking up dirt as you are putting everything together.
Entschuldigen Sie mich bitte für meinen schlechten Deutschen, ich bin Englisch und werde das bestes tun ich kann!
Unfortunately I sold the transfer box as I thought it would be too high geared with big tyres, range rover diffs and a 109. I would like to be able to tow as well, so I'm going to fit 1.222:1 ratio instead. 
