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1st Gear gone walkies!
Matt_H:
On the way home tonight I pulled away from a roundabout and it dropped out of first somehow (I thought it may have just popped out as I may not have put it in properlly)... Next set of lights went to pull away and nothing but a whirring noise, 2nd through 5th are all fine though.
It's been hinted at it's either something major requiring a gear box swap or a selector fork, and I've no idea what kind of job fixnig one of those is.. Either way I've not got the facilities to drop a gear box.
Can anyone help or recommend a decent place to diagnose and or replace? I'm in Basingstoke Hampshire.
Car is a G reg 200tdi by the way
http://www.ashcroft-transmissions.co.uk/ have been recommended so far with a drive in drive out day service costing £795 which includes exchange and new clutch.
Any help or comments gratefully appreciated (especially as the new kitchen will now have to wait :-( )
Benji:
That doesn't sound to bad to me.
I recently had a new gearbox plus transfer box without the clutch (that was new anyway) and that came to £1300.
There is a modification that land rover 'forgot' to do to the gearboxes when they made them, something to do with an oil hole onto a bearing, or something like that which should be done on the replacement box but double check with whoever changes it for you that it has been done.
Try and use a recommended recon manufacturer as i heard that some are much worse than others.
Good luck!!!
Matt_H:
The clutch only made it £70 cheeper if I didn't have it done and when I bough her I was told she'd recently had it replcaed (not sure I totally beleive them) but for the sake of £70 I may as well have it done.
Is the mod thing you are talking about for the transfer box, I seem to recall you can get an oil splasher kit that fits where the PTO cover is, is that the same thing?
Thanks
Matthew
Benji:
Wouldn't have a clue mate, sounds about right tho
Muddy web - Wanderer - Lord B, this is were you guys step in with the correct info!!!
Wanderer:
Tim'll be your man for this one.
But have a look at
http://www.sf.hiof.no/~frodehaa/Gearbox.htm#Input%20gear
Ed
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