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SteveGoodz:
Howdy folks,

Since I got a nice new company car recently the Discovery has been rather neglected  :sad:

We went laning in it 4 weeks ago and everything was fine but when I drove it again 2 weekends ago and it wouldn't change gear for the first few minutes. Then it started to change and was fine for the rest of the weekend. It's been sat idle since then until yesterday when I decided to take it for a spin and had the same problem - about 2-3 minutes of being stuck in bottom gear then it changed up and everything was fine again. It was also okay when I went out in it today.

Anyone got any ideas as to why this should start to happen? It's never given me any trouble in the past ....

Dirt-Devil:
By the sound's of it you might need to change the oil in the Gbox as it could be thickening  up or you have gained some dirt and grit in there, either way a good flush out will probably sort it, hope this helps.

Paul:
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it's likely to be the governor.

As advised you can try draining the Fluid and renewing but if the problem persists it's a sticking governor.

I had this with one of my 300tdi autos and it had to go into a gearbox specialise.

SteveGoodz:
Well, I prefer Dirt-Devil's idea better but suspect Paul will turn out to be correct - DAMN  :cry:

Guess I'll be spending this Sunday changing the oil instead of laning  :sad:

SteveGoodz:
Why is there always so little time to do important things like sort out the Discovery?

Looks like it's gonna be the Christmas break before I get a chance to even look at it  :sad:

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