101 no 1st gear but reverse fine!

Hi I picked up my new (well new to me) 101 ambulance In Edinburgh yesterday to drive back down to Devon. All was going swimmingly until i got about 80 miles from my start point when i heard a slight brief grating/grumbling sound. A further 2 miles with nothing then a very unhealthy sound and no gear selection. Luckily there was a lay-by i coasted into. The AA came out and said something was up with the transfer box. When i try to go into 1st she just grinds. I can put her in reverse no probs. Anyway 4 AA truck relays later and i end up in Devon 16 hours after i started out. Its a bank holiday so i can't get anyone out to look at it. Any ideas chaps? :cry:

and the other gears ?

Same, bit of biting, bit of forward movement lots of grinding/crunching.

waterdude said:

Same, bit of biting, bit of forward movement lots of grinding/crunching.

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so its not the selection but the trying to move ,and rev it selects and moves fine?

Yes selects fine. When i let the clutch out it sounds like its not meshing. When i put her in reverse...no probs.

presumably 4 speed , id remove pto cover and have a look

Prob best done tomorrow, This fine whisky will not help in my diagnosis

This one yes (plz forgive my ignorance I'm still learning)

thats the sump plate but that would do , looks like its been off recently

I don't think its been touched for at least 2 years (the last owner didn't do much to it)

looking at the silicone poking out of joint

So just phoned Torquay transmissions who said "Right well, we'll just put in another gear box. It'll be £700 plus labour"

they sound useless

That silicon does look mighty fresh....reckon you been sold a lemon.
Take one bite of it and screw your face up

101 is a remote linkage isn't it ? might be as simple as a jam or misalignment

Kizzeh, you can make gin and tonics if you got Lemons

Dr.Evil found a great landy place in Ashburton. Old feller in there been fixing Landys for past 50 years. He just said "sounds simple enough, just bring her in" Result!

waterdude said:

found a great landy place in Ashburton. Old feller in there been fixing Landys for past 50 years.

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The best kind,

But if you bought a 101, buy a toolkit to go with it, theyre old motors, and need alot of tlc (but thereagain, doesnt every landy )

Tho I'm officially jealous a 101...

Well i was surprise when i looked at the sump as there was no oil leaking, could this be a real land rover? Im thinking i might install a small oil tank above the engine that leaks so when anyone looks under it it looks like its leaking and thus a proper landrover And she may be old but she is in better nick than most vehicles out there apart from the current problem :der:

waterdude said:

Well i was surprise when i looked at the sump as there was no oil leaking, could this be a real land rover? Im thinking i might install a small oil tank above the engine that leaks so when anyone looks under it it looks like its leaking and thus a proper landrover And she may be old but she is in better nick than most vehicles out there apart from the current problem :der:

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you might have run out of oil then!

Haha she has plenty, its in a bottle in the back