Gearbox problem !

Right lads I was driving down the motorway the other day at some speed in my 110 300tdi manual 5speed and when I came off the throttle and then back on in 5th gear there was no drive !

All the other gears are there fine but 5th is strange. If I put it in 5th its not there but if I push hard on the gear leaver it is there. Its like the gear has moved in the box further along the shaft. Also if I drive along with it held in 5th it seems to get tight the drive like its getting slower but if I put it in 4th no probs what so ever. Anybody got any ideas and yes there is plenty of oil in the box that was my first WISH......

Please help and gearbox buffs.....

Also is the box fairly easy to work on or are they a total pain to pull to bits and replace bits.....

Any help would be very happy for.....

Ey yup MM, you bin on ollidy with heidi or summat. Wot box is in the 300? Is the Fifth gear still in an extension to the box like LT77?

Fost thing that springs to mind is, is the gear lever set up right, then has the dowel that holds the selector bobbin on the selector shaft bent or bust.

Don't reely understand the getting tight bit!

They int that difficult to work on you just need the odd oddball puller to get things apart an a big fook off torque wrench to put em back together an somewhere clean to work on em.

GRUNT said:

Ey yup MM, you bin on ollidy with heidi or summat. Wot box is in the 300? Is the Fifth gear still in an extension to the box like LT77?

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Aye up Grunt.... R380 yes extension to box for 5th and reverse...

It still goes into gear just is not there...!
Its gone totaly now no 5th at all.
Spoke to David Ashcroft he said it some sort of split weld but not got the box out yet... I had a look at the service Manual and it dont look to bad like ya said. Where is yella now he gone or just gone ( AKA ).....lol
Hope all is fine over there....
Got a gearbox off ebay going to go get it from newcastle so I got loads of bits.... I know the disco box dont fit but at least I got the bits.....

Be gud dude...

If it's owt like the older boxes an the fault is with the fifth gear selector gubbins then you shunt need any special pullers or owt. It could be summat simple like the synchro housing fallen apart or the spring bust, if so yer laffing. Int the only difference between the Disco box an the defender box the gear lever remote housing, so if I'm right then your housing should bolt onto the disco box, not quite sure about that though.

Dunno about Yella he was about the other week he might have run away with Slob or summat.

i heard it werent that easy a job to swap remotes over.

The Mad Hat Man said:

i heard it werent that easy a job to swap remotes over.

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Ah well I'll stand kerectid on that un then, it was just six pints of best bitter talk when I heard you could.

dont get me wrong - i int done it - just been told its not a straight swap.

Eh MM get a Disco box an try swapping the remotes then let us know if it can be done.





Reckon that should sort it eh Floppy an it won't cost us a penny.

correctimundo

Going to pull disco box in bits so will get loads a photos for ya fella,

Aye up MHM how ista ?

muddlin froo
got myself a disco now - the Dibnah is long since gorn

The Mad Hat Man said:

muddlin froo
got myself a disco now - the Dibnah is long since gorn

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Ya doing ok then tha nose. So ya drivin round in nearly a proper landy. Nice to know ya climbing up the ladder to a Defender....lol

Nah hope all is good.. If ya see owt a yella say hi to im...

eez around ere somewhere.

an why wud i want a pretender when i got one like this?

nice disco daft

OK I will hold my hand up.... Its nice....lol

cept at the mo - its got more holes than gruyere .



bit it is a disco

The Mad Hat Man said:

an why wud i want a pretender when i got one like this?

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Oh I dunno... because it's better I spose

yu back then?