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The gearbox on my 2003 TD6 finally bit the dust on friday after a few months of agricultural sounding clunking when selecting Drive or Reverse from park setting. The box itself has always been fine changing gears hot or cold and never missed a beat, just the ominous clunk that i've been experiencing.
On friday we were at a relatives funeral and followed the hearse for about 10 miles at usual hearse pace, it was a warm day and we did no more than 20-30 mph all the way. As we were driving there was a funny smell which I now assume was the gear oil cooking itself, it also sounded very loud with a fan like noise which seemed to be linked to engine revs rather than the gearbox speed.
I parked it up at the wake after the funeral and I let my girlfriend drive us home about three hours later....I'm very kind like that.... I drive to the pub she drives home, fairs fair, everyone gets an equal amount of driving time.
We had gone no more than a couple of miles on our journey home and were just pulling away from a roundabout when there was a big clunk followed by lots of grinding and no drive. We eventually got recovered and now when the box is put into D or R the grinding is just the same and no drive (I optimistically hoped that the box might not be as bad when it had cooled down!).
To cut a long story short, I know something in the gearbox is fubbarred but before I commit to spending the 2300 quid I've been quoted for a recon box and new torque convertor and oil cooler could it be a simpler fix like an input shaft? I'm not too well up on auto's, all I've done is check the oil level is okay, which it is, just wondered if anyone else has suffered the same fate?
On friday we were at a relatives funeral and followed the hearse for about 10 miles at usual hearse pace, it was a warm day and we did no more than 20-30 mph all the way. As we were driving there was a funny smell which I now assume was the gear oil cooking itself, it also sounded very loud with a fan like noise which seemed to be linked to engine revs rather than the gearbox speed.
I parked it up at the wake after the funeral and I let my girlfriend drive us home about three hours later....I'm very kind like that.... I drive to the pub she drives home, fairs fair, everyone gets an equal amount of driving time.
We had gone no more than a couple of miles on our journey home and were just pulling away from a roundabout when there was a big clunk followed by lots of grinding and no drive. We eventually got recovered and now when the box is put into D or R the grinding is just the same and no drive (I optimistically hoped that the box might not be as bad when it had cooled down!).
To cut a long story short, I know something in the gearbox is fubbarred but before I commit to spending the 2300 quid I've been quoted for a recon box and new torque convertor and oil cooler could it be a simpler fix like an input shaft? I'm not too well up on auto's, all I've done is check the oil level is okay, which it is, just wondered if anyone else has suffered the same fate?
