Popped out of 1st Gear?

Hi Gang,

After 1338 days and 114.000km we finally arrived back at our starting point, weary and homeless but chock-a-block full with amazing experiences and about 20.000 photos.

On the home stretch from Spain while starting out in 1st gear it popped out making an awful racket I thought at first I lost an axle, then it happened again shortly thereafter..and realized that it popped out of gear into neutral, after that I was very cautious and nervous pulling away and kept my hand on the stick.. it hasn't happened again since then.. I am fearing the worst (gearbox) but could it be something else?

Cheers and thanks,

Gary

Mine does that when engine braking in 1st, I believe 1st gear is simply worn.

what engine and gear box

jamesmartin said:

what engine and gear box

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300 tdi is the engine. I am assuming its a R380 but honestly haven't checked the serial number

could be signs gear box is ready for a rebuild or it might be that it wasnt fully selected, under the turret on the box selector housing is a yoke the grub screw can become loose and so not allways fully select

Reverse by 1st LT77
By 5th R380

Flossie said:

Reverse by 1st LT77
By 5th R380

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reverse is under 5th so it must be R380.. thanks for the info!

jamesmartin said:

could be signs gear box is ready for a rebuild or it might be that it wasnt fully selected, under the turret on the box selector housing is a yoke the grub screw can become loose and so not allways fully select

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will check the yoke and grub screw before I panic.. I don't have the tools/workshop to do a rebuild since we don't even have a place to live atm which means buying a used one on ebay (could be risky) or a reconditioned one (definitely expensive)

Happens once - incidence
Happens twice - coincidence
Happens again, something is up. Twice in a large number of miles is not proof that something is broken IMHO. Of course, it won't do any harm to make sure that nothing is loose.

zeaphod said:

Happens once - incidence
Happens twice - coincidence
Happens again, something is up. Twice in a large number of miles is not proof that something is broken IMHO. Of course, it won't do any harm to make sure that nothing is loose.

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It happened twice on the same day, I would say about an hour or so of driving apart but a lot of the kms was done in 5th gear.. The only thing I am sure of is that I'm not sure of anything I will check the yoke and grub in the morning *crosses fingers*