Been away for a couple of days and had more time to think about exactly whats happening, and the problems occurred twice more in circumstances where I've been able to concentrate on the sequence of events rather than traffic etc around me. Firstly, I bought the car in June 2011 from Berkshire...

Thanks for pointers. I do from time to time get engine surging during gear change so looks like the clutch switch might need sorting too.

Spent most of the morning searching the interweb for answers to the problem and no luck, hence posting here. Odd things are that you don't have to pump the clutch for it to come back. When this happens, if you leave the clutch pedal down and just let the car carry on the gear lever becomes free...

Been told to introduce myself before I get savaged for posting a problem before saying hello. Bought a 54 plate manual TD5 Disco June last year which I presume is one of the last made. Had 86k on the clock then and will now shortly hit 100k. Was a replacement for my previous car, a Lotus Exige...

My 54 plate manual TD5 has developed an annoying intermittent problem that hopefully someone may have come across before. It only happens when changing down through the gearbox. For example, approaching a set of traffic lights, come off the throttle, depress the clutch and all ok so far. Try...