Thread: Almost rolled the county

Originally Posted by lambrover

Well whilst out playing on the weekend I thought I would have a crack at a steep step, it was about a meter high and had to come in at an angle as not to hit the bullbar. I got the left tyre to the top but almost rolled the car over in the process. There is a tech question here though, Whilst I was hanging in the balance I selected reverse and the car went forward, I selected first and it reversed, when the car was down back level the gears selected like normal very strange, I was on a very very big lean the oil pump was starved for a second. Any one got a clue to why the gearbox played up

Isuzu yea? didn'thappen to start itself backwards? smoke out the air filter etc

Originally Posted by rovercare

Isuzu yea? didn'thappen to start itself backwards? smoke out the air filter etc

Yup, mine did the same. Climbing a rock ledge, 2nd low, vehicle slipped backward and next thing I know, I am reversing while I was in forward gears, and smoke from the snorkel was a giveaway. Very hard to stall it out in low range too, with all that Torque available

Hope it doesn't happen again pretty scary

JC

good to hear you didnt go over

Originally Posted by uninformed

good to hear you didnt go over

Oops, forgot about the most important thing, X2

JC

Ok thanks guys, that has cleared a few things up, there was smoke out the snorkel and it run rough as guts, once I rolled back onto the flat turned it off let it sit for sec and restarted it was fine nut I was bloody worried.

Originally Posted by lambrover

Ok thanks guys, that has cleared a few things up, there was smoke out the snorkel and it run rough as guts, once I rolled back onto the flat turned it off let it sit for sec and restarted it was fine nut I was bloody worried.

A typical Unimog problem as well

cewilson, I wouldn't mind the portals of the mog

"Almost" rolled it.

Amateur.