Thread: PUMA Gear Box

Sounds pretty like a normal Puma experience; if you have been used to jap transmissions you will be feeling it.

I strongly suggest you ask forummembers who may be close to you to drive one of their vehicles, or vice a versa.

thats the best way to tell.

JC

I have had mine for nearly 3 years now and still find it clunky.

Having said that I have both front and rear diffs replaced as well as the transfer case and on all of those occasions I recognised it as more clunky than normal.....

I did come from a pootrol.........

from the time I got my Puma in Feb 2010, I have been complaining to the dealer and LRSA about that gearbox.

Finally, 2 yrs & 30,000km later they decide it needed replacing. The new one clunks less, but if I shift from 5th to 6th between 40-60kmh, it sounds as if the clutch is not in.

That Getrag MT-82 is a p.o.s, just google 'Ford Mustang gearbox issues' and see

Hi Dave,

funny you mention this because I'm not sure if I'm imaging things or not. It has always clunked, no big deal to me.
However I had the oil changed in it at 30K, and from then, and only time to time, it has been a bit stiff into 1st more so than 2nd. Actually just today was not one it's better days.
It now has 40K on it and I have also noticed after getting home from a long highway run, it cycles from a nice idle to a reverberating faint chopper sound which appears to be coming from the g box. I'm going to try and record it on the phone, but that doesn't help with a stiff first sync.
Perhaps keep a basic record of when it happens, cold, hot, frequency, and what other bits you like. It may provoke LR to pay a bit more attention to your concerns if you have done a bit.

I live at Oxley, be heading up you way mid March if you want to drive another Defer.

Take your time... It's not a racing car.

If you try to do a 'fast' change from 1st to 2nd, yeah... the gears will make a noise. However, take your time and it should be silky smooth.

M

they are a very slow box, sounds normal

Hi,yes I know what your talking about mine is the same its a defender thing. best to drive of your revs and take your time changing from 1st to 2nd.

Originally Posted by Naks

from the time I got my Puma in Feb 2010, I have been complaining to the dealer and LRSA about that gearbox.

Finally, 2 yrs & 30,000km later they decide it needed replacing. The new one clunks less, but if I shift from 5th to 6th between 40-60kmh, it sounds as if the clutch is not in.

That Getrag MT-82 is a p.o.s, just google 'Ford Mustang gearbox issues' and see

Do you think that driving the thing at 40km/h IN 6TH might be the problem?.I've gone from a TDi to the puma and find the gearbox fine but if you are one of these people who dump the clutch instead of easing it out it will clunk. Pat