Help! Broken Auto Gear Lever

[dangermousehouse]

Help!!

I removed my centre console (around the gear knob) and in the process have seemed to have damaged the gear knob.

I needed to remove it, and so twisted it anti clockwise and then heard maybe something snap. :o

Now I can't 'pull the trigger' to operate the gearbox.

Any ideas anyone?

How do I remove the knob? I read somewhere sticking it in drive and pulling upwards, but mine feels like it is held in place. It moves a little and then there's resistance.

Cheers

[SuperMono]

I removed mine by pulling straight up.
Needs a fair amount of force but pushed straight back into place and remains fully functional.

I don't think the twisting was a good idea :eek:

[dangermousehouse]

How much force does it need?

Mine moves about an inch and then feels stuck, almost like it is attached to a cable or something.

Cheers

[Neil P]

Twisted ! :eek: Pull straight-up from P ONLY. May your God be with you ....................

[CaverD3]

Does it still work and will it pull out in park?

[dangermousehouse]

OK.......I tried to pull the blimmin thing off but it still feels like it's attached to a cable or something. Also, I'm not sure if it is pulling off right. The knob looks like it is coming off the shaft, rather than leaving it behind (so to speak).

Could someone do me a huge favour and pull theirs off and take a picture, please, so I can see what the blimmin heck is supposed to happen.

(It doen't look like it is coming adrift as indicated in the drawing posted earlier).

After trying to pull the knob up a few times the trigger has now 'locked' in the on position so the gear lever will move. Phew!!

I'm really annoyed with myself, as I was prepping the Disco for a big trip next week and I was just tidying up/modifying some additional wiring that had been installed by the previous owner.

Looks like I'll have to hand over some of the holiday money to the dealer.

Any input greatly appreciated.

[~Rich~]

Here you go :)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/06/663.jpg

[dangermousehouse]

Many thanks for this, much appreciated.

My knob pulls up about an inch (yeah, yeah) and so I can't see the white bit.

What is the white shaft thingy. Is it plastic? How long is it. (Any chance of a pic of that?)

Looks like I could have broken this when I twisted the knob anti clockwise thinking it was a screw fit.

Now.......how do I get it off?

[~Rich~]

Pull straight up HARDER!
The white bit is about 100mm long by memory.

[dangermousehouse]

I've been pulling pretty hard. It gives and moves up about an inch, then stops. The inch movement is easy.

It feels like it's attached to a cable, as it feels 'springy' and I can also feel the trigger tightening.

Obviously I've knackered something somewhere, when I twisted it. I been trying to see if I can take the knob apart, but no luck so far.

What's on the end of the white thing? Does it look like it engages something, like a slot for example?

[CaverD3]

Look at the thumbnail earlier in thread, that is exactly how it should look.

[dangermousehouse]

Yeah, I've seen the thumbnail and the looked at a spare (link below), but the problem is that I can't seem to be able to pull it all the way out. I must of broken something somewhere, when I twisted it, but can't figure out what.

Does the white 'stalk' slot into something? Does it move when the 'trigger' is pulled.

If someone can help with these questions, I might be able to figure it out. (I may have just dislodged something in the 'trigger' rather than damaged the stalk or vice versa)

[dangermousehouse]

Forgot the link

Landrover Discovery 3 Leather Gear shift knob stick LR3 | eBay UK (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Landrover-Discovery-3-Leather-Gear-shift-knob-stick-LR3-/170648636308?_trksid=p4340.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DDLSL%252BSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUC I%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%252BDDSIC%26otn%3 D8%26pmod%3D380332401838%252B380332401838%26po%3D% 26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D730980378563729087#ht_2582wt_1 199)

[clubagreenie]

The slot in the actual lever (the tube that stays behind) is where the piece you heard snap engages and stops it turning. The white rod that goes down the centre of the tube engages in something at the bottom, which is why you need it in park when removing. In other positions it's engaged into the mech and won't come off (witt break off the white rod though). It's the same as a D2 (except for the release button), someone had a thread where they fitted some D3 bits to theirs.

As they say, pull hard. I dented the roof lining when mine finally came off, and thats after twisting and breaking it. On the plus side, broken it still works, just has a slight movement. Benefit, replace and being round rather than the D3 design, I twisted inbto a confortable position and injected some sikaflex up under the handle. Solved.

[dangermousehouse]

Big thanks to Nick at Maroochydore Landrover!

Still not quite sure what had broken, but after breaking the trigger off and leaving the white stalk behind, he was able to 'tease' the stalk out with a bit of twisting and brute force.

New 'knob' fitted and old knob (me) happy.

Many thanks again.