Cant get out of gear [Archive] - Australian Land Rover Owners

eckwalsh

26th January 2009, 10:56 AM

Hey guys. In a bit of strife.
Just about to leave the country music festival at Tamworth.
Hooked up the trailer went to take off and can't get my puma out of first gear. Was driving around in it . backed up to the trailer, hooked it up and when i took off i couldn't/cant get it out of first gear.
Any ideas or can someone tell me the 24 hour assist number.
Thanks heaps.

Eck

dmdigital

26th January 2009, 11:08 AM

Try: 1800 625 642

Please post up what the fault ends up being.

PAT303

26th January 2009, 11:10 AM

Can you get a gear with the engine off?. Pat

long stroke

26th January 2009, 11:15 AM

Hey guys. In a bit of strife.
Just about to leave the country music festival at Tamworth.
Hooked up the trailer went to take off and can't get my puma out of first gear. Was driving around in it . backed up to the trailer, hooked it up and when i took off i couldn't/cant get it out of first gear.
Any ideas or can someone tell me the 24 hour assist number.
Thanks heaps.

Eck

Bugger we were just in Tamworth at the fest, me and my brother left on sat and mum just left today:(

TIM.

eckwalsh

26th January 2009, 11:16 AM

Can you get a gear with the engine off?. Pat

no stuck no matter what.bit of a bugger. found the assist number. ended up being 1800 819 181 .
seems funny how it was ok 1min then stuck the next.

long stroke

26th January 2009, 11:18 AM

Might be something wrong with the linkages;)

dmdigital

26th January 2009, 11:20 AM

Have a search on the Defender2 (http://www.Defender2.net) forum. There's a number of gearbox issues reported there (mostly UK), nothing about 1st gear though. See if anything sounds like yours.

eckwalsh

26th January 2009, 11:31 AM

Have a search on the Defender2 (http://www.Defender2.net) forum. There's a number of gearbox issues reported there (mostly UK), nothing about 1st gear though. See if anything sounds like yours.

Jst had a bit of a scroll through this forum.
nothing really the same. A few stuck in referse tho. Mines stuck in first but seems like it's in neutral.Was thinking about lifting 2 wheels off the ground incase there was some form of wind up. Would this be a pointless exercise?

eck

dmdigital

26th January 2009, 11:41 AM

Have you tried moving the diff lock lever? If its got a neutral feeling to it you may have jumped the CDL into neutral. I doubt its the case though as it sounds more like an actual gearbox issue.

I notice on Defender2 there was this posting: Defender2 - View topic - 2007 GEARBOX ISSUES (http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic141.html) and whilst its reverse gear it sounds similar.

eckwalsh

26th January 2009, 12:03 PM

Have you tried moving the diff lock lever? If its got a neutral feeling to it you may have jumped the CDL into neutral. I doubt its the case though as it sounds more like an actual gearbox issue.

I notice on Defender2 there was this posting: Defender2 - View topic - 2007 GEARBOX ISSUES (http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic141.html) and whilst its reverse gear it sounds similar.

Thanks Dm i did try the high/low lever. Will try the diff lock but the light isnt on.
Did read that post and it does sound the same but in reverse gear.
Will go out and try the diff lock.
Thanks

eck

eckwalsh

26th January 2009, 12:17 PM

Thanks Dm i did try the high/low lever. Will try the diff lock but the light isnt on.
Did read that post and it does sound the same but in reverse gear.
Will go out and try the diff lock.
Thanks

eck

tried diff locks/high/low but to no avail. seems pretty serious.
Still hoping tho.

eck

p38arover

26th January 2009, 12:36 PM

Sorry to hear that Eck - but you will go where people try to claim Country is music!

Xavie

26th January 2009, 12:46 PM

Free trip back to Sydney in a truck! That will save you some fuel! Hopefuly you live locally. lol.

eckwalsh

26th January 2009, 01:13 PM

Free trip back to Sydney in a truck! That will save you some fuel! Hopefuly you live locally. lol.

trouble is i live in Kempsey on the midnorth coast.

eckwalsh

26th January 2009, 01:25 PM

trouble is i live in Kempsey on the midnorth coast.

Looks like a free ride home in the truck. At least im getting home..lol
Thanks all those guys for their help anf advice

Regards:

Eck

dmdigital

26th January 2009, 03:30 PM

Glad you've at least got the ride in the truck. Like I said, please post what the out come is. Could help someone else in the future. Hopefully it's not too serious.

eckwalsh

26th January 2009, 08:36 PM

Glad you've at least got the ride in the truck. Like I said, please post what the out come is. Could help someone else in the future. Hopefully it's not too serious.

No worries. will post up a result.
Landrover is picking it up tomorrow(tuesday) and bringing it back to the dealer. will be a few days i'd say but deffinately will
Regards:

Eck

eckwalsh

27th January 2009, 02:36 PM

well its back at the dealer. will find out tomorrow i hope what is wrong.;)

eckwalsh

30th January 2009, 03:51 PM

well its back at the dealer. will find out tomorrow i hope what is wrong.;)

Dealers pulled all the inspection covers, etc off and could not find a problem. The problem was not in any of the linkages or anything they could see. Dealer is replacing the gearbox over the next few days.The faulty gearbox will be sent back to landrover so they can pull it right down to find the problem.I get a brandnew gearbox but i doubt if they will tell me exactly what was wrong with the "old" one which is a bit of a bugger. will try and get the info anyway and post it up. The "old" gearbox only has 15k on it.
Regards:

Eck. ;)

eckwalsh

6th February 2009, 08:12 PM

Got my Puma back today.
Has a brand new gearbox in it.
Dealer is sending it back to landrover.
Dealer also said that landrover will pull the box apart but won't tell them what they found or why it jammed in 1st.
Still a mystery to me.Have to say tho landrover assist was excellent to deal with and provided me with hire car/work truck for the duration.
Regards:

Eck:D

long stroke

6th February 2009, 08:19 PM

Got my Puma back today.
Has a brand new gearbox in it.
Dealer is sending it back to landrover.
Dealer also said that landrover will pull the box apart but won't tell them what they found or why it jammed in 1st.
Still a mystery to me.Have to say tho landrover assist was excellent to deal with and provided me with hire car/work truck for the duration.
Regards:

Eck:D

Great news!!
wish they told you what was wrong though:angel:

TIM.

BigJon

6th February 2009, 08:40 PM

I found out yesterday that yours isn't the only one.

My old work had the same problem with a 50km old demonstrator.

dmdigital

6th February 2009, 08:44 PM

That's good news!

Any improvement, missing noises, clunks or anything with the new gearbox?

eckwalsh

6th February 2009, 08:51 PM

That's good news!

Any improvement, missing noises, clunks or anything with the new gearbox?

I've only driven it about 70km so far and that was up the highway but have to admit it seems a little smoother than the original box and a little tighter.Doesn't seem to give that little cluck as you change gears. time will tell tho over the next few months as it beds in.
Interesting that there have been a few others as the dealer reckoned that was the first one that had come back to Landrover.
Is a bugger tho that they wont find out what was wrong.

Regards:

Eck