Gearbox

[cdbanks]

G'day all,
this my first post on this forum, so dont be to harsh.
My problem is with my 86' classic gearbox, it seems a little to hard to motivatate it to change gears. I was wondering if a overhaul of the gearbox was a job the average bloke could do or if it was one i should **** off down to the garage. (its a 5 speed manual)

[Blknight.aus]

not something you want to do if you've never done a gearbox before and/or dont have a manual.

[mike 90 RR]

I would give it a oil change first .... might loosen it up

Mike

[cdbanks]

I have managed to get my hands on the workshop manual. It seems to be a pretty big job for a person to do without a decent workshop, so i might just give it an oil change and wait until i have the funds to get it done by a mechanic.

[BigJon]

I am running Castrol Syntrans in mine. Shifts better than ATF.

[Rangier Rover]

Is it a LT77? Reverse to the left and up.

[cdbanks]

I am not sure what model the gearbox is but reverse is to the left then up.

[BigJon]

That is the LT77. A bit renowned for being weak, but I haven't broken mine... yet :p.

[PhilipA]

My problem is with my 86' classic gearbox, it seems a little to hard to motivatate it to change gears. I was wondering if a overhaul of the gearbox was a job the average bloke could do or if it was one i should **** off down to the garage. (its a 5 speed manual)

Hard to change gears may be the clutch dragging because the hydraulics are buggered. This iss probably the most common and likely fault.
Does it grind or just sort of refuse to go in?
Grind is gearbox hard is usually clutch.
Did it start relatively suddenly or after you changed oil?
Regards Philip A

[350RRC]

Hard to change gears may be the clutch dragging because the hydraulics are buggered. This iss probably the most common and likely fault.


Good call Philip. We are forgetting the simpler probs these days.

DL

[dungarover]

Always been a knocker of them in the past, I own a Rangie with one now and to be quite honest they're not a bad unit. My biggest whinge about them is the low range is a bit wanting compared to a Lt95 4 speed especially with 33's on board. 1st and 2nd seem to have a bit of a gap in low range I find myself doing hills mostly in 1st as 2nd seems to run out of legs :mad:

Apart from that, been good so far but I still prefer autos :D Sorry about the hijack of the thread

Trav

[Jhonno]

2nd 350RRC but if I may be so bold as to add, attempting reverse will make this abundantly clear, the grate will put your teeth on edge
JML

[cdbanks]

Thanks for all the comments so far.
I doubt it would be the hydrualics, i just replaced the master and slave cylinders for the clutch only a few weeks back, that said it may have a bit of air in there that i couldnt bleed out..

[UncleHo]

G'day cdbanks :)

It could also be that the flexable rubber hose to the slave cyl has collasped internally, that will cause a slow clutch which shows as a hard to select gearbox.


cheers