Gearbox problems

**Rat** · 12th June 2011, 08:29 AM

Hi all. We are on the way to Darwin. My mates 300tdi defender (r380) has developed a noise in the gearbox yesterday. He says it sounds like a bearing noise but it's only in fourth gear and not always present. Sometimes there, sometimes not. No other gears, just fourth. Any advise from the technically skilled???

**DRanged** · 12th June 2011, 08:44 AM

Chris
really difficult to know, but being in the situation you are in (ie holiday trip) I would find a good local mechanic, dump the existing oil (and see what comes out

), fill it with a good syntrans or 75/80 etc manual gearbox oil and even put in a Nulon type gearbox additive. All of the above MAY help and wont cost the earth. It might just behave itself. I hope so.

Justin

**Rat** · 12th June 2011, 10:24 AM

Just an update. It sounds like more of a chatter. Worse if u pull the shifter towards fourth while driving. Syncro's rattling???

**Rat** · 26th June 2011, 03:11 PM

Any ideas? Doesn't seem to be getting worse.

**ramblingboy42** · 28th June 2011, 10:17 AM

just keep going mate.......

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