Thread: Hard gear changes

Do you mean when you go into low range?

What year is your beastie?

Yes in low range, gear changes are hard and loud. My beast is a 1995 4.6 Gems.

I have a 96 model and have never noticed that, i'll check it next time I am in low range

I did however find in RAVE that adjustment of the throttle cable is critical to the correct operation of the gearbox, so it may be worth looking at that

Steve

Yes in low range, gear changes are hard and loud. My beast is a 1995 4.6 Gems.

I can't comment on 38A but in a Classic this is quite common and normal due to the extra leverage of the engine in low ratio. I feel it would be the same in a 38A. The 1/2 and 2/3 particularly as they are lower than 1 in high ratio.

In many different makes auto low ratios are higher than manuals because of this .
Regards Philip A

Thanks for the tips gents. I will have a play. Sounds like hard gear changes are common in low range.

Maybe you should bring it along to winter wombat if you can & jump in another P38 to compare but never felt such difference in mine.

Originally Posted by FANTOM P38

Maybe you should bring it along to winter wombat if you can & jump in another P38 to compare but never felt such difference in mine.

What and where is this Wombat you speak of ?

It's on the trip planning section.
The Wombat s.f is just outside of Ballan, I'm going to try and make the effort to get down there on the Saturday. ... to cold to camp with the little one.

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