Thread: Broken gear stick on the way home

The ol broken gear lever trick Must have been a design feature in the series All of mine have done it. When the S111 109 fell off I was going for a down change on a steep hill with a truck on my tail once forth completely failed I double clutched into low range then back to high. Drove it like this for wile On the 11a 88 I welded it back on wile in situe with jumper leads.

Even the series 1's here have done this.

i noticed when pulling my series 3 apart for the rebuild that the stick had been welded back onto the ball at the botum so it had been broken at some stage before i got it..

I had no idea this was a common fault, so you can understand my surprise when the thing come free.

Surprise is when it happens whilst driving on a beach at midnight.

One tends to undo the tunnel cover quicker with the tide coming in and lapping at the wheels.

And it's more interesting without overdrive, taking off in 2nd low and shifting up to 2nd high.

But on the flip side, my series did do good - it could navigate a particular set of stairs at an undisclosed location - an alternative way to get out of a pub carpark.

So this must be why Land Rover came up with the 2.25 as has heaps of low end torque and can sustain over 5000 RPM with no load The poms were always known to engineer a way around a design fault and leave it there

Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

The poms were always known to engineer a way around a design fault and leave it there

Like the oil leak diverter for the rear output seal in the LT230 transfer case, keeps the leaking oil off the handbrake.