Thread: Discovery transmission no go

I doubt it would be the torque convertor but there's been a few cases of the flex plate (flywheel) cracking & eventually breaking.

Does it drive at all in reverse ?

I'm not sure with the 300Tdi set up but is there a cover in the front of the transmission you can remove the see if the flex plate spins while the engine isn't running ?
If not, there's a plate at the bottom of the bellhousing that you could remove to check.

No, definately no drive in any gears. Will check cover plate.
Tony

Wouldn't the car have trouble starting if the flex plate was broken? No inspection plate on the bellhousing but there is a small one on the front plate. This would only allow a view of the engine side of the flex plate.
Tony

yeah I think it would have a lot of trouble starting with a broken flex plate, unless youve got a crank handle you wont start it at all for that matter.

Sounds like a pump problem or main shaft.

Best to find another box IMHO, they are a bit pricey to fix I have heard.

It could have broken the pump drive shaft, I dont know much about the ZF boxes but all autos need the same drive componants and Borgy boxes used to break them for no reason and that is exactly what you have descibed.

I had a AU falc do it on me while sitting at a set of lights, for no reason it stalled and then when I restarted it I had no Forward or Rev but the park bulm still worked.

I would put a pressure gauge on the cooler line and see if youve got pressure there.

Coverters rarely crap them selves so I would be looking a little more internaly than that.

Goodluck, I do see it being cheap.

yeh check simple stuff first look enough fluid in auto and when last serviced zfs are a good auto but you say you have 323000 ks usually it between 300-400 k and its rebiuild time hope not but that thats a fair amount of ks you've done. 1000-1500 for good secondhand one (one on ebay at moment) and about 3-4000 for recond one in wa that is.

All the best Mark

And the most simplest way is engage the CDL and see if you have drive you could have done a diff which can happen

And if it drives disengage the CDL get some0ne to look under the car when in drive and with the foot brake on and see which tail shaft is turning and that will tell you which diff is broken if its a diff
Im surprised no one has mentioned this yet

New Torque Converter is $5500 from the UK. Reco one should be about $500. Torque converter shold not just go suddenly but begin to fail so will slip on hils and things like when the oil is low.

Thanks for reply guys. I'll have to sort out what I can do. That one on ebay is for a V8. Different input shaft I think and also larger torque converter.
Tony