Thread: 99 Series 2 Disco Td5 Auto, Gearbox troubles

The Scenario '
Car has been serviced to the book as a far as i am aware by our trusted mechanic for the last 4 years , Dealers before that (however nearly every time it was serviced at a particular dealer unamed a few weeks later something else would break )

however these four years have been relatively trouble free, at the moment we have a major problem, the gearbox

car is driving up a small incline, there is a large CLUNK and we are rolling backwards. no more forward drive , only reverse Fortunately we were close to home and dads land cruiser came to the rescue and towed us home through the backstreets

I have looked under and cant see any obvious problems , as we all know i couldn't put my finger on any specific oil leaks etc from the box as every thing down there is coated in oil of leaky landrovers ahaha
i checked the linkages were working and they are fine.

basically i am assuming the box is stuffed and need to look at the costs involved in fixing it , i am not afraid to do the work my self either however it might be a bit tricky for one person
i would prefer to have it done but it all depends on costs

things i have thought of

somthing simple or or internally fixable in car ? $
Rebuild ?$
Second hand replacement ?$ might get another dud though ? come in other cars beside disco ?
Manual Conversion , something i like the sound of, however i am not sure aside of installing a clutch pedal and brake manual flywheel and starter what other changes would need to be made to computers wiring etc, ?$

Thanks for any help, or opinions
Blake

My bet is the clutch pack. If the box is in good nich the clutch pack is not to hard to remove and have replaced.
First thing is check fluid levels. If they are ok drop the sump and check the filter. Lots of graphite type stuff in the oil means you have done the friction material and it needs at least one clutch pack done. If you have got the crap into the valve body then it will need cleaning out.
If it has had water in the oil then the clutch packs and torque converter may have delaminated. With a stock box exchange for a rebuilt one is the quickest option. Paying for a rebuild will cost round the $3,000-$4500 mark unless you are lucky.