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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: squaddie_fox on December 16, 2008, 17:20:30

Title: crunching into second gear.
Post by: squaddie_fox on December 16, 2008, 17:20:30: i want to make sure i have the right diagnosis before i go out and buy stuff i dont need :roll:

when i change from first to second, and occasionaly second to third, in the disco (95' 300tdi manual) it crunches. doesn't happen if i let the revs drop right off. sometimes does it into reverse from standstill aswell. happens in high and low so i cant change quickly when i need to! :evil:

thanks in advance.
Title: Re: crunching into second gear.
Post by: J B on December 16, 2008, 18:10:46: its the synchro's gone in the gearbox

you could try a different oil, i about to try a 75/90 semi-synthetic in mine, i'll let you know how it goes

or to cure it properly its new/recon box time :shock:
Title: Re: crunching into second gear.
Post by: squaddie_fox on December 16, 2008, 18:54:51: thats what i thought! [!Expletive Deleted!]!

will try some new oil and if that doesn't work i will have to stayoff the beer for a while! :(
Title: Re: crunching into second gear.
Post by: J.D. on December 17, 2008, 20:25:21: Just double declutch mate, I have to do it on first, second and third in my truck, and every single gear change in a certain big olive drab green machine.
Title: Re: crunching into second gear.
Post by: Range Rover Blues on December 17, 2008, 20:30:28: Clutch is dragging, the crunching into reverseis the giveaway, coupled with perhaps a weak set of synchros, second usually goes before any otheres.
Title: Re: crunching into second gear.
Post by: Ja1983 on December 17, 2008, 20:52:57: clutch fork could be about to break free too.... had the gearbox swapped on mine recently, and daylight colud be seen through the ball-hole recess thingy..... (technical term ;) ) would be lucky to have got it home really!

there was an R380 box on the bay not so long back, Â£180 BIN price, dont think it sold.....
Title: Re: crunching into second gear.
Post by: Range Rover Blues on December 18, 2008, 00:30:47: That's a bit steep even for an R380
Title: Re: crunching into second gear.
Post by: squaddie_fox on December 18, 2008, 12:11:57: hmmmm, double-de-clutching on a freddie by any chance :roll: have to do that too! :twisted:

im thinking about re-newing the clutch anyway, so i will change evrything else associated at the same time.

cheers for the advice!
Title: Re: crunching into second gear.
Post by: J.D. on December 18, 2008, 16:08:31: Quote from: squaddie_fox on December 18, 2008, 12:11:57
hmmmm, double-de-clutching on a freddie by any chance :roll: have to do that too! :twisted:

No, a scammel crusader and the John Deere at the fishery. The JD probably had synchro at some point but it doesn't now.
Title: Re: crunching into second gear.
Post by: Range Rover Blues on December 18, 2008, 21:16:53: Quote from: J.D. on December 18, 2008, 16:08:31
scammel crusader

:cool:
Title: Re: crunching into second gear.
Post by: squaddie_fox on December 19, 2008, 18:39:26: Quote from: J.D. on December 18, 2008, 16:08:31
a scammel crusader

mmmmmmmm.........got one of them up the road! :lol:
Title: Re: crunching into second gear.
Post by: J.D. on December 19, 2008, 18:50:44: Its not mine, it belongs to a REME guy, but its sat in the workshop for storage at the moment. It comes in useful for engine changes!