Series 3 Carmichael Redwing gear box problem.

[ian b]

Hi All this is my first post, I have just bought a 1977 Series 3 Carmichael Redwing some of you may have seen it in classic land rover monthly a couple of years ago ex Guernsey fire service,anyway the test drive went fine i drove it back from Linconshire to Sussex with only one problem on the last stop before the m25 when i pulled into the services i changed down into 3 rd gear and it would not come out of gear after a hard yank it went into 2nd then it would not come out of that gear then it seemed to kangaroo hop like it was in to high a gear for such a low speed anyway i made it home the clutch pedal seemed very slack so i changed the slave and master cylinders all seemed well on a short test drive until today now its back to the same but also it jumps out of 3 gear if you hold it in its fine but hit any pot hole and it jumps out same in 2nd gear 1st and 4th seem fine and when you change from 4th into 3rd its sticks again and its a total bug*er to get into 2nd any ideas is this a cluch or gear box problem? its done 47,500miles from new.

thanks Ian.

[tacr2man]

Have you checked the oil level in the main gearbox, it sound like its v low or non existant

[DaveSIIA]

I would drain the oil from the main box, and look for suspicious bits of metal. The symptoms sound like possible failure of the bush that 2nd & 3rd gears run on - not entirely unheard of with Series boxes.

If no bits of metal in the oil, then refill with fresh oil and try again.

[rtbarton]

Check the cover is bolted down firmly, if any of the detents are misplaced you will have problems.

[Phil Hancock]

Check that the castelated nut on the rear of the mainshaft under the pto cover is tight.