Geoff Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 The gear lever aligns with 1st and 2nd gear when in neutral instead of 3rd and 4th. 3rd, 4th and 5th gears have no 'gate' to guide the lever. The 2 springs are intact and look fine. even if there is a 'gate', why does the lever align this way when the springs seem OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon White Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 It means it needs adjusting. See the workshop manual for the procedures. The two springs bear on two bolts which are adjustable so that you can adjust the springing of the lever. Its fairly simple to do, detailed in both the haynes and the official manuals. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 (edited) From the big book of how to do things [LT77 bias spring adjustment] hope it helps Edited November 28, 2005 by western Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Under the housing that is shown in Wetsern's diagram (remove the 4 bolts holding the housing and remove with the springs and gear stick still attached) there is a shaft running fore and aft. You will see how the gear stick operates this rod, it is by means of a "bucket" attached to it with a small grub screw. If the grub screw comes loose (it happened to me) then it can cause the problem with the apparent loss of the gates between gears. Mine was rather hit or miss with the gears for ages before it finally failed completely and I had to investigate further. It was a transformed vehicle after. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashtrans Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Under the housing that is shown in Wetsern's diagram (remove the 4 bolts holding the housing and remove with the springs and gear stick still attached) there is a shaft running fore and aft. You will see how the gear stick operates this rod, it is by means of a "bucket" attached to it with a small grub screw. If the grub screw comes loose (it happened to me) then it can cause the problem with the apparent loss of the gates between gears. Mine was rather hit or miss with the gears for ages before it finally failed completely and I had to investigate further. It was a transformed vehicle after.Chris Hi, I may be wrong but I think we are talking about a disco not defender, you need FRC9340, about £ 4, I would point you to an FAQ on my web site but the server died this afternoon and may be down for 48hrs, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted December 5, 2005 Author Share Posted December 5, 2005 Hi,I may be wrong but I think we are talking about a disco not defender, you need FRC9340, about £ 4, I would point you to an FAQ on my web site but the server died this afternoon and may be down for 48hrs, Thanks for that, yes the steel plate is snapped. Cheers Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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