Riverside Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Hi all. My mate just rang, his late 200Tdi has died. He started it, reversed a short way, stopped, selected 1st, BANG, no drive. He can select all gears, when engaging the clutch there is gear type whirring noises in all gears, which goes when clutch pedal pressed down. I suspect output shaft problems. Any other ideas? DIY rebuild with new parts (I'm good with gearboxes) or good s/h unit from a dead mot failure? Cheers all, Riverside ps My 300TDi has another years worth of mot!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 1st stop - does it drive with centre diff engaged? Could have just popped a half-shaft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orgasmic Farmer Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 2nd stop... check he hasn't just knocked the hi-lo lever into neutral (he wouldn't be the first!) Otherwise investigate the mainshaft via the PTO cover on the rear of the transfer box. That age disco is susceptible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco_al Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 clutch centre detached from the plate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted July 22, 2009 Author Share Posted July 22, 2009 Thanks for the replies. Phoned him to see if he had checked the obvious, re. halfshafts and hi-lo lever. Clutch appears to be working, all gears select, spinning noises from gearbox match engine speed and gear selected, so nothing is making it to the transfer gears. He's going to have a peek inside via the pto cover just to confirm it. BTW milage is approx 100k and it supposedly has led a reasonably easy life. It has been clunking quite badly on taking up drive in 1st and reverse has also just come out!!! Another mate of his has an auto box lying around, but have persuaded him that this conversion is a non-starter, unless anyone knows otherwise? Cheers, Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco_al Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 sounds like the mainshaft splines to me recently done this on my own disco - got another box from a local l/r specialist for £250, with the new transfer gear thrown in for free! weekends work on the drive and job was done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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