Gear Selection Issues! - Cant get reverse

greg456

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• Jun 17, 2018

• #1

Hey guys,

So i was driving to work the other day, it suddenly became fairly difficult to get the car into any gear. It then seemed to free itself up a bit and wasn't too bad, but then when i arrived at work I couldn't get it into reverse at all. It almost like something was blocking the gear from being selected. I then tried other gears, these were still accessible, but not easily.

Any ideas at all?

Cheers,
Greg

EDIT: Its a 1994 Land Rover Defender 90 300Tdi - manual with the R380 gearbox and LT230 transfer box

 

Last edited: Jun 17, 2018

Moron

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• Jun 17, 2018

• #2

No idea whar car/engine manual or auto...........so I'll go with clutch hydraulics.........

 

tottot

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• Jun 17, 2018

• #3

+ 1 clutch fluid,check level.

 

Scooby22

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• Jun 17, 2018

• #4

Have you got an oily wet patch on the floor under your clutch pedal if so its a classic sign of a master cylinder seal leak, if not check the slave cylinder for leaks.
When my master cylinder started leaking reverse gear became very hard to engage.

 

bluedog333

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• Jun 17, 2018

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Also worth checking reverse light switch hasn’t broken off.

 

greg456

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• Jun 18, 2018

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Cheers guys, it does drop oil on the floor, however i was told when it was serviced that this was from the t/box and that being an old defender the issue wasn't worth worrying about at the moment as it wasn't that bad. I'll check the master cylinder to see whats going on

 

Retroanaconda

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• Jun 18, 2018

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If clutch is okay then it could also be the grub screw on the selector rail under the gear lever.

 

Scooby22

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• Jun 18, 2018

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greg456 said:

Cheers guys, it does drop oil on the floor, however i was told when it was serviced that this was from the t/box and that being an old defender the issue wasn't worth worrying about at the moment as it wasn't that bad. I'll check the master cylinder to see whats going on

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By floor I was refering to inside the cab under the clutch pedal not on the floor under the car.

 

Oldseadog

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• Jun 19, 2018

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I'd be inclined to start off with bleeding the system, and then take it from there ...