gazel · Jan 26, 2014

Hi all, hope your having a decent day (even though its been quite cold today).
Ok so....... I had a problem with my kick down cable and decided to replace it. I stripped the sump and valve block to get to the cable and noticed that the cable seemed fine so left it and put it back together (with and new oil pump and new oil)

More investigation lead to the issue being the pump end (the person who owned the landy previous and decided he was going from a edc fuel injection pump to a non edc and made a mess of it....bless him!).

Anyways, I've sorted all that out now but my land rover won't change into 4th gear. It will go up all the gears ok (Although not as smooth as I would have liked) and when it comes to changing to 4th it just revs like mad and won't go up to 4th gear. It seemed fine in this regards before I touched it.
Does anyone have any suggestions, do you think maybe I haven't refitted the valve block correctly or something like that?

I noticed that I have a transmission oil leek which wasn't there before but I have seen where its coming from and I am going to sort out out next week. I topped the oil up today and still the problem persists.

Any ideas?

jamesmartin · Jan 26, 2014

did you get kick down cam and selector valve located properly when refitting block and if you changed foilter did you ensure both orings were fitted

gazel · Jan 26, 2014

jamesmartin said:
did you get kick down cam and selector valve located properly when refitting block and if you changed foilter did you ensure both orings were fitted

Is there anything specific I should know about refitting the kickdown cam and selector valve?
I thought I did it fine but when I manually select gears it doesn't feel as positive as it should be.
Also both the orings were fitted.

thebiglad · Jan 27, 2014

gazel said:
Is there anything specific I should know about refitting the kickdown cam and selector valve?
I thought I did it fine but when I manually select gears it doesn't feel as positive as it should be.
Also both the orings were fitted.

Disconnect the kick-down cable, then test-drive. If it goes into 4th (top) gear you know where the problem is.

Dave

gazel · Jan 27, 2014

The kick down on the fuel injection pump?
I thought it was a bad idea to drive around with it removed.

The V8 man · Jan 27, 2014

Sounds like a kickdown cable adjustment to me, if its too short it will hold the engine revs too high to allow the box to chage gear

gazel · Jan 27, 2014

The V8 man said:
Sounds like a kickdown cable adjustment to me, if its too short it will hold the engine revs too high to allow the box to chage gear

Do you know where I can find a guide to adjusting it?
Many Thanks

thebiglad · Jan 28, 2014

gazel said:
Do you know where I can find a guide to adjusting it?
Many Thanks

See the attached screenshot from the LR RAVE workshop manual.

Dave

The V8 man · Jan 28, 2014

gazel said:
Do you know where I can find a guide to adjusting it?
Many Thanks

you need to get underneath, loosen the locknut, on the cable on the gearbox,open the bonnet and ensure the throttle is fully closed, back at the cable turn the adjuster nut until you have from 0.25mm - 1.25mm of freeplay in the cable, check the throttle is still closed and that should be ok

gazel · Jan 28, 2014

The V8 man said:
you need to get underneath, loosen the locknut, on the cable on the gearbox,open the bonnet and ensure the throttle is fully closed, back at the cable turn the adjuster nut until you have from 0.25mm - 1.25mm of freeplay in the cable, check the throttle is still closed and that should be ok

Hi there mate, I didn't realise the kickdown cable could be adjusted at the gearbox?
or am I reading your reply wrong lol?

thebiglad · Jan 28, 2014

gazel said:
Hi there mate, I didn't realise the kickdown cable could be adjusted at the gearbox?
or am I reading your reply wrong lol?

Did you read my post #8? That attachment shows exactly how Land Rover suggest the kick-down cable should be adjusted.

No need to thank me, I just went out of my way to help you, that's all.

Dave

gazel · Jan 28, 2014

thebiglad said:
Did you read my post #8? That attachment shows exactly how Land Rover suggest the kick-down cable should be adjusted.

No need to thank me, I just went out of my way to help you, that's all.

Dave

lol dont be silly mate, I've had a busy couple of days is all. I appreciate help I get from anyone on these forums.
Thank you

btw, is the attachment you showed for an edc version?

davesdisco · Jan 28, 2014

have a look in this

http://www.landroverresource.com/docs/D1_Workshop_Manual.pdf

gazel · Jan 28, 2014

davesdisco said:
have a look in this

http://www.landroverresource.com/docs/D1_Workshop_Manual.pdf

Thnx Ill have a look tonight.

Got my gearbox leak fix today so I've made some progress.

davesdisco · Jan 28, 2014

gazel said:
Thnx Ill have a look tonight.

Got my gearbox leak fix today so I've made some progress.

it helped me sort my box out lol good luck

The V8 man · Jan 28, 2014

gazel said:
Hi there mate, I didn't realise the kickdown cable could be adjusted at the gearbox?
or am I reading your reply wrong lol?

No your not reading it wrong lol

gazel · Jan 28, 2014

The V8 man said:
No your not reading it wrong lol

I'm not sure how you adjust it at the box then, I know there's adjustment at the injection pump

jamesmartin · Jan 28, 2014

gazel said:
I'm not sure how you adjust it at the box then, I know there's adjustment at the injection pump

the only adjustment at box is by moving the valve block

gazel · Jan 28, 2014

jamesmartin said:
the only adjustment at box is by moving the valve block

can the valve block be adjusted then?

jamesmartin · Jan 28, 2014

holes through block are larger than screws so it can be set using a guage

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