I've got a 2002 TD5 Auto Discovery. Purchased it just over a year ago from my mother-not-quite-in-law who'd had it since new. Just before I got it, the gearbox lost all of it's oil (leak) and went bang. A used replacement box later and I bought it (gearbox was the final straw for her!).
Car has been running fine until recently. The first very minor issue I noticed was that when its sat at lights in gear it has a very slight shudder that wasn't apparent before. Next problem that manifested itself last week was that it started having issues changing up gears, especially when cold. This was accompanied by a lack of power when accelerating when I first fired it up, although this would disappear after a minute or so.
So with all of this I checked the gearbox level last week, and it was fine. Oil was a little dark but nothing too major. I put "change gearbox oil" on my todo list thinking this might help the situation, not too worried as at least there was oil in there.
Last night the car would only drive in limp mode, and wouldn't shift out of third gear. This morning I thought I must change that oil. Got in the car to reserve it out and no reverse gear. Currently unable to get it out to drive it to work where all my tools are!
Any thoughts? I've searched extensively and see that loosing forward drive is more common. I've been able to find very little about loosing reverse, other than one chap who simply states he needed a new box!
Car has been running fine until recently. The first very minor issue I noticed was that when its sat at lights in gear it has a very slight shudder that wasn't apparent before. Next problem that manifested itself last week was that it started having issues changing up gears, especially when cold. This was accompanied by a lack of power when accelerating when I first fired it up, although this would disappear after a minute or so.
So with all of this I checked the gearbox level last week, and it was fine. Oil was a little dark but nothing too major. I put "change gearbox oil" on my todo list thinking this might help the situation, not too worried as at least there was oil in there.
Last night the car would only drive in limp mode, and wouldn't shift out of third gear. This morning I thought I must change that oil. Got in the car to reserve it out and no reverse gear. Currently unable to get it out to drive it to work where all my tools are!
Any thoughts? I've searched extensively and see that loosing forward drive is more common. I've been able to find very little about loosing reverse, other than one chap who simply states he needed a new box!
Is it worth getting repaired or am I better off just buying a used box off ebay?
