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texpis

Active Member

• Dec 21, 2014

• #1

Hi All
I havee just purchased a series 3 been stood for a few years but started and drove on to the trailer okay. It has a galvanised chassis but the bulkhead looks like it needs some repair. The engine is a 2.8 ford V6 which seems to run fine.

Plan is to change to either a truck cab or soft top (anyone got anything) repair bulkhead and then hopefully get it on the road and do a rolling restoration.

One problem you may be able to help with it is fitted with a recon gearbox shortly before it went off the road, the gearbox sticks in gear if the car is alowed to decelerate in gear and it is a fight to get it out of gear. Has anyone had a fault simulare.

 

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Rattlegun

Well-Known Member

• Dec 21, 2014

• #2

Could be just a dragging clutch or just sticky and unused in general, perhaps try new oil and a bit of driving about in it first.

 

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texpis

Active Member

• Dec 21, 2014

• #3

Cheers for the reply rattlegun but this problem was there when it was layed up, the chap bought a recon gearbox fitted it and had this problem. His plan was to take it out and return it but that never happened

Mick

 

jamesmartin

Well-Known Member

• Dec 21, 2014

• #4

if its a suffix d box it will be harder to disengage gears when box is under hard overrun is it all gears and is selection free when engines not running

 

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texpis

Active Member

• Dec 21, 2014

• #5

Not sure if it's all gears james will check it out. It is a late series so guess its a suffix d box.

Mick

 

jamesmartin

Well-Known Member

• Dec 21, 2014

• #6

it depends on a few things , suffix d dog teeth are designed to grab harder into gear as such under load both on power and overrun ,but it could be fault

 

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texpis

Active Member

• Dec 21, 2014

• #7

Hmm thanks for that is there's a way checking it out if it's faulty or not?

Mick

 

jamesmartin

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• Dec 21, 2014

• #8

take it for a run and give some more info of apparent fault

 

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texpis

Active Member

• Dec 21, 2014

• #9

Slight problem with that it isn't roadworthy cheers anyway James

Mick

 

jamesmartin

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• Dec 21, 2014

• #10

how do you know its faulty ?

 

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texpis

Active Member

• Dec 21, 2014

• #11

I was told by the guy who sold me it.