after spending a lotof money time and effort on my 2litre deisel auto 4wd townace i give up i just cant seem to find anyone who can fix the gear change problem i am having its still eratic changeing up and down the box for no appernt resson im must have it right because my partener is disabled and can only drive autos and at the moment i dont trust it so i am willing to pay a garage to look it over and let me know what the problem is and remedey it once and for all i live in the CHESTER AREAand willing to travel to get it solved or even pay somone to come and sort it , can you recomend a good garage to me or somone in the area i would be most gratful thanks

- (#155) garry, 13 Mar 05 11:57

Did the previous gearbox have the same fault? If not, why did you change the 'box?
Autos do hunt around a bit- you might try loosening off the kickdown cable adjustment a couple of turns (to lessen it's sensitivity to throttle position) and change the fluid.

- (#155) david miller, 13 Mar 05 15:15

tran fluid is new,dont know how to adjust kick down cable are there any step by step diagrams i can look at

- (#155) garry, 13 Mar 05 16:42

i did have same prob with old gear box

- (#155) garry, 13 Mar 05 16:46

Might I suggest it's not actually a gearbox fault then? What does it do- are there any two gears it seems to jump between? Like say O/D and 3rd?

Kickdown cable? comes up from the gearbox to the diesel pump, and links onto the same lever as the throttle cable. Press the throttle with the floor lifted and you'll see it. Now, you want to loosen the tension on the kickdown cable, so after slackening the securing nuts on the outer cable, undo the rear nut (behind the bracket)a couple of turns- maybe 1/8"?, then tighten the front nut to lock it.
The book says that correct adjustment is achieved when the little bump on the inner cable is level with the orange rubber outer sleeve, with the throttle pedal on the floor. But wear and stretch of the outer cable (it has a couple of bends and kinks over time...) means that the little bump on the inner cable ends up in the wrong place...

If it's only O/D and 3rd that it hunts between, perhaps a check for damaged wiring around the gear lever is called for- a lack of electrical supply to the O/D off circuit will pull the transmission out of OD and back to third.

- (#155) david miller, 14 Mar 05 02:00