Member Since: 24 Aug 2013
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Gear Issues
Hi Everyone
My wife advised me today that the car was not working correctly, in that the car would not drive right
With this, I took said vehicle out and it appears the car seems to either miss a gear or jumps out of gear, but then if you take your foot off the throttle - it then seems to catch up?
Now would I be right in assuming it is probably the gear linkage (discussed many times on the forum) and sold here by the sponsor, which I could clean and lube whilst waiting for the part?
Now as I dont drive the vehicle that often, I am not able to say if the linkage has got tighter or not unfortunately.
Thanks for your assistance here.
Jay
24th Jan 2014 8:41 pm
tomtom86
Member Since: 09 Mar 2013
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Definitely sounds like gear linkage
24th Jan 2014 9:03 pm
UKJay
Member Since: 24 Aug 2013
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Thanks tomtom,
Will crawl underneath tomorrow and try and free off.
Kind regards
Jay
25th Jan 2014 12:20 pm
UKJay
Member Since: 24 Aug 2013
Location: In The Mud
Posts: 432
Hi
Unfortunately due to the storms we are having, I have not been able to get under the car to free off the link on the gear selector - so will order one from AF rather that do the job twice, but I checked the Battery and Alternator output as a precautionary measure before placing my order and got the following readings:
Battery check on the car having stood for 24 hours: 12.00v - (Multi M)
Battery check on the car having stood for 24 hours: 11.50v - (In car Hidden Screen)
After starting car - within 10 seconds: 14.50v - no lights etc: (Multi M)
After starting car - within 10 seconds: 14.00v - no lights etc, (In car Hidden Screen)
After running the car on idle for 60 seconds + lights and heated seats on: 14.66v (Multi M)
After running the car on idle for 60 seconds + lights and heated seats on: 14.00v (In car Hidden Screen)
Now reading the thread Robbie posted up, I am somewhat lower than his readings - so my question is, is the Alternator struggling, and am I thinking along the right lines that the battery is going south by the holding capacity of 12v after standing?
The battery is a lgenuine Land Rover one - so not sure if it is original vehicle fit or not.
Also, can the lower battery holding capacity affect gear changing as I have been advised by another owner that they had the same problem, and the garage changed the alternator?
Thanks for your time here, and apologies for the long post.
Kind regards
Jay
26th Jan 2014 1:44 pm
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Your alternator seems fine to me tbh.
In line with what mine does anyway.
The original problem though is almost certainly the gear linkage. Even a spray of wd40, then when that's soaked and freed it up, wipe it down and spray with grease.Bodsys Brake Bible
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26th Jan 2014 1:47 pm
UKJay
Member Since: 24 Aug 2013
Location: In The Mud
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Thanks Bodsy
What do you think about the battery - should it be holding a higher standing charge, or is 12v OK?
Kind regards
Jay
26th Jan 2014 2:01 pm
UKJay
Member Since: 24 Aug 2013
Location: In The Mud
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Right, weather finally allowed me to get under the car this morning, so I took the plunge and then went outside and set to work:
Before:
After:
All in it took around 40 minutes (including jacking the car up and getting the axle stands underneath), so very easy as people have stated on here.
The gear selection works so much more freely now, and all the letters appear to work as they should - had a little drive, seems to have done the trick.
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