Would very
>rarely, drop out of o/d into 4th, and then when flickomng the
Case was full of oil and little metal pieces. The new
>pieces are on their way, and then the o/d will be disassembled.
>Jim felt there wasn't a problem with the o/d as it did work, it
>just didn't disengage. So He got a rebuild kit for that also.
>He's going to strip it down, clean, repair, rebuild, reassemble
>and give it back to me next week (I hope) so I can put it back
>in.
>Okay, after that story, what's my message. Gear oil is cheap.
>get the car/gearbox warm, and drain all the oil from the gearbox
>check for little metal pieces. if none, do a refill on it. the
>box and o/d share the same oil, so maybe a flush will help it...
>Hope it does...
>
>Ken
Didn't help in my case, change gear oil every year(only do about 20k miles a
year) but never had any shavings or other stuff in there. Gearbox itself is ok
so it more seems to be an od prob. but would agree that a layshaft problem can
cuase od troubles as well.
Gernot
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