gearbox problems

[paul vp uk]

hi
I have just had my Disco serviced
And now I can't get first gear or second untill she seems to warm up
is it inherant that the oil is poss low in the box.
when she has 6 miles on her she is ok. Strange.
Any ides
Paul vp uk

[Spotter]

did they put the wrong oil in?

Andy
www.landroverheaven.com

[shanno_2k]

hi
I have just had my Disco serviced
And now I can't get first gear or second untill she seems to warm up
is it inherant that the oil is poss low in the box.
when she has 6 miles on her she is ok. Strange.
Any ides
Paul vp uk

I had the same problem paul sounds like low oil level,the problem with my gearbox was once they had topped it up it was fine for a week or two then the problems came back not getting a good seal so it leaked,final outcome landrover replaced the gearbox


Geoff

[Skyline]

Hi, sounds to me like the wrong oil. Should be ATF or even better genuine L-R MTF, if they arent used to L-R s they may have used gear oil which is comparitvly thick..Until it gets warm. check with the Garage that serviced it. Hope this helps.

Kev

[paul vp uk]

cheers all
I will check with them monday
paul vp uk Hereford

[landynutter]

1st and 2nd does go on disco boxs, go along to difflock they got some good stuff that will do the box good and should cure minir probs

[DiscoMatt]

It probably is the wrong oil. But... I once over-filled my gearbox and it felt like I was stiring a bowl of bolts. Once I had drained out the excess it was sweet. Park on level ground, take off the gearbox filler nut and see what happens: you can rule this out with 2 minutes work.

[paul vp uk]

Thanks Matt
going down stairs to try it now 9.45 Sunday morning,
had a few pop's last night so I cant drive her yet. might aswell get greasy.!!!!!
Paul vp uk Hereford