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charcoal

Member Since: 28 Jul 2014
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 942

LT85 stuck in reverse

So on the way home from work this afternoon I suddenly had a problem selecting gears, the gear stick went limp and you could not feel any gears selecting. I managed to get it into what felt like third gear and could use forth and fifth on the journey home, as soon as I tried to use second gear again I couldn't. Luckily I could select third gear again to get home. After arriving home I tried to see what gears I could find and it was in reverse, moving the gearstick to different positions did nothing, couldn't even get into neutral. The gearstick is still limp.

So basically, is my gearbox f*cked? Is it fixable or better just to replace? 1999 Land Rover Defender 110 td5 station wagon
1998 Land Rover Defender 110 County Station Wagon ~ Sold
1995 Land Rover Defender 110 V8 Station Wagon ~ Sold

1985 Land Rover 110 ex mod project Tithonus ~ Sold

14th Aug 2016 2:39pm

diesel_jim

Member Since: 13 Oct 2008
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Whip the top plate off of the gear selector (the whole gearstick will come off)

The LT77's used to suffer from the grub screw working loose on the selector shaft meaning you lost all gears. "simply" move it back to the correct position, apply some locktite to the grub screw and do it up tight.

14th Aug 2016 6:35pm

charcoal

Member Since: 28 Jul 2014
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 942

I don't think I can get it off because the transmission tunnel is very close to the front of the gear stick? I'll have a look tomorrow anyway, she isn't going anywhere anytime soon so I may as well rip the transmission tunnel off. Would this screw also result in it being stuck in reverse? 1999 Land Rover Defender 110 td5 station wagon
1998 Land Rover Defender 110 County Station Wagon ~ Sold
1995 Land Rover Defender 110 V8 Station Wagon ~ Sold

1985 Land Rover 110 ex mod project Tithonus ~ Sold

14th Aug 2016 9:14pm

diesel_jim

Member Since: 13 Oct 2008
Location: hiding
Posts: 6102

Yes, if the box was in reverse when the grub screw slipped off position.

15th Aug 2016 6:33am

charcoal

Member Since: 28 Jul 2014
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 942

Okay, do I have to take the whole top off or can I just remove the small plate the gearstick goes through? Will attempt it this afternoon anyway as I really can't afford to go to a garage about it! 1999 Land Rover Defender 110 td5 station wagon
1998 Land Rover Defender 110 County Station Wagon ~ Sold
1995 Land Rover Defender 110 V8 Station Wagon ~ Sold

1985 Land Rover 110 ex mod project Tithonus ~ Sold

15th Aug 2016 10:25am

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