Hi there, just wondering if anyone can offer up any advice before i get my car looked at tomorrow.

 

I have a jap spec auto tt.

 

I was joining a juction at 40mph and when i accelerated to merge, my engine revved higher and higher as my speed dropped, i then coasted to a stop at the side of the road.

 

Once i was stationary i tried selecting each of the gears individually, inc reverse, and nothing, none of the usual pulls when a gear is selected, the engine just revs.

 

One thing i will mention incase it is relevant is that my car has always had a dodgy speedo, which drops to zero whenever it feels like it, at which point the power steering no longer works. It comes back on once i get down to about 20mph, and steering returns. As far as i know i have the oem jap clocks with a speedo convertor cable to convert from kmph.

 

Other than that, ive had no problems, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

gerabox seems dead . does it makes any noises of some sorts ??

gerabox seems dead . does it makes any noises of some sorts ??

 

nope, doesn't make any noise at all, just the engine purring away

but you cant engage gear is that right ??

From the way you say it, sounds like the gearbox has given up the ghost, but normally they will give you a hint before they completely go, like you can only select first etc.... very strange.

but you cant engage gear is that right ??

 

no, the shifter just slides between the gears without making any noises or gripping like normal

 

and it gave no hint of failure, was fine one minute, then nothing the next

thats very odd..

no, the shifter just slides between the gears without making any noises or gripping like normal

 

and it gave no hint of failure, was fine one minute, then nothing the next

 

selector rod dislodged ?? or selector problem itself ??

Blocked strainer in the gearbox is the most common cause of loss of drive, usually if left for a little while the fluid draining back to the sump flushes the strainer and drive is back albeit for a short time sometimes only minutes.

 

Debris within the box is the cause of the blockage and although of course this means something is going on inside of the box such as brake and clutch material shedding its still worth dropping the gearbox sump pan and removing the strainer and flushing it out, if possible flushing the gearbox and cooler too.

 

Refilling after with new fluid can potentially give another 6 months of life to the gearbox maybe more, of course there is also a chance it will fail again quickly but then again nothing to loose and might just work.

 

Incidently to any zed auto drivers reading this, the fluid needs changing in autoboxes as parts of a service schedule its this failure to do this which kills autoboxes along with the need to fit better fluid cooling and this is similarly applicable to both UK and import zeds.

 

Jeff TT

Cheers mate, much appriciated, ill give that a go