I had a good/bad experience today with the SIII transmission. It's not been working quite right - hard shifting into/out of 2nd, plus every now and then it would drop out of 2nd gear on over run. I had synthetic oil in the gear box over the winter (needed for -20C), but I decided to "upgrade" back to mineral 90W (like the designer intended) in hopes that this might satisfy the Transmission God.
When draining the transmission, I had a "klink klunk" sound when the plug was pulled - a noise not usually associated with smooth flowing synthetic 90W. Fishing around, I found two bits of spring steel, like for a clip. Further investigating with the parts manual has led me to realise that I have a broken detent spring in the synchomesh - one of three in there I believe:
It would appear that the spring steel snapped in two.
Looking at the parts diagram leads me to suspect that the only way to get to this $2 clip is to pull the transmission and take large bits of it apart. As I have no hoist, this is not good news. I can still drive the Rover, more or less, but just not as smoothly.
Am I right in my analysis of how to replace this clip? Anyone done this before who could give me some insight ("sure, no problem" preferable to "don't event think about it")? What happens if I just keep driving?
When draining the transmission, I had a "klink klunk" sound when the plug was pulled - a noise not usually associated with smooth flowing synthetic 90W. Fishing around, I found two bits of spring steel, like for a clip. Further investigating with the parts manual has led me to realise that I have a broken detent spring in the synchomesh - one of three in there I believe:
It would appear that the spring steel snapped in two.
Looking at the parts diagram leads me to suspect that the only way to get to this $2 clip is to pull the transmission and take large bits of it apart. As I have no hoist, this is not good news. I can still drive the Rover, more or less, but just not as smoothly.
Am I right in my analysis of how to replace this clip? Anyone done this before who could give me some insight ("sure, no problem" preferable to "don't event think about it")? What happens if I just keep driving?
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