Lost, would like it Found

Shorty · Post by **Shorty** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:37 pm

if any one finds my reverse gear please send me a message as this morning as i went to leave for work boom car no go backwards... put it into drive and then reverse and she reappeared... but now sadly it is gone

spose that grounds me for quite awhile

take care

shorty

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:45 pm

not good deb..been doin too many roll backs ey??
joking..hope its not a bad problem with it

dave

Post by **Alex** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:07 pm

i think i saw under the cushion on to the couch??

alex

The Bigfella · Post by **The Bigfella** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:19 pm

Just get out and push it backwards whenever you need reverse.

Shorty · Post by **Shorty** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:56 pm

checked the couch... not there thought i would check the spa after a careful search under water and all still nothing

oh well the search continues

shorty

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:04 pm

pretty sure Subafurys wagon needs one...might need to check that out

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:37 pm

yeh let me know if you find yours- mine might be in the same place....

hmm thinking back to the last time i had proper reverse for longer than two weeks....

gx_rex · Post by **gx_rex** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:39 pm

not sure on the final drive ratios but i can tee you up with a AWD auto from a gen 1 series 2 liberty pretty cheap. let me know if you want it and make an offer etc.

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:40 pm

Hey Shorty is your car AWD? (probably is im guessing).
This probably won't help but I've got a 2wd auto gearbox in working condition at my place, still in the car infact. It's from a Gen1 lib but probably the same.

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:04 pm

Something might not be related.... I had an Commodore once, couldnt reverse only could drive forward when the gearbox was hot. Problem was that the gearbox needed service, once it was done it was fine.

Would it need an service?
Cheers
AP

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:12 pm

yer just thinkin same as AR when evry1 started tlaking bout autos.

its highly unlikely u broke ur reverse gears lol.

and ive seen it at work when theyre in need of a fluid and fliter change they start being a pig to go into gears and etc

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:22 pm

thats a good point....my old VK commodore used to act like the whole gearbox was totalled but it was always just low on fluid. They operate on oil pressure so that could be it.

subiwidow · Post by **subiwidow** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:52 am

We went without reverse for over a month. You learn to pick different parking spots, ones on a slop so you could roll back, or ones you could drive straight through, or Brett favorite park up to a garden bed or cement block and drive over it on your way out. Your a little bit low for the last one. It also helped we had a "circular" driveway.

Shorty · Post by **Shorty** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:55 am

it is a AWD Auto

Shorty

chriSTIan · Post by **chriSTIan** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:33 am

Have you checked under the xmas tree?Maybe Mike took it out ans stuck it under there for a joke.
Or maybe there's a manual gbox under the tree!!
Anyway ,hope its nothing major

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:40 am

Maybe its like the way my old fuel pump was back in WA. To get it going you had to thump it! Give that a go and see what happens

(just don't get run over!)

Hope its just a clogged filter or something cheaper and less time consuming than a gearbox change...

Bennie

BlackMale · Post by **BlackMale** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:43 am

Maybe Mike's got it!?!?!

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:09 pm

Before you think the worst, get the transmission serviced.... if it still does it then you know there is something really wrong with the transmission.
Cheers
AP

Shorty · Post by **Shorty** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:57 pm

rang up a transmission place in kelmscott today can't do anything till the new year they also said that it don't sound good but they will have a look at it for me so the car will sit in the carport till 2/1 and they can see if it is fixable ...

take care

shorty

Busdriver · Post by **Busdriver** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:50 pm

sometimes auto trans have a band that locks to hold gears so that these things work, and sometimes there is an adjustment that affects how much clearance the band has. If the clearance is too great, the band might not lock and the gear might not work. These adjusters are like a screw and locknut sort of thing, but the tools required are a bit special, so probly best to leave to the pros.All the best when you get it serviced, might not be all bad, cause you found it once and then lost it again, may be some hope yet.