xr3i Lost 5th gear
Well everybody. My car's been off the road a while but soon I'm going to be stuck into it again. One of the reasons I stopped driving it was because the last time I did I was driving down the motorway and it jumped out of 5th gear. Wouldn't stay in 5th gear so drove home in 4th. I got home and dipped the gearbox oil to find no level at all registering on the stick. I measured according to the haynes. The oil was last changed about 3 years previous with not too much mileage done. Way less than average anyway. I do everything on the car myself but admittedly I don't know anything about gearboxes. I can drop it out but don't know much about what's going on inside. Is there something simple I should check first or is it mashed because of lack of oil. Any info appreciated as always. Thanks.