I have a K Reg Transit recovery truck but recently it been hard to get it into reverse and now first gear is playing up too if i turn the engine off then it will go in gear i can start engine and drive off or reverse ??

also once in gear i have to have me foot on the brake as the truck creaps forward ?

is this clutch problem / stretched cable / gearbox problem

i have had to different merchanics tell me two different things one says clutch one says gearbox

anyone know more

Cheers

Dave

 

Clutch !!!!!!!

 

Clutch dragging by the sounds of things. If you're sat still in neutral, hand brake off, put foot on the clutch and force it into first, does the van creep forward?

Edit...just re read, yes it does!

 

If the van is in gear and the clutch it fully to the floor the van will creep forward yes

 

the clutch doesnt slip at all tho even when loaded with a car if that makes a difference

 

could it be the clutch cylinder ,they tend to go in transits

 

Except this is a K plate Transit with a cable.

I'd say there is either a problem with the clutch itself or the release arm. The pivots used to have a habit of coming out of the gearbox too.

 

my transit had the same problem it was a M reg 95 .turned out to be the ratchet behind the clutch pedal.

 

So are we all thinking its not likley to be the gearbox

 

clutch, ratchet, cable or release arm but deffo not box

 

Trouble is i have give me mate £50 labour money to come and sort it and he's convinced its the gearbox dont want him getting a bloody new box when it aint that and i have to pay for clutch and a box grrrr

 

It's not the gearbox.

Clutch ratchets only used to slip in my experience, usually at the lights causing you to have to fight them to a stop or to prevent you from ramming someone if you was still in gear. Good thing about the Transit clutch ratchet is it can be changed in about 10 minutes unlike the car equivelents!

 

I can get a new Clutch for £54 + Vat

 

They had 2 sizes of clutch one of which was 267mm diameter (heavy duty). These where fitted mainly to the turbo diesels but also onto some of the chassis cabs if they were intended to do a lot of towing (E.G plant hire companies or utility companies). Chances are you will have the standard duty clutch but at least you know about the other clutch if you find it's wrong.

 

has the gearbox gotta come off if its the ratchet

 

Ahhh right k well the truck didnt start off as a transporter so chances are its a standard duty one

 

Ratchet is only 10 minutes work! It's on the pedal so your answer is no!

Gearbox takes about half an hour the flip out with air tools and a ramp. 10 mins to swap the clutch and another half hour to throw the box back in.

9 times out of 10 a dragging clutch is usually the clutch itself though so be prepared to extract the gearbox.

 

I'm assuming it's a diesel by the way!

 

yeah diesal 2.5 non turbo RWD etc

 

Thought so. I used to maintain thousands of the old shape Transits!

 

k cheers for the advise

now to convince me mate he's wrong lol

 

Another word of advice, usually I used to find a dragging clutch was some of the fingers on the pressure plate had gone weak so when you pressed the clutch, the pressure didn't release off the spinner plate fully. Every so often though, I'd find the little ball pivot at the end of the release arm in the bell housing had come loose in the housing. Usually a bit of a beating with a hammer and centre punch to swell the metal and some locktite cured this problem and stopped it coming out again.

 

id certainly be putting a clutch on it, its a recovery truck it needs to earn its money, on mine i even spent the extra and bought a fords one! one of those things i dont want to be ripping out again in 6 months time due to shit parts

 

change the release arm while you got box out for a heavy duty/modified one while your at it

 

how much are these type of transporters now anyway?

 

ive got to bite the bullet and buy a newer shape one late this year before mine becomes worthless

 

seem to be from about a grand 1800 seems to get something decent look on ebay loads on there

 

Paid £1900 for mine a few months back