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gear crunching 2.1td

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:10 pm
by Will406td
just wanted to pick someones brains.

i changed the clutch on my 2.1td, it changes up the box perfectly and smoothly but when i go down the box it crunches slightly when changing from 4th to 3rd,

when i change 4th to 2nd then to 3rd it doesnt crunch.

could anyone shed some light on what i could do?

ive changed gear oil and put recomended oil in but still no difference.

abit stumped now

thanks all.

Re: gear crunching 2.1td

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:27 pm
by steve_earwig

Re: gear crunching 2.1td

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 11:15 pm
by HimBigChief
I had the same problem on an old 309 1.3 that was my first car about 14 years ago now. I just got used to shifting into second before third on downchanging so never bothered fixing it. I didn't have to engage second, just move the gearstick from 4th to 2nd to 3rd with the clutch in. I always thought the problem was the synchro mesh had gone, but never got it investigated.

Re: gear crunching 2.1td

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:42 am
by poddack
when I fitted a new engine to mine i had to adjust the gear selector cables to get them all right, give that a go.