HELP - Can\'t select a gear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tyson007]

Hi guys
Took the car out for a spin in the lovely weather and all of a sudden my auto gear box fell out of gear.

Even after putting the car into neutral and re-selecting Drive it wouldn\'t go!! The engine just kept running and luckily the car rolled to safety.

The only way I could get the car to move was to put it into park, turn the car off and reselecting Drive. The car then proceeded for a about 10 yards then fell out of gear again :flamed .

Plus I could hear some strange noises under the gear box when I restarted it.

Lucily I got home with a combination of rolling and driving 10 yards at a time, I must of restarted the car 20 times I was amazed that the engine didn\'t flood. Lucily I had a mate in a TVR Tuscan who followed me home to safety :driving .

Does anyone know what has gone wrong? :xconfused  :xconfused
I am really dissapointed and now considering a manual conversion as I don\'t trust the auto gearbox  :reallymad .

Possibly looking at a engine rebuild as the car it leaking colant, can anyone recommend anybody to do both of these jobs.

Cheers

Kirk & Sherry

[kev-yorks]

sounds like you could have a dead gearbox. If you want to stay Auto i\'m sure Carl Hayward had a auto box in last time i was down there and he\'s probably closest to you. If you want to convert to manual he should be able to do that as well as a engine rebuild. His computer has been down so i\'d ring him if i where you describe the symptoms and he might say its a quick fix.
Carls numbers
 01635 846598
 07776 304174
Regards Kevin

[iaint]

From what I know about auto boxes there\'s a whole host of reasons this could happen ranging from cheap to fix (tightening up or topping up the gbox fluids) all the way up to a rebuild.  Not sure how easy the conversion to manual is though...

[Tyson007]

We have checked the dip stick at the back, is there anywhere else that I should be checking?

[Bobfish]

Conversion from Auto to manual is not a bad swap, you might need a different rear iron though, and a new starter motor, flywheel and front counterweight.

Plenty of people can do this, if you need any advice, 07977015912

[framey]

When you check your oil level, is your engine running and is it in gear? Apparently this is how you are supposed to check the level.

[DRAGON]

We have a couple of Auto boxes in stock.

[Bobfish]

sorry i wasnt very informative on the phone mate, i was stuck at work so couldnt talk too long or in much detail. Call me after 6 if you wanna talk further.