I have a 003 auto gearbox fitted to my van, when reverse gear is selected it seams to clonk in. I have been underneath the van and i noticed if i grab the drive shaft and twist it back and forth that there is a fair bit of play in it and i think that is whats causing the clonking noise when reverse is selected as the gearbox takes up the slack?? Is there any way of adjusting the diff/driveshaft to remove the play?
The CV joints might be the issue but when I changed mine it made no difference. I think on mine it's the gear box mount and have yet to find a replacement. I've got mine packed out with old credit cards.
Yes I think Frost or Eastwood do a kit for this. Just one of those things I've never got round to and/or got put off by the cost. The credit cards have actually made a useful difference.
I drained the old oil from the gearbox, removed and cleaned the sump and strainer, fitted a new gasket and filled with the correct fluid. Now all is well no more clonking into gear Just goes to show what clean fluid can do.
mine is the later auto and does this, i think i'll need to try oil changes, what/where is the other oil?
Just normal sae 80/90 gearbox oil for the diff housing... you only need about 1.5l if memory serves correct!! And for the ATF you want ATF Universal... pop into a motor factors and they'll sort you Rickster... if you look at the box it has 2 sump pans... you'll need to pull them both to drain the fluids... the diff has a 17mm hex plug on the o/s and the atf is refilled through the dipstick tube!!
I used 80/90 gear oil GL5 for the diff, and got the ATF from, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/350609493928?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2648
GL4 would be better, has less corrosive sulphides in it... Can cause havoc with delicate copper in the gearbox over time
The owners manual calls for a GL5 oil to be used. You are correct that it should not be used in a manual gearbox,which should be GL4.
camper123, Here's a question, my auto gearbox ha two similar gaskets underneath, it's a vacuum model, so is it the same as yours, a 003?? Would this be the same model as yours, 003 321 105 d?
Cheers Pie, just looking at one for sale and it's only got one cover underneath for oil change and mine has two? Which I thought was gearbox oil and the other trans fluid?
vac model... one that passed through a while back... I had to make my own sump gaskets for it... thin cork is the way forward!!
