Troopy Stuck in Neutral
Submitted: Sunday, Apr 27, 2008 at 20:41
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Member - Chris R (NSW)
Came
home through fourteen 40-50cm water crossings in 7 km. (creek was up due to a foot of rain this month). Last crossing is just 100 metres from garage.
Troopy was then parked two days in gear with handbrake off.
When attempting to leave this morning, I shifted to neutral, switched engine on, and discovered I could not engage any gear. If i forced the gear stick forward (still not into gear) the car would edge forward.
Discovered that I could easily shift to any gear with the engine off. Therefore engaged reverse and started car in gear without clutch. It reversed and had to be stopped by engine switch-off. Then I engaged 1st gear and started engine with same effect.
This process fixed the problem - gear changes feel 'as new'.
Question - what was likely cause and how can it be stopped?
Cheers
Chris