Range Rover P38 gearbox problem and possible dealer issue

[martin1_01]

Hi All,



I recently purchased a recon transfer box for my P38 Range Rover saving a small fortune plus doing a deal to get a refund if I sent the old one back. Patting myself on the back for some ingenuity I then went to my local Landrover dealer and asked them to fit/carry out the work. At this point I won't go into detail as to who the dealer is but over the years as dealers go they have been generally quite good albeit a little expensive which one would expect.



Anyway wanting the job done properly, the car is in all day and I get a call yesterday at around 4pm asking me whether I had ever had any problems with the gearbox as the cable appeared to be sticking and accessing gears was an issue. Bearing in mind when I drove the car over to the garage all I had was the grinding (chain slipping) from the transfer box and my auto gear selection has been fine - I have had the odd moment when every 3/4 months or so the computer popped up with a gearbox fault but on switching off/on again the fault cleared and I could drive perfectly normally. So, imagine my surprise when collecting the vehicle last night Landrover tell me my recon (newish) transfer box is all fine but they are showing a gearbox fault! When attempting to leave the dealership I start the car, gearlever in park, and the dash display tells me it is in reverse! Then on shifting down to D I cannot even move off the forecourt unless selecting 1,2,3 or R!



My question therefore is whilst I have admittedly had a random but pretty minor gearbox fault, has the changing of the transfer box to a new one upset/affected a minor problem which will need rectifying, or to put it bluntly have Landrover cocked up and I now need a recon gearbox as well! Lastly, where can I get one cheaply?



All advice/help appreciated.



Thanks.

[agent006]

I think they're right with the selector problem. My memory is hazy on these but i seem to remember selector cable issues being discussed on rangerovers.net forums. Worth doing a search there for it.

[eliot]

is it not just the shifter cable misaligned on the gearbox - given that R is after P and presumably D is probably N therfore 3 is probably D (make sense?)