Sanded gearbox

[madoxmic]

Hi Gentlemen,
Some of you will possibly remember that last July I reported one (mis)adventure which happened to my P5B's BW 35 box (see old site) : changing the rad resulted in sanding the box from inside, with some silly symptoms which disappeared after repacing the oil twice, and of course removing the sand.
At this time, Phil was quite pessimistic about the future.
Well, I must say he was only right, the box collapsed last Sunday evening, 10:30 pm, cold (but dry) night deep in the French countryside.
Symptom : no gears of any kind, 1, 2, D or R !!!
Quite strange when you are driving around 100 mph (I know, above the limit, but ...). Gives you about 1km before coming to stop on the side, and start walking to the next telephone for rescue.
So one question : any more precise idea about what collapsed ?

[Phil Nottingham]

:'(Sorry Michel to hear of your troubles - at least you have got some life out of it.

Before condeming it you need to remove the sump pan to see what is inside. The state of the oil will give some clues.

You may be lucky and it could be something simple on the valve block or even linkage.

Other than that the pump drive could have sheared.

Unless you can get it to a Auto bx specialist a reconditioned gear box AND torque converter will be required.

I do hope it is something simple

[Smallfry]

And make sure you clean out the oil cooler and pipes thoroughly too !!

[Deleted]

???Are you sure it is the gearbox?

A broken half shaft could give the same symptons although I have never heard of these failing.

Test it in drive engine running to see if the prop shaft is turning

[madoxmic]

Thanks Gentlemen, I will check as you suggest.

But at the same time, I have to get the two boxes I purchased on e-bay moved to JR-Wadham's place in Stourbridge, for a complete rehauling of at least one of them.
And one box is in Terrington St-John (Cambridges.) and the other in Stoke-on-Trent.
Any idea about simple, rapid and cheap way to organize transportation ?

[Deleted]

A courier service - they are not too heavy or bulkyin separate parts.

[Smallfry]

Try this lot....it is the cheapest way I know, but they will need to know the weight, and the item will have to be secured onto a pallet. Also, it MUST NOT be leaking oil !

www.palletways.com


Alternatively, I might be able to collect them and take them to Wadhams if you are not in a hurry, and would be prepared to pay my travelling expenses.

[madoxmic]

Thanks to all for encouragement and proposing solutions and help (special thank to Smallfry, hope I will not have to bother you, but I keep it in mind).
I am currently organizing for collection of my gearboxes, and bringing them to the specialist for rehauling.
Any idea about what a reasonable price would be ?

Also seen some BW 65 (the one used on the SD1, no ?) as exchange at Rimmer, for a price which seemed OK.
Would that fit on the P5 ?

Thanks again for your advice.

Regards to all, and Happy Rovering
Michel