Hi everyone,

Just noticed my shifter now in neutral is deciding to sit all the way to the left... seems to want to sit against the side between 1st and 2nd gear... what could that be?

 

If you pull off the plate under the plastic center console, and under any carpeting, you will get at the top of the trans. You can easily remove a little box that the shifter enters into. There you will see two springs, one on each side of the shifter, pushing into each other. The spring on the left has given out and ceases to spring, the spring on the right is pushing the shifter all the way over to the left.

I just replaced mine, got them off ebay, here's a link showing the springs.
Range Rover "Classic" R380 G Lever Bias Plate Springs | eBay

 

Thank you for that! Does it require removing the whole centre console or can I reach it by removing the shifter boot exclusively?

Cheers

 

Could just need adjustment too.


See here:

http://www.ashcroft-transmissions.co...&productId=218

 

Thank you for the link, it is a great wealth of knowledge!

I think that Optimusglen is on the right track with the shifter springs. I can shift into any gear without an issue. The shifter just seems to fall to one side when in neutral, as though there is no tension on the one side (probably due to the spring failing/breaking).

 

Just finally received mine yesterday, and will tackle this over the weekend... wow are those springs ever big!

Will report back with photos

 

I found a step by step picture guide here

As well as instructions on what to do with a link to the picture post.

 

Okay, since I am going to be tackling this... will I be able to attack the Reverse light switch from above on my R380? Has anyone tried it this way?

 

Finally completed this... never have the time, but it was fairly easy to accomplish. It turns out it was the bias plate that actually broke, and not the springs.

While everything was open I added extra grease to areas that required it like the Transfer Case shifter. All in all it took about 2-3 hours (don't recall).

I am amazed and impressed at how smoothly it shifts in to the gears now. Some pics to come up as well.

 

Below are some photos of the tear down to get to the BIAS plate. I had to drill the rivets out for the rubber seal.







You can see the broken part of the BIAS plate in the following photo below.



New plate installed, and you can see the unbroken plate in proper place.



All tidied up and put back together