ae80

actually the sounds come when releasing the clutch, i guess, at the point of gear changing...

Hi Rumesh! thanks for your response! there was a leak in the washers/boots at the gear box end and have now got them replaced... but, the crashing sound still persists... my next step is to get the gear oil level checked (which i forgot to get done earlier when the boots were changed) also, does anyone know where i could get the fuel sender unit (the floater inside the fuel tank that sends the signal to the guel guage) for this model? i think my floater has a leak, cz when i inspected it taking it out of the tank, manually moving the floater up and down, shows a deflection in the fuel guage, but when its in the tank, no deflection even on a full tank.

hey JC, thanks for the quick response... - honestly, i remember checking the clutch fluid level last week, and it was quite full, but on inspection just now, it seems to have dropped, could there be a leak somewhere along the lines? would it need to be bled before topping up? - any help on how I could check this? sorry --- this is a car i got very recently... - quite oddly, clutch seems to get off on top most of the time, but very occasionally, lower down... thanks!

hello, I have an '83 AE80 sprinter and seem to have a probem when shifting gears. i hear the gears giving a 'crashing' sound when shifting etiher upwards (1->2->3->4) and even backwards (4->3->2->1) but the sound comes up mostly when im higher up the rpm. theres less sound and sometimes no sound if im able to wait till the rpm completely drop and then shift, but then shifting that way serves no purpose. any advise on what could be the problem guys? thanks!