Afternoon STW mechanics
The saga of my fairly rubbish ’96 Saab 900 convertible rumbles on.
From cold the gearbox, when put into drive, clunks a little then refuses to go into the first 3 gears, the ‘check gearbox’ light comes on on the dash and I can pull away in 4th (slowly). If I drive for a few hundred metres, stop and restart the engine it comes back with all the gears working fine. I’ve had the gearbox oil replaced with no effect.
The MOT last week picked up that the gearbox mount has a lot of play in it and needs replacing. So my question is, is it likely that the rudimentary computer knows this and is trying to reduce the stress on the gearbox by making me pull away slowly in a high gear? And is replacing the mount likely to make my car dandy again?
Thanks everyone