Then I discovered that reverse gear was still good. The engine revved, but the van would not budge. Titchmarsh was touch and go, and finally on the road towards Clopton all forward motion stopped. I decided that the best way was not on the dual carriageway, but I thought that maybe I could limp along the back roads, so I headed to Titchmarsh. The slipping was getting worse & worse in Northampton, but I managed to get back as far as Thrapston. This necessitated a trip to Northampton (I live in Huntingdon) to pick up the cylinder heads. The Landie was off the road, so I decided to finish the Landie before the van broke. The other symptom was rising engine revs with no increase in road speed. That means that the governor is getting clogged with debris from a clutch. I knew the gearbox was on it's way - the classic symptom of the 4HP22 failing is 'hanging in first gear when cold'.
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