Land Rover Repair: 1997 rover trans, transmission overhaul, gearbox


Question
QUESTION: I put a new trans in my 1997 land rover and it will no shift till you get to about 4000 rpm"s. do I need to reset the speed sen, or what and if so how, I need help and will thank anyone out there that can help me.
ANSWER: Check your cable to the engine and the kickdown switch.  If that's set right, there may be a problem within the gearbox

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QUESTION: how do I check the kick down swich

Answer
Go to www.landrovertechinfo.com and buy a days access for $18 or so.  You can then download the entire transmission overhaul and diagnosis manual.  That should answer all your questions with good illustrations.  Wherever you need to go in the repair, it's covered by that.

That's Land Rover's official service site, and it gives you all the info available to dealer technicians worldwide.