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Gday. My mate has a 2003 rodeo with the 3.5 petrol and manual transmission. In his way to work the car popped out of 5th gear and wouldnt go back in. He got it into 4th but it made a horrible noise. He pulled over to investigate and he says that he has absolutely no drive in 1st and 2nd gear (he didnt try any others) and even in neutral it makes a horrible growling noiset. The noise goes away when the clutch is pressed in. This sounds like a stuffed gearbox yes? Cheers

Could be both but my money is on gearbox. Popping out of 5th wont be the clutch. Not going into 4th could be a clutch that didnt disengage but also could be a gearbox fault. No drive would mean the opposite fault in the clutch but the clutch obviously disengages as the noise stops

Thanks geeves. I am also suspecting gearbox. You must of misread the post as I said he did get it into 4th. But yes, your gearbox assumption sounds right. It selects all gears fine just has no drive