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was the clutch ok before this all happened, could be the clutch has collapsed.... although that wouldnt cause the engine to stop.... can you push it back and forth or is it "stuck" in gear

lambrettalee wrote:was the clutch ok before this all happened, could be the clutch has collapsed.... although that wouldnt cause the engine to stop.... can you push it back and forth or is it "stuck" in gear

it could if its bent the spigot shaft out the gearbox i had this with a peugeot where the release bearing went through the fingers on the clutch and bent everything. this stopped the engine quite quickly
i reckon your clutch has collapsed

hightower wrote:Certainly sounds more like a drive train problem (clutch, gearbox, driveshaft) rather than an engine problem to me.

If you need your van towing to a garage you could always call the AA again to get it towed, i had to do this with my Fiat Scudo van a few weeks ago and another vehicle in the past.

Yes could be somat or nuffin! A hopefully small percentage of these so called breakdown engineers are not very sharp. One I was talking to at a service station remarked that the good ones couldn't put up with the stupid rules and paperwork and he'd be next.
Smiffy

i think you spigot bearing has disitigrated and mangled your clutch

Just get it diagnosed properly first, before talking about selling the van or putting new engines in... I'd say.

That's No.1 and cant be done here much further without a lot more input. A good mechanic can usually pin most things down without stripping it completely, but if necessary that might be necessary...

There is a bit of confusion in your symptons, as to where this 'bag of nails' sound is coming from when you restart it... so that needs ironing out - what is making that sound?? Engine or gearbox/clutch area

Providing the engine runs OK 'itself' (still not sure on that), then pressing the cluch in when in neutral can give a good idea - does the clutch actually 'feel' OK, and had it in any way been playing up, or the gear selection?

So depressing the clutch when idling and in neutral gear, will isolate the gearbox, providing the clutch is still disengaging OK... and if that racket quitens down when doing that, then you have a seriously blown gbox... debatedly less of a problem than an engine.