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Car Forum / Land Rover Cars / March 2006which Disco has central difflock?
Hi, I am looking at buying a secondhand Disco. The guy at the local 4WD club told me not to buy a 2002 version as it does not have central difflock switch. According to him the later and earlier versions do have this. Can anyone confirm? > Hi, > I am looking at buying a secondhand Disco. The guy at the local 4WD club > told me not to buy a 2002 version as it does not have central difflock > switch. According to him the later and earlier versions do have this. > Can anyone confirm? My 2000 disco II does not even have the operating arm on the transfer box, according to various sources it should have at that age, with it being discontinued in late 2001 then reintroduced again late 2002 / early 2003! To be honest, with all the tracksion control goodies it just doesn't need a centre diff lock, unless you want to do some serious stuff with it? Badger. >> Hi, >> I am looking at buying a secondhand Disco. The guy at the local 4WD club [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >centre diff lock, unless you want to do some serious stuff with it? >Badger. There are 2 arguments "for" that I consider good: 1) the difflock will work if the TC goes awol. 2) by locking the diff you have more chance of it standing still when you jack a wheel up on a slope.  SignatureAustin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that "Brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio" (it is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure) Horace (65 - 8 BC) Ars Poetica, 25 ...and Austin Shackles spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying... >>> Hi, >>> I am looking at buying a secondhand Disco. The guy at the local 4WD [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > 2) by locking the diff you have more chance of it standing still when > you jack a wheel up on a slope. There is also the theory that TC only starts to work when traction has already been lost, whereas the difflock will help prevent you losing it in the first place. Might make a small difference. I'm thinking perhaps of snow driving, where keeping the traction you have is essential, rather than trying to get moving again when it has been lost. Having said that, I tried out my Disco II on a bank with a big axle twister yesterday, and the TC was pretty good - much better than expected (and much better than my previous DII, which was the same MY). SignatureRich ============================== There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't. >> Hi, >> I am looking at buying a secondhand Disco. The guy at the local 4WD club [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >centre diff lock, unless you want to do some serious stuff with it? >Badger. The theory was that with TC you didn't need a centre diff-lock. The practice was why the reintroduced it. Signaturehugh Reply to address is valid at the time of posting > Hi, > I am looking at buying a secondhand Disco. The guy at the local 4WD club > told me not to buy a 2002 version as it does not have central difflock > switch. According to him the later and earlier versions do have this. > Can anyone confirm? I have a 2000 Disco II Td5 No mention of a diff lock anywhere >> Hi, >> I am looking at buying a secondhand Disco. The guy at the local 4WD club [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > No mention of a diff lock anywhere I have a '96 Disco I with the central lock. Works great. I grenaded the rear pumpkin. Pulled the axles. Dropped the 3rd member and drove around for 3 weeks locking the front axle until I was able to obtain the new parts.No damage to the transfer box. The CDL is not standard on the Disco II. You can however purchase an aftermarket kit to lock the axles on Disco II's. I found a tech article explaining just how at the following: http://www.discoweb.org/tech.htm I seem to remember that Land Rover has a "genuine" part number for a CDL post '99-2003. Good Luck! >>> Hi, >>> I am looking at buying a secondhand Disco. The guy at the local 4WD club [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > I seem to remember that Land Rover has a "genuine" part number for a CDL > post '99-2003. But that kit only works on vehicles that actually have the CDL gubbins fitted in the transfer box, mine (and many others, no doubt) haven't. Badger. >I have a '96 Disco I with the central lock. Works great. I grenaded the rear >pumpkin. Pulled the axles. Dropped the 3rd member and drove around for 3 >weeks locking the front axle until I was able to obtain the new parts.No >damage to the transfer box. does anyone understand that? SignatureAustin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons we should drink; Good wine, a friend, or being dry, Or lest we should be by and by; Or any other reason why. - Henry Aldrich (1647 - 1710) >>I have a '96 Disco I with the central lock. Works great. I grenaded the >>rear [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > does anyone understand that? No, but guessing; he broke the rear diff, removed the rear half shafts & prop shaft, and then drove around for 3 weeks with the diff lock engaged. Regards Jeff >>>I have a '96 Disco I with the central lock. Works great. I grenaded the >>>rear [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Regards > Jeff TFFT! I thought he'd been involved in a horrific trick or treat accident with a Landrover club member for a minute. ;-) Signaturewww.lrproject.com >>I have a '96 Disco I with the central lock. Works great. I grenaded the rear >>pumpkin. Pulled the axles. Dropped the 3rd member and drove around for 3 >>weeks locking the front axle until I was able to obtain the new parts.No >>damage to the transfer box. > > does anyone understand that? A yankee fsckwit has a front wheel drive disco? :-) SignatureEMB >>I have a '96 Disco I with the central lock. Works great. I grenaded the rear >>pumpkin. Pulled the axles. Dropped the 3rd member and drove around for 3 >>weeks locking the front axle until I was able to obtain the new parts.No >>damage to the transfer box. > >does anyone understand that? no, but if he's using a pumpkin fo a rear diff, it explains why he had to use diff lock to get drive to the front axle! SignatureSimon Isaacs Peterborough 4x4 Club Chairman, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster Green Lane Association (GLASS) Financial Director 101 Ambi, undergoing camper conversion www.simoni.co.uk 1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer! Suzuki SJ410 (Wife's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next 1993 200 TDi Discovery 1994 200 TDi Discovery body shell, being bobbed and modded..... |
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