diff lock problem

hi i have a problem with the diff lock on my 1995 300tdi auto, The lever is free and i have stripped it down the fault seems to be with the solanoid on the top of the transfere case not powering up. Am i doing something wrong?

if you have a solenoid on top of t/case its nothing to do with diff lock but inter lock for hi and lo ,stops americans changing ratio at the wrong time

alanm1 said:

hi i have a problem with the diff lock on my 1995 300tdi auto, The lever is free and i have stripped it down the fault seems to be with the solanoid on the top of the transfere case not powering up. Am i doing something wrong?

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and a nice intro in the intro section would be good ...

alanm1 said:

hi i have a problem with the diff lock on my 1995 300tdi auto, The lever is free and i have stripped it down the fault seems to be with the solanoid on the top of the transfere case not powering up. Am i doing something wrong?

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Does your solenoid look like this ...



It's on the driver' side only if you have a RHD Disco ...
It's on top of the transfer case about midway between the front and rear output housings...

If you're careful in use, you can just remove the cover, pull the solenoid and and replace the cover.
You'll just have to be very careful to make sure you don't shift the transfer case while in gear.
Other than that it won't affect anything...

Hi yes it looks just like that. And it is stopping from selecting high and low.

Have a look in this random Land Rover doc I found on the web -

http://file.seekpart.com/keywordpdf/2011/3/22/20113228267973.pdf

I do wonder how a NAS or Japanese spec box ended up here though...

"DISCOVERY GEARBOX INTERLOCK ASSEMBLY
Discovery vehicles with automatic transmissions are equipped with a transfer gearbox interlock
solenoid which prevents the driver from moving the transfer gearbox lever from high to low or
from low to high unless the automatic transmission is in neutral. In any event, gear changes
should always be made at less than 5 mph (7 kph).
Shown below is the transfer gearbox interlock and related components used on Discoverys with
automatic transmissions through 2003 model year.
Beginning with the 2004 model year, the range select interlock solenoid is moved to the shift
lever housing."

http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_id=37734

Thank you very much for the help, well that will be going straight in the bin tomorrow LOL