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hi everyone hope you can help i have a p reg discovery tdi and its making a horrible whinning noise also hard to move, asked a garage and they said its either the diff lock or the transmission. talked to a freind and he said it might be theres no oil in the diff lock or transmission and i had to check it from underneath. he lives a long way away and can,t help, when i asked him to show me where to look on his one he just laughed because i,m a woman big help can anyone out there explin so i can look.

you need some tools u got?

The diff lock is the small lever next to the gear stick.What are you gonna do once youve looked?

there is a square holed bung plug on gear box and axles.Easiest to look at rear axle to see filler and emptier.Undo bung with socket wrench(highest bung)and fill with diff oil or gearbox oil as required.Fill it till it spills out and make sure its on the level.flat drive etc...

thanks beast will look and yes goonarmy i do know what the diff lever looks like dont patronize please

got loads of tools do all diy myself will check and let you know later thanks

thanks beast at least someone out there is not patronizing.

lindsay said:

thanks beast will look and yes goonarmy i do know what the diff lever looks like dont patronize please

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Only asking.And i might like patroniSeingMy first post was 100%valid and factual.

Where are you, roughly?

Is it manual or automatic gearbox? Might be worth checking that the handbrake's not stuck on, that diff-lock isn't engaged, that there are UJ's on the propshafts and that they're not bound up, that the wheels can move freely, that the brakes aren't seized, that the wheel bearings aren't seized ... there's so many things it could be ... and a lack of oil shouldn't make it hard to move unless it's already been moving for a time without any oil already!

How you getting on Lindsay? Where in the country are you? It's allers nice to work on these beasts (NOT BoB) with a mate to swear at / laugh at / electrocute as you go through the work so if you are near anyone I'm sure you coudl get any help you need (although sounds like you got is sussed already)

lindsay said:

thanks beast at least someone out there is not patronizing.

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You go girl. :clap2: I had the rocker cover off and replaced the injector loom and removed and cleaned the EGR valve a the weekend. The other half watched. LOL

you been reading the haynes at bedtime again Medusa?

If ye've got an lt77 gearbox, then the filler plug is the square clean lookin' thing (up to the right a bit of my finger)....



Take it out and stick yer finger in to see if it touches any oil. If not then spour some in untill it runs out

If ye want to check yer transfer box oil....

lindsay said:

thanks beast will look and yes goonarmy i do know what the diff lever looks like dont patronize please

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newbie burd with bite eh goony ha ha ha ha

Griffdowg said:

you been reading the haynes at bedtime again Medusa?

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It was bloody useless. I'm sure when I used to work on my motorbikes they had better pictures (back then ).

Buster to the rescue.

Paul D said:

Where are you, roughly?

Is it manual or automatic gearbox? Might be worth checking that the handbrake's not stuck on,

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That was my first thought; get under her and see if the h/brake drum rotates freely; if not it's binding inside; follow the distructions in the book of lies to see if you can free it up, and then adjust accordingly.
HTH
:welcome2: to LZ; always good to have more Landy-owning, spanner-weilding laydeeze on board

how'd you get on lindsay?

mjltigger said:

how'd you get on lindsay?

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stuck covered in oil no doubt

Beast o Bodmin said:

stuck covered in oil no doubt

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NOW whos being patroniseing?