Torque converter lockup

I've asked this on a couple of magazine forums, with no real answer, so
now it's time to turn to the real experts </flattery>

At what road speed should the torque converter on a factory tdi
Discovery or Range Rover lock up?

Mine is a conversion, with the 'box supposedly modified to suit, and it
locks up at 42 mph, which suits me fine, but I'm looking to replace it
with something a bit newer, and I don't want to find I'm stuck with a
torque converter that rarely locks up. That would be one of the many
snags with going the V8/lpg route - with a 53 mile/h lockup I'd spend
far too long churning oil around, especially when towing.


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"Autolycus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I've asked this on a couple of magazine forums, with no real answer, so
> now it's time to turn to the real experts </flattery>
>
> At what road speed should the torque converter on a factory tdi Discovery
> or Range Rover lock up?
>
> Mine is a conversion, with the 'box supposedly modified to suit, and it
> locks up at 42 mph, which suits me fine, but I'm looking to replace it
> with something a bit newer, and I don't want to find I'm stuck with a
> torque converter that rarely locks up. That would be one of the many
> snags with going the V8/lpg route - with a 53 mile/h lockup I'd spend far
> too long churning oil around, especially when towing.
>
>

Its a while since I sold my classic automatic but that locked at 42 and
unlocked at 38 or so. Others may be different, depending on age and 'box
fitted.

Huw

so Autolycus was, like...
> I've asked this on a couple of magazine forums, with no real answer,
> so now it's time to turn to the real experts </flattery>
>
> At what road speed should the torque converter on a factory tdi
> Discovery or Range Rover lock up?

Disco 300Tdi, 1993 RRC, 1997 P38 - all locked up at ~53mph.

> That would be
> one of the many snags with going the V8/lpg route - with a 53 mile/h
> lockup I'd spend far too long churning oil around, especially when
> towing.

Yup, it's an issue. Wasn't a problem on the petrols for some reason, but
the Disco always seems to be in one gear too low between about 20 and the
magic 53, towing or not.

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Rich
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On or around Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:40:40 +0100, "Huw"
<hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>
>Its a while since I sold my classic automatic but that locked at 42 and
>unlocked at 38 or so. Others may be different, depending on age and 'box
>fitted.

does indeed, the ones I had in my 110 all locked up at about 50.
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