which Disco has central difflock?

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danny

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• Mar 7, 2006

• #1

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?

 

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Badger

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• Mar 7, 2006

• #2

"danny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 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.

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Mar 7, 2006

• #3

On or around Tue, 7 Mar 2006 13:24:40 +0000 (UTC), "Badger"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>"danny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> 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.

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.
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Richard Brookman

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• Mar 7, 2006

• #4

....and Austin Shackles spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...


> On or around Tue, 7 Mar 2006 13:24:40 +0000 (UTC), "Badger"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>
>> "danny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> 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.
>
> 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.

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).


--
Rich
==============================

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and those who don't.

 

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hugh

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• Mar 7, 2006

• #5

In message <[email protected]>, Badger
<[email protected]> writes
>
>"danny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> 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.
>
>
The theory was that with TC you didn't need a centre diff-lock. The
practice was why the reintroduced it.
--
hugh
Reply to address is valid at the time of posting

 

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Harpic

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• Mar 8, 2006

• #6

"danny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 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

 

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Jack

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• Mar 9, 2006

• #7

"Harpic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "danny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> 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
>
>

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!

 

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Badger

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• Mar 9, 2006

• #8

"Jack" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Harpic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "danny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> 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
>>
>>
>
> 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.
>

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.

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Mar 9, 2006

• #9

On or around Wed, 8 Mar 2006 19:24:16 -0500, "Jack" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>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?
--
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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)

 

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Jeff

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• Mar 9, 2006

• #10

>
>>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 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

 

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Lee_D

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• Mar 9, 2006

• #11

"Jeff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> >
>>>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 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

TFFT! I thought he'd been involved in a horrific trick or treat accident
with a Landrover club member for a minute.

;-)


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EMB

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• Mar 9, 2006

• #12

Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Wed, 8 Mar 2006 19:24:16 -0500, "Jack" <[email protected]>
> enlightened us thusly:
>
>
>>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?

--
EMB

 

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Simon Isaacs

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• Mar 9, 2006

• #13

On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 09:40:07 +0000, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:

>On or around Wed, 8 Mar 2006 19:24:16 -0500, "Jack" <[email protected]>
>enlightened us thusly:
>
>>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!
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