philelvey

Active Member

• Jul 30, 2012

• #1

Hi all,

Boy this is a busy forum!

I have just purchased an '87 model Rangie.

It hasn't been used off road by the last owner, and looks like it hasn't been offroad much at all in it's life so I'm assuming the Diff lock has barely been used.

I can't engage it at the moment. The lever just won't budge when trying to lever strongly across to the left. It's an Auto and I have tried in Park and in Neutral.

Is there something obvious I'm missing? Or does anyone have any tips for getting this old girl to engage?

Cheers

 

jamesmartin

Well-Known Member

• Jul 30, 2012

• #2

if it has the original lt230 it will need lever housing cleaning/ lubing cross shaft seizes where it goes through ali cap on passenger side

 

philelvey

Active Member

• Jul 30, 2012

• #3

jamesmartin said:

if it has the original lt230 it will need lever housing cleaning/ lubing cross shaft seizes where it goes through ali cap on passenger side

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Gidday thanks for the reply. Can you elaborate on what the "ali cap" is? I assume this job is done from the interior, removing all the interior over the transmission tunnel?

I have checked to make sure it is original LT230 - I did think someone might have replaced it with Borg Warner, but luckily this is not the case as the LT230 was one of the reasons for wanting this model!

 

norseman

Well-Known Member

• Jul 31, 2012

• #4

I think you can get at it from the outside as I always get my indie to lube the thing at each annual service because I don't off-road myself. That said I do shift the 'low-high' & operate the diff-lock fairly frequently, just to keep things moving.

 

philelvey

Active Member

• Jul 31, 2012

• #5

Time to purchase a Haynes workshop manual I think...

 

Saint.V8

Dyed-in-the-wool 100% RR Junkie

Full Member

• Jul 31, 2012

• #6

I have a suite of manuals for the 84-96 Classics as RAVE is usually the 95 model only....

I will post it on Rapidshare and post the link for you.

EDIT: the Link: https://rapidshare.com/files/1249101296/RR_Classic_84_96_WSM.rar

It is around 275MB btw..!!

 

Last edited: Jul 31, 2012

jamesmartin

Well-Known Member

• Jul 31, 2012

• #7

the dif lock assembly on rrc is the same as discovery ,if you remove consol and rubber gaiter you will see hi/lo diff lock lever assembly on rh side is linkage on lh side held by 2 screws is cap shaft has to slide through in steel and aliminum are poor mix you may get it free by lube and work or you may need to remove assembly and strip cap off etc to clean and free

 

philelvey

Active Member

• Aug 13, 2012

• #8

jamesmartin said:

the dif lock assembly on rrc is the same as discovery ,if you remove consol and rubber gaiter you will see hi/lo diff lock lever assembly on rh side is linkage on lh side held by 2 screws is cap shaft has to slide through in steel and aliminum are poor mix you may get it free by lube and work or you may need to remove assembly and strip cap off etc to clean and free

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Spot on mate, thanks for the advice. Had to get the cover and cap right off, give it a few taps (after some CRC soaking) and she was free!

I took a photo of the cover when it was off. Tried to upload it to my gallery but having no joy. It says "1 photo in queue" but when I click on that link it says "system has experienced an unrecoverable error" - anyone know where I'm going wrong?

 

Saint.V8

Dyed-in-the-wool 100% RR Junkie

Full Member

• Aug 13, 2012

• #9

Just upload it to the thread....

On the reply box hit Go To Advanced - scroll down you'll find a Manage Attachments button, click this - a pop up jumps up allowing you to browse to upload the image...select it and click upload - close this pop up and submit your reply...job done

 

philelvey

Active Member

• Aug 13, 2012

• #10

Ok here it is:

 

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