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The Winfrows:
Do automatics have a diff lock, if so why isn't mine working. Any one got any ideas!!!!

landroverkeith:
in what way do u mean isnt it working?

have u moved the transfer knob over fully to the left?

is the light coming on the dash?

have u tried jacking one of the front wheels from floor and trying to spin it?  

if the wheel wont completely spin then the diff is locked and working  :wink:

assuming that u have a 200 or 300 tdi disco that is ..

dont think the td5 has same way of locking diff but i dunno cos i dont have a td5 lol

blacknight:

--- Quote from: "The Winfrows" ---Do automatics have a diff lock, if so why isn't mine working. Any one got any ideas!!!!
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I've got a 1996 300tdi automatic and this has a diff-lock. I just firmly push the small(high/low & diff-lock) lever across to the left and an indicator light near speedo comes on.

Got to admit that when i first bought this Disco I had problems getting it to engage, but crawled under the vehicle and found that the linkages for it were a bit siezed. Plenty of WD40 and moving of the lever helped greatly. Now make sure I put it in diff-lock at least once a week.

Jimbo:

--- Quote from: "landroverkeith" ---

dont think the td5 has same way of locking diff but i dunno cos i dont have a td5 lol
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Some Td5's have difflock, some don't - just to confuse matters, mine has the difflock instructions on the sticker on the dash, but the later transfer box - which doesn't have the 'spigot' on for the lever to attach to !

muddyjames:
DO NOT TRY DIFFLOCK OUT ON TARMAC THOUGH.

If it engages on tarmac you could do alot of damage. I very nearly found out the hard way when I got my disco I put it in difflock as it said you can engage it at any speed as long as the wheels arent spinning and I was on tarmac. It scrubs big time and extremely hard to remove out of difflock as well.

The light that comes on in a 300tdi auto is in the top right corner of the dash and looks like an H and is orange coloured.

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