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Landyrover:
Hi Guys,

Following a short period of Jeep ownership, I've now got a D2 ES 8)

Quick question - got back from a run this evening and noticed that the area around the transfer lever (from inside the vehicle) was quite hot - is this usual? I remember the transmission being quite warm on my previous Landies but not in the D1's I've had before...

Cheers,

Nick

auf_wiedersehen_pet:
I used to have a Disco 3.9 Auto and the base of the gear lever would become so hot that to hold it was borderline painful.

The box was perfect for the two years I had it and the cause was never diagnosed.

cardiff_gareth:
In a D1, when the body earth I think it was would die out the Disco would find another earth and it would use the handbrake cable, this would then heat up and melt. Not sure if this is the same :?:

I could even be wrong about the D1 comment but I bet someone will be along in a mo with more info  8)

Paul:
Nick the lever in mine gets very hot too, it's been fine and trouble free for 3yrs now..

thermidorthelobster:
Nick, which engine / gearbox do you have?

My manual TD5 (R380) doesn't do this, but then the gear lever is physically isolated from the gearbox and connected by a cable, so even if the gearbox actually caught fire it wouldn't heat up the lever.

It won't be the earthing handbrake cable thing, you'd definitely have noticed that by now!

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