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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: Landyrover on July 12, 2007, 20:27:29

Title: Warm Inside?
Post by: Landyrover on July 12, 2007, 20:27:29

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

Title: Warm Inside?
Post by: auf_wiedersehen_pet on July 12, 2007, 21:50:41

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.

Title: Warm Inside?
Post by: cardiff_gareth on July 12, 2007, 22:43:29

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)

Title: Warm Inside?
Post by: Paul on July 12, 2007, 22:57:42

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

Title: Warm Inside?
Post by: thermidorthelobster on July 12, 2007, 23:35:37

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!

Title: Warm Inside?
Post by: Fourby on July 12, 2007, 23:36:25

I love the shelf the transmission tunnel makes. However, it's no place to stash your chocolate bar!

it's normal for it to get warm

Title: Warm Inside?
Post by: chris9119 on July 12, 2007, 23:51:26

My tunnel used to get hot, very hot. Found out that when driving with a gear/transfer box full of water, that it was heating up to boiling point.

Check your boxes oil content :idea:

Chris

Title: Warm Inside?
Post by: Landyrover on July 13, 2007, 02:35:14

Thanks for the replies guys, its a Td5 with an R380 gearbox... neither of the (gear/transfer) levers were hot - I touched the 'shelf' the top of the tunnel makes - its topped in my ES by a plastic/veneer cover - and it was very hot. The vehicle is new to me (2 days) and I will drain/renew all the fluids - service is due...

Cheers,

Nick

Title: Warm Inside?
Post by: Landyrover on July 13, 2007, 10:20:03

Having driven the vehicle again this morning, I noticed that the heat is coming from under the plastic trim just to the right of the cigarette lighter - maybe there is a pipe or similar under there that explains the rise in temperature? :?:  :?:

Cheers,

Nick

Title: Warm Inside?
Post by: Thrasher on July 13, 2007, 10:27:06

There are air ducts to each side - they can pop off .....

Title: Warm Inside?
Post by: Landyrover on July 13, 2007, 12:37:23

Thanks Thrash...

Title: Warm Inside?
Post by: thermidorthelobster on July 13, 2007, 17:46:42

I've just had my centre console off and was about to post the same suggestion!

If you want instructions on removing the centre console, I wrote some (http://www.ashcroft-transmissions.co.uk/part_17.html#pa2) when I fitted my CDL.  Ignore all the bits about fitting the CDL of course.  It basically involves popping the window switches through the binnacle, unpegging the handbrake cable, unscrewing the transfer box lever & gaiter, removing the rubber mat, and undoing four screws, 2 in the box and 2 at the front.

By the way, corresponding with Thrasher has revealed that my cable-operated transfer box shifter is apparently the exception rather than the norm.

Title: Warm Inside?
Post by: Landyrover on July 15, 2007, 16:54:07

Quote from: "Thrasher"

There are air ducts to each side - they can pop off .....

Air ducts look intact and they blow out air - though I think the heat only builds up when the air con is on... plastic trim gets almost too hot to touch though - any other ideas chaps?

Nick

Title: Warm Inside?
Post by: ben_haynes on July 15, 2007, 19:20:34

at a guess (dont know for sure) there are 2 pipe for the Aircon that run in the car one Hot High perssure and one cold low pressure,

where is the heat on the shelf, right at the front where the Radio was on a 200 disco?? or at the back here the Window switches are/were

Title: Warm Inside?
Post by: Landyrover on July 15, 2007, 19:26:30

Hi Ben, heat builds on the plastic trim to the right of the cig lighted and then spreads to the shelf around the transfer lever. When I was out earlier I didn't have the air con on and the heat didn't build up - later when I did, it got hot again...

Cheers,

Nick

Title: Warm Inside?
Post by: ben_haynes on July 15, 2007, 20:15:15

yer i would definatly say it is the High presure A/C pipe

might be worth getting some Exhaust heat shield cloth and wrap it round the pipe

Title: Warm Inside?
Post by: Landyrover on July 15, 2007, 20:58:54

Thanks Ben, that's really helpful! :D

The Disco is being serviced on Thurs do I'll be sure to mention this then...

Cheers,

Nick

PS Looking forward to getting it muddy! :wink:  :D  8)

Title: Warm Inside?
Post by: Xtremeteam on July 18, 2007, 20:21:02

Quote from: "thermidorthelobster"

I've just had my centre console off and was about to post the same suggestion!

If you want instructions on removing the centre console, I wrote some (http://www.ashcroft-transmissions.co.uk/part_17.html#pa2) when I fitted my CDL.  Ignore all the bits about fitting the CDL of course.  It basically involves popping the window switches through the binnacle, unpegging the handbrake cable, unscrewing the transfer box lever & gaiter, removing the rubber mat, and undoing four screws, 2 in the box and 2 at the front.

By the way, corresponding with Thrasher has revealed that my cable-operated transfer box shifter is apparently the exception rather than the norm.

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all disco 2's have a cable operated transfer box for high & low