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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: Jake on April 04, 2005, 12:16:15

Title: Stuck in diff lock
Post by: Jake on April 04, 2005, 12:16:15

My 300 tdi is stuck in diff lock.
I moved the stick to fit a speaker for my hands free phone kit and it wont release.
I've try'd reversing it, dropped it of kerbs and all the other things that i've been told work but with no joy  :(
Some one told me the linkage could be bent??
Anyone got any ideas?
I have removed the front prop shaft for the moment so i can still drive it for the moment.

HELP!!!!!!!!

Title: Stuck in diff lock
Post by: 500bhp on April 04, 2005, 14:14:11

Have you checked the linkage from the stick to the transfer box, and that the lock warning lignt switch is not faulty?

Title: Stuck in diff lock
Post by: Alan Cotton on April 04, 2005, 14:38:23

After disengaging diff lock on my Disco the light stays on until I have gone over a few bumps!!!

Title: Stuck in diff lock
Post by: Jake on April 04, 2005, 18:15:17

Quote from: "500bhp"

Have you checked the linkage from the stick to the transfer box, and that the lock warning lignt switch is not faulty?

Not yet. I'm of off work this week so i'll have a look.
Its definatly in diff lock so it cant be the light playing up.

I try'd to let it release on its own but it wont. (drove it for a couple of miles)

Title: Stuck in diff lock
Post by: 500bhp on April 04, 2005, 18:27:07

Do you feel a notched resitance on the transfer lever when it moves from lock to unlock, or does it feel very looose moving across ?

Title: Stuck in diff lock
Post by: robbie on April 04, 2005, 18:53:50

How can you donfirm it is in diff lock? I know it might sound a strange question but mine goes in so quietly and without any notice except for the light.

I know it works cos it will go places with it in that it struggles without it....

Title: diff lock
Post by: yer auld aunt nelly on April 04, 2005, 19:04:55

I got the same with my one ten bud.Its allways been a smooth movement so thats not the issue.But me light wont go out and im going 30 mph tops,an crawling over everything :?

Title: Stuck in diff lock
Post by: Jake on April 05, 2005, 11:09:39

Quote from: "robbie"

How can you donfirm it is in diff lock? I know it might sound a strange question but mine goes in so quietly and without any notice except for the light.

I know it works cos it will go places with it in that it struggles without it....

You can feel the difference between the two. In diff lock the gear change is more clunky (technical term!!) and it feels like its stuck to the road more and tends to follow road shapes more. Also it does'nt like tight turns (like reversing)
 :?

Title: Stuck in diff lock
Post by: Thrasher on April 05, 2005, 11:12:39

...and you've removed the prop shaft :-)

If you the difflock was not *in* - you'd go nowhere ;-)

Title: Stuck in diff lock
Post by: Jake on April 05, 2005, 12:17:55

Quote from: "Thrasher"

...and you've removed the pop shaft :-)

If you the difflock was not *in* - you'd go nowhere ;-)

Exactly!!
Thats how i know its stuck in!!!!
The stick is in the normal driving postion.
Nightmare  :?  :shock:  :evil:

Ps Thrasher, love the pics of Owl laning!!
     The misses would kill me if i took the "nicer" one to the mud!!

Title: Stuck in diff lock
Post by: Thrasher on April 05, 2005, 16:24:42

Well...it had to be done. It's not the only time either :-)