Thread: First off-road drive in my first Defender

What you need to do now is get yourself a sticker that says "hilux recovery vehicle" in time for you next outing with your mate.

LT230 transfer cases have a habit of jumping out of gear after a change.

I learned from one of the few good dealer mechanics a way of dealing with this problem. That is to hold the transfer leaver in gear after making the high/low or low/high change and while moving forward. You can then let it go and the transfer case leaver will then generally stay put. It seemed to work for me.

I now have a LT95 with intergral transfer box so haven't tried this for a while.