sdt463
5th June 2012, 05:23 PM
Sorry folks I'm getting a bit greedy here, trying to get two answers from one post.
We are currently touring with a big van on the back of the 1999 td5 130, today we got ourselves down a muddy track and had to get out into into the soft stuff to turn the thing around, but when I tried to engage the diff lock I found the lever will no longer move sideways to engage it.:(
Of course the mighty 130 did the job anyway :D but I still need to fix it before my luck runs out.
I have been under the car and found that I can push the lever on top of the centre diff across with a screwdriver quite easily but this does not bring the warning light on the dash on so I am not sure if it is going far enough to lock the diff, after pushing the arm across the the gear lever pulls it back to the disengaged position without any problems.
Part 2
Last time I had the transmission tunnel out of this car I found that getting it back in was akin to wrestling an alligator surely there must be an easy way to slot it back in. If it's a trade secret I promise I won't tell anyone.
All answers appreciated.
thanks in advance Dave
We are currently touring with a big van on the back of the 1999 td5 130, today we got ourselves down a muddy track and had to get out into into the soft stuff to turn the thing around, but when I tried to engage the diff lock I found the lever will no longer move sideways to engage it.:(
Of course the mighty 130 did the job anyway :D but I still need to fix it before my luck runs out.
I have been under the car and found that I can push the lever on top of the centre diff across with a screwdriver quite easily but this does not bring the warning light on the dash on so I am not sure if it is going far enough to lock the diff, after pushing the arm across the the gear lever pulls it back to the disengaged position without any problems.
Part 2
Last time I had the transmission tunnel out of this car I found that getting it back in was akin to wrestling an alligator surely there must be an easy way to slot it back in. If it's a trade secret I promise I won't tell anyone.
All answers appreciated.
thanks in advance Dave