Stuck in Brisvegas

[Defender Mike]

The transfer neutral problem has returned with a vengence on a trip to Brisbane. I took it up to British Offroad at Buderim to do a fault test. It came up transfer motor fault. I pulled it out hooked it up to 12 volt and it runs fine. The resistance on the potenometer moves upand down as it rotates. Put it all back together and its still giving the same warmings or saying low range etc. I did the fuse 37 thing but nothing seems to happen when i do this. Ohh and now the transfer switch wont engage at all. I will pull it all off again tomorrow and check the pins are connecting on the loom. After that im lost. Got a price on a new motor unit part 7G360 from Austral Motors $3700. So thats not going to happen is anyone making a aftermarket unit. Any ideas .... I know its a common problem but has several causes.
Mike:(

[rar110]

Try Duckworths in the UK. Also have a look at this pull down of a tdv8 transfer box with a brief comparison with the td6 transfer box. It might help. http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic12404.html

[123rover50]

Expensive stuff there Mike.
Where is Borumba?

Keith

[rar110]

Here is a YouTube tutorial on testing the range change motor.

http://youtu.be/OJqd3oTsh1w

[Defender Mike]

Here is a YouTube tutorial on testing the range change motor.

http://youtu.be/OJqd3oTsh1w

yes i did this and it all works ohms cycle motor runs. I found a cheaper source in the UK Paddocks do it for ?680 around $1200 Aud. Thats a bit more reasonable.:) If it stops raining i will pull it off again and check the plug pins . Drove it last night for a few K's and no warnings came up. Its a poltergeist!

[Defender Mike]

Expensive stuff there Mike.
Where is Borumba?

Keith
Hi Keith , i drove her back to the Gold Coast and then before we set sail a young guy from Victoria bought her. He flew up paid cash and drove her home. He was moving to Nth Qld but havnt heard from him since. :)

[Defender Mike]

found a secondhand one quite cheap from that South Australian supplier. 3 months replacement warranty . $695. Its on its way. :)
If it doesn't work its going back .

[BigJon]

I have come across a TD6 L322 with a poor crimp in the transfer case loom causing the vehicle to go into limp home mode (not often, but often enough). It took a long time to find it as resistance testing the loom didn't show the fault until it was wiggled in just the right way.

[Defender Mike]

New secondhand motor arrived fitted it in 15 mins . At first it didnt want to work steam started to comevout of my ears. I went through the fuse 37 thingy nothing ever happens when i do this. Then decided to go around the block the low range light came on sure enough i was in Low . Slowed down in Neutral flicked the switch and presto High Range. Did this a few times and the warning codes are all gone. Many thanks for all the help and special thanks to the guys at that Landrover Triumph place in South Aus. The part arrived in under 24 hrs it works and it was cheap .
" on the road again .... Goin places that i never been ....da da da
:)

[Defender Mike]

spoke to soon was fixed for 10 mins as soon as i turned it off its back to failsafe program. No switching to low range. Staring to drive me nuts. Dont want to have to take it to dealer. Anyideas?:confused:

[harlie]

either a poor connection or a break in the loom?

have you pulled every plug from the motor to the ECU? clean and reseat. maybe even give the pins a slight adjustment.

I had a VW golf that would shut down with an injector fault. Dealer said all injectors need to be replaced at just ove 1000 EACH. I replaced one, with in no time it stopped again with the same fault (injector 2 open) engine just shuts down... cleaned the injector harness and it went ok for a while but returned. I then painstakingly removed every plug in the engine bay, cleaning adjusting the pins to ensure there are all tight, and reseating. problem gone - I've sold the car but I know who has it, 5 yrs and 80000km later no issues.

[Defender Mike]

either a poor connection or a break in the loom?

have you pulled every plug from the motor to the ECU? clean and reseat. maybe even give the pins a slight adjustment.

I had a VW golf that would shut down with an injector fault. Dealer said all injectors need to be replaced at just ove 1000 EACH. I replaced one, with in no time it stopped again with the same fault (injector 2 open) engine just shuts down... cleaned the injector harness and it went ok for a while but returned. I then painstakingly removed every plug in the engine bay, cleaning adjusting the pins to ensure there are all tight, and reseating. problem gone - I've sold the car but I know who has it, 5 yrs and 80000km later no issues.

Yes im sus on the conectors. In fact the conection to the transfer motor doesnt seem to lock in. Will continue tomorrow if i cant fix it will try and get her back to Sydney. Reece from Furios performance is on maternity leave i believe.

[Defender Mike]

It was just the plug a bit lose. Many thanks to the guys at M.R automotive at Redcliffe. They cleared the faults and found the lose plug very quickly.
Back on tne road again,:)

[Defender Mike]

what a pleasant drive back to Sydney no ding ding or failsafe mode. The rangy has never felt better. Economy got down to 8.4 litres per 100 ks on the Dash computer. These really are a great touring vehicle when everything is working.
:)

[chaybra]

I still wish I got 8.4L/100!
Glad to hear you got back trouble (further) free