Thread: CDL and Gas Reaserch

Originally Posted by British Bulldog

Hey Guys
Strange question this rangie has a gas research throttle body. It has the right to left CDL shift its a 85 if that helps. When I engage the CDL no light comes on I have been reading that the CDL uses Vacuum off the manifold, is this true?
If this is correct I have a plastic pipe rather small and thin with a screw on connection on one floating around the engine bay on the drivers side could this be the vacuum line? It appears to run back under the engine bay, towards the gearbox area.
Any help would be appreciated as I will be going out on my first real adventure in this thing in a couple of weeks and will have 4 young scouts piled in the car just trying to make sure its as safe as possible as will be climbing Gentle Annie in Bunyip
Cheers and thanks in advance Kris

85 Rangie is it a 5 speed or a Auto if a auto is it 3 speed or a 4 speed
If the difflock is part of your hi/lo lever its a manual difflock not vacuum , The vacuum operated centre diff locks on the early rangies had a lift up button next to the gear stick for operation
Hope this helps

If you have an 85 Rangie, it has manual diff lock. You move the high/low lever to left to select diff lock. Engage diff lock, jack up one front wheel, you will find you cannot rotate the wheel, disengage lock the wheel will rotate. Could you confirm that it is fuel injected. Cheers

No its not Fuel Injected as it has had the motor replaced with another one.