HF radio in TD5

I recently installed a Codan NGT in a Td5 and don't seem to be having the trouble you guys are talking about.
I was advised and did run cabling as far away from the vehicle electronics as possible though. Maybe this could help.

I recently installed a Codan NGT in a Td5 and don't seem to be having the trouble you guys are talking about.
I was advised and did run cabling as far away from the vehicle electronics as possible though. Maybe this could help.

Hello all,
on the traction control point I can offer what the dealer at Cairns told me,,,,,now this is only what ive been told, not what i know to be true
I have a late 01 model td5 discovery, and have no external remnants of a centre diff lock at all. Apparantly the series two's prior to my model you can get under the car, and with a spanner still spin the diff lock engagement shaft and engage the centre diff lock. They told me that by doing this the T/C will be turned off.
I believe this theory is supported by the centre diff lock engaged light still being present on the models prior to mine .

However I am located at Weipa on the Cape York and have done a good amount of loose sand driving. I recognise the frustration of the T/C in sandy conditions, however I find that when you get used to it the application of alot of power gets you thru. I still feel wrong doing it but all in all I have learned to respect the T/C and now prefer it to my earlier disco and Range rover. ( the automatic box seems to allow the T/C, gearbox, and engine all work well together to get through so many places,,,, Once you force yourself to let go of some of the old theories )

Thanks for the information.
My Discovery is a manual and so is not the optimum Td5 engine/gearbox setup according to the experts in the 4WD magazines but I really like manuals so... The practice of gunning the last bit of a sand dune when traction control kicks in is as you know potentially very dangerous. I like to just smoothely crest the top of a dune so that if anything untoward happens - track veers sharply one way or the unexpected way or worse still an oncoming vehicle/motor bike [as happened to me in the Simpson desert] you are not going too fast. My experience is on the Canning on two trips [V8 R.R. and my previous Tdi] the 'original' Gunbarrel in 1975 plus many other sand dunes on other desert trips. I have also been to the Kimberley including the Mitchell Plateau and beyond and your neck of the woods - Cape York first in a R.R. 1989 and in my Tdi in 2000 - great country.
Thanks again,
Michael