Thread: Do I have CDL?? Help please...

Originally Posted by biggin

Spigott needs 1/8 of a turn (45deg) in a anticlockwise direction if looking from underneath.

thanks for that, a 10mm spanner as suggested in a post/forum elsewhere didn't make it any easier, perhaps that comment was more meant for once the inside console was out!?!?!

From the underside (i.e. him laying on his back, looking up) he said that he needed a special tool, otherwise when he attempted to turn it (anticlockwise) the gearbox got in the way....

... perhaps the limitation on the complete turn (45deg) has accounted for it not being engaged properly??....

any thoughts? Is it best to engage CDL on a manual via the internal consol removal or can it be done from underneath and is a special tool required ??

He has found the whole process very frustrating... and has relayed an assortment of colourful phrases!

Cheers,

Lp

Hi, I just went out to the shed to have a look at one I had out of the car.

If you come in from above the front tail shaft with a 10mm spanner on the nut it swings out away from the gearbox about a 1/4 of a turn. On one transfer I had I herd a clunk noise. You then need to grab the flange or tail shaft and move it back and forth until it engages. It should all move pretty easily. Good luck.

This is what the cdl spiggot looks like. ( ignore the cable thing and bracket, as you wont have them ).




You just need to turn with a 10mm open ended spanner.



Above is in the unlocked position.

And this is the locked position.



I,d very surprised if the diff lock is siezed, but it does,nt need a lot of force to turn it.

Cheers.

as mentioned, it should be pretty basic
I've got a dodgy kiddies tool kit and it did the trick lying underneath it in the uni car park
best of luck with it, its pretty fiddly to get your hand to

I believe that unlike a D1 where you can remove the cv/axle that drives the flange, the D2 cannot. Therefore if you are looking to engage the cld to drive on the rear axle only you might want to get some advice before you do.

Originally Posted by Landover

You then need to grab the flange or tail shaft and move it back and forth until it engages

Thanks so much everyone for your replies and esp this one above .... not sure whether he did that but will ask him tomorrow. As for now, the driveshaft is back on as I need to move it out from under the carport. His FJ40 is out of action which is behind mine and I have to move mine so he can bring his motorbike up so he can get the part for his FJ40... bit of a bollocks night mechanically IMO .... think he was a bit over it all by the time he got to my landrover!.... oh well.... tomorrow is another day :-D

Cheers,
Lp

Good luck, hope things get better for ya both after some sleep!

Originally Posted by landyprincess

Thanks so much everyone for your replies and esp this one above .... not sure whether he did that but will ask him tomorrow. As for now, the driveshaft is back on as I need to move it out from under the carport. His FJ40 is out of action which is behind mine and I have to move mine so he can bring his motorbike up so he can get the part for his FJ40... bit of a bollocks night mechanically IMO .... think he was a bit over it all by the time he got to my landrover!.... oh well.... tomorrow is another day :-D

Cheers,
Lp

so who moved the cortina and torana??