Thread: CDL Actuation with 10mm Spanner

put 2x8mm nuts onto the thread and tighten them against each other. then its even easier to reach with a socket or similiar. its fiddly to get the nuts on though.

No tips really Mate. You either install a factory or aftermarket actuator or not. If not, using the CDL is going to be difficult to engage when you need it. If you choose this path, be aware if you get stuck playing, going under the vehicle can be lethal depending on it's position, balance etc.

This is another confusion of mine that I have read here a few times.

Why do you have to get under the car tolock in the CDL????

I have a second gear stick for that.

Can someone enlighten me please??????

Originally Posted by Peppercorn

This is another confusion of mine that I have read here a few times.

Why do you have to get under the car tolock in the CDL????

I have a second gear stick for that.

Can someone enlighten me please??????

what model is yours if its an early model maybe someone put it on there

Originally Posted by Peppercorn

This is another confusion of mine that I have read here a few times.

Why do you have to get under the car tolock in the CDL????

I have a second gear stick for that.

Can someone enlighten me please??????

When the D2 came our LR in their wisdom left the CDL lever off although the mechanism is still in the transfer case. I cant remember the exact years but in later models maybe 2000/2001 there was no mechanism in the transfer at all and then in about 2003 they starting fitting the full setup again. So on early models you need to climb under and actuate it with a spanner or fit 1 of the many aftermarket kits available.

Originally Posted by simonl8353

Finally got around to locking in the centre diff using a 10mm spanner (on the driveway) just to know it can be done in case I break a prop or something. All good.

With the ignition on (engine not running) using open end 10mm spanner on the transfer case spigot you can feel with your fingers, give it a quarter turn, easy! Need to have the ignition on when you engage it, that way you still maintain TC, ABS and HDC.

The CDL light even comes on on the dash! cool

Its not the easiest of access and if the engine, exhaust, transfer box was all hot you'd probably end up with 3rd deg burns.

Has anyone else, had to engage this with a hot engine, any tips?

Simon i have a mig and are close by so if want to make a lever so you can at least engage it easily let me know .

regards,
Nick.

Originally Posted by Peppercorn

This is another confusion of mine that I have read here a few times.

Why do you have to get under the car tolock in the CDL????

I have a second gear stick for that.

Can someone enlighten me please??????

The early D2's came out with the CDL (Centre Diff Lock) fitted to the transfer case but with no shifter in the cabin to enguage it.

It was apparently thought by LR that the TC (Traction Control) would make the CDL unnessesary and eventually removed it from the TC altogether.

Eventually though (By 2001? I believe) they came to their sensors and put it back in and fitted a shifter much like the D1 to be able to lock it from the cabin.

There are a few kits available to enguage it as well as people fitting the later model (or D1) shifter mechanisms to the earlier D2's, the best Ive seen on this forum is Redbacks

The CDL with in cabin lever returned in the 03/04 model,with the pocket lights etc.There are lots of rumours as to why it was not originally installed in the early D2.We will probably never know the real reason.....

And it was around 01/02 model run where there was no connection on the box to fit a CDL