Towing

[Heggs]

Hey all,

just after some advice after taking out 5th gear in my defender (R380) as a result from towing a caravan.

Is towing a camper trailer in 5th gear going to cause the same issues as towing a caravan.

[Vern]

IIRC towing in 5th with a R380 isn't recommended

[Blknight.aus]

depends on how much right boot and how heavy the camper is.

[justinc]

depends on how much right boot and how heavy the camper is.

Correct.

The R380 is quite good in its application , especially the later suffix K and L boxes, as they have bigger LAyshaft bearings and stronger mainshafts aswell. Check Ashcroft engineering in the UK for a rundown on these transmissions.

5th gear bearing support is better in these boxes than most others, and I wouldn't have any worries with a camper trailer up to 1.5t, and an unchipped Td5 or an untweaked/ tweaked Tdi.

JC

[Heggs]

depends on how much right boot and how heavy the camper is.

I am just looking at a box type trailer or ute back trailer conversion + tent type option and getting rid of the caravan.

[justinc]

You'll be fine then, just adhere to 20,000km trans oil changes if doing heaps of towing, or 40K intervals with normal use. Use a good quality oil, Castrol Syntrans is the best, We use Valvoline Duragear 75w85 and it is fine and not as $$$ as Syntrans. However, at 40K intervals $25/ litre isn't much when 2.7litres is involved.

JC

[Reads90]

I did 45000 ks around Aus towing a full to the brim camper trailer and most of the time that was in 5th in a r 380 with no problems at all





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