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From what I understand, which is very little, 5th in the R380 box is very weak and should not be used while towing or going uphill.
Having said that I use 5th alot cause the gearing with the V8 diesel is a little low so I'm usually in 5th around 70-80k hill or no hill and the gearbox seems to be fine.
I still try to treat it with kit gloves though generally cause Landies just love to break stuff at the worst times, those times usually being when I don't have the money to fix 'em. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] :oops:
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:!: I towed our 1500 kg caravan to Darwin and back, mostly in 5th gear up and down hills! A total round trip of 8.500 klms.
At 2200 revs I drop down a gear. ie 2200 rpm is my lowest rev rate whilst towing in any gear. (1950rpm is max torque anyway). I generally towed at 90 to 100 klm/hr in 5th where possible.
No problems yet at 35,500klms. :roll:
Trev.
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My rule of thumb is look at the gearing.
Any overdrive gears shouldn't be used until you reach 80. Hence in any 5spd vehicle I generally do not change up to 5th until I get to around 80. In my 5spd auto Freelander I only use 5th once I hit freeways or the like.
I also only use 5th for steady cruise, if I want to accelerate or overtake I drop back to 4th (or 2nd if I really want to get moving [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] ) and then once I am finished I change back to 5th.
