Thread: TD5 Torque Converter Lock-up

Picked it up,yesterday and wow they are heavy. I was told to also get a new flex plate fitted which is also being done. So typical, when the guy started it up for test drive, the m & s lights started flashing and car in limp mode, hasn't done that for months !! After messing around a bit it cleared, but the comment was made by the fitter that you might as well throw these things away at 200k kms, I took great offence. That said on the test drive it became very apparent he knows his stuff very well and Land rovers very well. Reckon he has just had a bad run lol.

Maybe ready tomorrow arvo hopefully, maybe Monday. Missing my car already, drove the missus XC-90 this evening, diesel, nice when you use the box manually and having 6 gears is fun, but the Discovery is so much more comfortable and enjoyable to drive. Bus and train in the morning

Originally Posted by surfingooner

Picked it up,yesterday and wow they are heavy. I was told to also get a new flex plate fitted which is also being done. So typical, when the guy started it up for test drive, the m & s lights started flashing and car in limp mode, hasn't done that for months !! After messing around a bit it cleared, but the comment was made by the fitter that you might as well throw these things away at 200k kms, I took great offence. That said on the test drive it became very apparent he knows his stuff very well and Land rovers very well. Reckon he has just had a bad run lol.

Maybe ready tomorrow arvo hopefully, maybe Monday. Missing my car already, drove the missus XC-90 this evening, diesel, nice when you use the box manually and having 6 gears is fun, but the Discovery is so much more comfortable and enjoyable to drive. Bus and train in the morning

Volvos. Ugh.

Originally Posted by surfingooner

Picked it up,yesterday and wow they are heavy. I was told to also get a new flex plate fitted which is also being done. So typical, when the guy started it up for test drive, the m & s lights started flashing and car in limp mode, hasn't done that for months !! After messing around a bit it cleared, but the comment was made by the fitter that you might as well throw these things away at 200k kms, I took great offence. That said on the test drive it became very apparent he knows his stuff very well and Land rovers very well. Reckon he has just had a bad run lol.

Maybe ready tomorrow arvo hopefully, maybe Monday. Missing my car already, drove the missus XC-90 this evening, diesel, nice when you use the box manually and having 6 gears is fun, but the Discovery is so much more comfortable and enjoyable to drive. Bus and train in the morning

I grew up in Warrandyte in the 70's/80's, you think the buses and trains are bad now, they were next to non existent back then.
Miss the only bus home and it was a long walk home.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

I grew up in Warrandyte in the 70's/80's, you think the buses and trains are bad now, they were next to non existent back then.
Miss the only bus home and it was a long walk home.

Coming from UK I think the buses and trains in the area are very good, no idea why people moan so much about it, I thought us poms were meant to be the whingers !!

That would have been a long walk home !!

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Miss the only bus home and it was a long walk home.

Huh. Up until about five years ago, the last bus left Belgrave for Gembrook at 19:15 ( well, not quite, there was one at 21:50 ). The train got in, supposedly, at 19:12. Trains being trains, that often didn't happen. Busses being busses, that meant that many people were left contemplating a bit of a stroll to finish off their day. Although, why people from Gembrook would choose to commute to the city is beyond me.

Picked the Disco up, today and wow, what a difference Haven't driven much, but it is a totally different car, gear changes smoother as to be expected, but such a more pleasant car to drive, revs always lower, put foot down accelerates loads quicker, but it's effortless, smooth, something I would never describe about the car before. Then it changes gear what seems like a lot earlier than expected and off again she goes, and hardly notice the actual action of the gear change.

less noticeable in 3rd and 4th, but as expected as have been playing around before in 3rd and 4th and know what the lock-up does and how it affects acceleration.

I only went hard from stand-still once and was totally blown away, bloody hell it was fast, fist pump followed, I never thought a Disco could be so quick, felt like I was in a TD GTI !!

Think the economy going to be a lot better as well, car seems so much happier all the time, just not having to try so hard at all to go at same speeds as before.

Just by home there is a very steep hill after Warrandyte Bridge, left turn and steep incline, I had a Subaru Outback behind me who was keen, gave it some gas and was gone before his revs had a chance to get going. Cue smile.

So pleased, as people who have done have said, best mod you can do to an auto TD5 (but also most expensive at $2,400 all up)

Sell the wife, sell the dog, stick one of these on the Xmas list, you will not regret it.

Ps a big thanks to TCT as they were very helpful all the way, and used their recommended fitter who whilst grumpy has done a great job. It needed some additional metal work done to fit, something to do with spigots needing to be altered to get the fit perfect, but believe it has been done properly. Happy days and a very happy TD5 and owner.

Originally Posted by surfingooner

.... best mod you can do to an auto TD5 (but also most expensive at $2,400 all up)

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Was that for the converter, flex plate and install labour?
Sounds like the auto service to have been done as well.
Nothing else?

Transfer case seals?

Originally Posted by AK83

Was that for the converter, flex plate and install labour?
Sounds like the auto service to have been done as well.
Nothing else?

Transfer case seals?

That included service but not new seals as far as I know. I am going back today for a test drive with them as the car is 'klunking' a bit too much for my liking when slowing down, it is like being in a manual going through the gears.

Just want to sure all is ok. But life is sweet living between 1,000 - 2,500 and having torque available at all times. I got a re-map from Jose a couple of years back and am wondering whether this will need upgrading in view of the mods now made ?