Thread: Traction Control on / off

th TC is great... leave it on

Originally Posted by crump

I was digging all four tyres in and coming to a standstill going up Big Red last trip and TC never came on, yet it buzzes if I swing into my dirt driveway too hard, go figure.

It senses if a wheel is spinning faster than the rest. If all 4 wheels dig in at the same speed, the system thinks everything is OK.

Hi Dobbo
I would think your Disco possibly hasnt got the CDL, it was deleted around those years.How do you activate it if its there???,The earlier Disco2 transfer only goes HI/LO up/down.If you have it there is some other means of locking the CDL,some are electric,I made my own manual lever.
The standard traction control is OK,works very well with a locked CDL in most situations,not the best on a boggy beach when a bit of wheelspin is needed to get you going.
I just love the way I can decide TC or not via starting up in CDL or out.
Andrew

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Hi Dobbo
I would think your Disco possibly hasnt got the CDL, it was deleted around those years.How do you activate it if its there???,The earlier Disco2 transfer only goes HI/LO up/down.If you have it there is some other means of locking the CDL,some are electric,I made my own manual lever.
The standard traction control is OK,works very well with a locked CDL in most situations,not the best on a boggy beach when a bit of wheelspin is needed to get you going.
I just love the way I can decide TC or not via starting up in CDL or out.
Andrew

I know the CDL was deleted on my model, Thats why it was a special order, my car was the runout stock, the facelifted version 2003 as far as I know has a CDL, so does mine. For non believers you can check it out any time
I started this thread to see peoples opinions about disengaging traction control via a swith as opposed to pulling the fuse that is all
I like my TC and don't want to lose it

If you can bypass TC by pulling out a fuse, and that doesn't affect anything else, then yes, you should be able to cut the powersupply wire (to either the fuse or the device) and fit a switch.

I too read that TC wasn't much good in sand

BUT

I've seen a TD5 Defender scurry up sand dunes where a limited slip Patrol just sat and dug in . I think the TC helps reduce wheel spin, therefore maintains momentum and is an assett in sand. - If you're stuck, it won't get you out, but neither will a LSD.

Originally Posted by Michael2

If you can bypass TC by pulling out a fuse, and that doesn't affect anything else, then yes, you should be able to cut the powersupply wire (to either the fuse or the device) and fit a switch.

I too read that TC wasn't much good in sand

BUT

I've seen a TD5 Defender scurry up sand dunes where a limited slip Patrol just sat and dug in . I think the TC helps reduce wheel spin, therefore maintains momentum and is an assett in sand. - If you're stuck, it won't get you out, but neither will a LSD.

This is my experience. I went though the simpson (not on track) last year, and experienced LRers described our fender as a "traction machine". When we reviewed the video's later you can actually see it stopping the wheel spin.

On a recent trip to Fraser I was parked in the soft sand at Eli Cr. I went to take off, and felt a wheel spinning and digging. Next thing the little light flashes and the car rides up out of the hole it was trying to dig for itself.

IMHO they are not as good as a real difflock, but they are much better than not having one at all. I can't imagine why you would want to disable it.

I have only heard that when a wheel spins it locks it, then another spins and it locks etc until one wheel is left going and your are "stuck". The landie engineers demo this by putting 3 wheels on roller trolleys (or similiar), and the landie then drives up an incline on one driven wheel. Impressive!.
How it works in the real world, (sand), I have no experience. One of the 4 x 4 mags made a comment about it being a pain, again I have not got any personal experience, YET!. So for now it must be a myth perpetuated by those who don't have traction control.

Trev.

The traction control in sand myth is specificly related to Toyota Prados I believe