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  1. 10th June 2007, 12:47 PM #1
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    Difficult CDL

    Hi all, after a recent trip away towing the campervan, I was dropping oil from the vehicle ( 97 TDI300 Disco ) as part of it's maintenance, re Gearbox and Transfer box, noted that the T/box had less oil than normal, while under the vehicle I decided to squirt the CDL linkage with some Lano based product as it looked a bit gunked up. As I hadn't used the Cdl for a few weeks I decided to lock and unlock the CDL, moving between all ranges, but once in the Diff lock position, it takes a lot of force to bring it back over to the right so I can lock it back into FWD normal mode, the light on the dash can take a while to turn off!! Have I cooked the transfer box towing? All else seems to run ok, no loss in power or fuel economy?
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  2. 10th June 2007, 04:43 PM #2
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    i very much doubt it, it is more than likely a collection of gunk in the detents and stiffness on the shift linkages. This is a common problem on army rovers as its a rare occasion that a driver will actually clean underneath other than to get to the filler plugs to check the levels as part of the monthly nontech, If they do that.
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  3. 10th June 2007, 05:09 PM #3
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    Driving in reverse in a straight line for 50' or so, can release the gubbins & turn off the light, all things being equal. I think it covers this in the User Handbook somewhere.
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    If your going along that line of thinking, ( I had assumed you ment it was sticking after doing this) you may find that reversing and going lock to lock as you do will also help.
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