Thread: GKN Overdrive

I liked the overdrive I had in my RRC - but that was a 4 speed. I can understand if the Defender is a little tense on the freeway with the 1.44 TC, and unless you plan to tow a big trailer perhaps a Disco TC (1.22) might be a better idea.

Then you can relieve this Tasmanian gentleman of his LT230 PTO and winch

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and you might be able to shoehorn it in underneath and voila!

Thanks for the link very tempting...
I never liked the turbo lag on my old disco with 1.2 TC when pulling away from a start, when we go away the fender has a few things in the tray and boat on the back... i would hate it even more!!! I guess can always use low range to get moving?

Steve

I'm a little confused about the whole Defender overdrive thing, having come from a SII-SIII background, since I have had my defenders I havn't felf that they need an overdrive, my TDi300 sat on 110 all day in 40 degree heat and was happy, and a hell of a lot quieter than the series ones. Our current TD5 sounds like its idling (at2500) at 100, how fast do you guys drive your defenders?
don't they both govern at about 4000/4500?
they are both relativly modern engines and I recon they aren't any good at 1800 as maybe the izuzu probably is (but how would I know).

Whoops!
I forgot there are v8's out there!!!!!

Fraser

GKN have stopped production of their Over drive unit and if you buy one now, good luck getting parts as they are being bought up by people who have GKN's.

I never liked the GKN and has a poor record. The leaks, electrical failures and poor support from GKN turned me away from their stuff. The Rocky Mountain over drive is a far superiour unit. There is also another OD manufacturer in UK, meant to be the best OD out there and prices accordingly. They made OD's for many big manufacturers.

Emerald