Firstly everyone this may just be normal !
I've been driving a v8 3.9 auto discovery one for the last three years and the rust has finally got to her . So after an mot failure and a repair estimate of about a grand if I'm lucky I've decided to park the old girl up for bits .
The plan was always to put the v8 in a 110 station wagon with the auto box potentially. I've been looking for a while and finally picked up a 92 110 sw 2.5 na with a really decent chassis and reasonble bulk head .
However when I bought it I the transfer box stick had broken free from the the box , one of the connector rods is broken . I can't see the other one to check it yet .
So it makes what I consider to be a lot of transmission noise (unless I'm spoilt by the disco) . It is maxed out at 65 and on light inclines losses speed and I have to drop to third eventually to maintain speed . The noise is proportion to road speed not Rpm .
So her comes the really daft question , could I have the diff lock in without knowing as the linkage is broken creating the noise at Speed ?
Stupid question number 2 . (I hardly dare ask ) if it was locked in low ratio what speed would I get in 5th. At the minute I'm changing up at about 45-50 ?
Ok bring on the slaughter ......
I've been driving a v8 3.9 auto discovery one for the last three years and the rust has finally got to her . So after an mot failure and a repair estimate of about a grand if I'm lucky I've decided to park the old girl up for bits .
The plan was always to put the v8 in a 110 station wagon with the auto box potentially. I've been looking for a while and finally picked up a 92 110 sw 2.5 na with a really decent chassis and reasonble bulk head .
However when I bought it I the transfer box stick had broken free from the the box , one of the connector rods is broken . I can't see the other one to check it yet .
So it makes what I consider to be a lot of transmission noise (unless I'm spoilt by the disco) . It is maxed out at 65 and on light inclines losses speed and I have to drop to third eventually to maintain speed . The noise is proportion to road speed not Rpm .
So her comes the really daft question , could I have the diff lock in without knowing as the linkage is broken creating the noise at Speed ?
Stupid question number 2 . (I hardly dare ask ) if it was locked in low ratio what speed would I get in 5th. At the minute I'm changing up at about 45-50 ?
Ok bring on the slaughter ......