ryan_1993

Active Member

• Wednesday at 21:18

• #1

Got the chance to purchase a recon D2 Transfer box with diff lock from a friend at very good mates rates.

just thinking though am I going to run into any kind of issues with the Speedo cable here? From what I understand the Disco is electrical and my Defender is cable or does the port/connector still exist on the D2 transfer box?

 

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Hicap phill

Well-Known Member

• Yesterday at 07:08

• #2

Pull out the speedo drives & swap

 

ryan_1993

Active Member

• Yesterday at 08:43

• #3

Hicap phill said:

Pull out the speedo drives & swap

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Ah so it should all fit then?

 

Phill

Active Member

• Yesterday at 09:13

• #4

If you live in hilly country you'll hate the D2 box. They can barely hold 30mph without screaming, on a decent hill.

 

ryan_1993

Active Member

• Yesterday at 09:28

• #5

Phill said:

If you live in hilly country you'll hate the D2 box. They can barely hold 30mph without screaming, on a decent hill.

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I live in East Yorkshire so really dead flat its an LT230 D2 transfer box the whole point is to quieten it down and improve MPG

The Defender transfer box revs incredibly high and its a bit loud, but with it being my daily this is meant to help improve engine revs quite a bit.

Plus £200 for a reconditioned transfer box is a bargain too

 

Phill

Active Member

• Yesterday at 10:10

• #6

Fair one. I've noticed some people don't realise they're terrible in Wales, Scotland, etc until they've fitted them, usually because people from flat country highly recommend them.
And yeah, great deal that.

 

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Hicap phill

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• Yesterday at 10:38

• #7

Has the new D2 transfer also got the diff lock fitted?

 

ryan_1993

Active Member

• Yesterday at 11:06

• #8

Hicap phill said:

Has the new D2 transfer also got the diff lock fitted?

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Yes it also has the flanges too as the intention for it was to go on a TD5 110, but that never materialised

So hopefully if it fits speedo works etc am definitely having it for my 300 Tdi 90

 

miktdish

Guns n Chainsaws

Full Member

• Yesterday at 18:43

• #9

ryan_1993 said:

So hopefully if it fits speedo works etc am definitely having it for my 300 Tdi 90

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I took my 1.2:1 Disco box out and fitted a 1.4:1 with the V8 5th gear.
The D2 box was awful, made my 300tdi as flat as a pancake in the get up and go department.
My mpg was lower too as I was always pressing down with the right foot, any hill, off road and/or towing was sluggish at best.

My advice is sell it on and get a rebuilt one from Winchester Gears.

 

dag019

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• Today at 09:47

• #10

I am going to come out with the opposite view to the above. I have a 1.2 fitted to mine and it is great. However I will caveat that with a couple of things. I live in the midlands, not the Welsh or Scottish mountains, I have an early LT77 from a TD fitted which I believe has different gearing to the later tdi versions but am no expert, and most of my 25k miles a year is done sat on a motorway with just me in the vehicle.
For my primary use the 1.2 made a big difference. It increased the speed by 8mph for the same revs, and increased my fuel economy. It still will drive through the mountains, and tow a fully laden trailer if needed to, but I agree would not be suitable if I was doing this every day.