ricc said:

i reckon going from a rangie to a defender with no rev counter it just sounds low geared at 60 or whatever cos defenders are a basic tin box with no sound proofing
... or the low ratio comment may mean the previous owner thought its got a defender transfer box which is a lower ratio to a disco one

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It's got a dico 3.9 v8 and auto box fitted. Is there a chance that the defender transfer box was kept to give this hybrid lower ratio?

having gone from a defender 90 300 tdi to a rr bobtail 4.2v8 auto the offroad driving is a complete different kettle of fish

in the 90 you were always using high revs and low box 2nd gear for a lot of obstacles

in the rr i can pretty much do things in high box drive on almost tickover with a blip of the throttle when neaded,low box i dont use no where near as much as i did in the fender