My new to me Gen 1 Disco had a stuck CDL lever, even though the PO said the transfer case worked, I guess he was sorta correct. So I played with it a while from underneath squirting and testing. I eventually got it to move out of high and go into low range. Then I tried the same for locked but no go. He lived on a dirt road and it appears that it was never off road so I was not surprised that it was stuck from non-use. I tried every way I could think off to avoid removing the center console and drilling the rivets out but I ran out of options.
So I did all of that today and got everything exposed, tons of rust and sand and dirt caked in and messing up the works. I sprayed everything down and let it soak for a while. When I tried to move the lever to the left it still would not go. Then I looked in the gated area and noticed that it did not have much more room to move left. I tried to move it to the right and no budge. So I got a pry bar and started working it slowly and it moved.
It turns out I was stuck in diff lock and did not know it. No indicator on the dash or any other indicator. So, who knows how long it has been like that from the PO. I have only put a couple hundred miles on it so far, I really just started working on it.
Did I do any damage to anything? In the long run, it may not matter since I have ARBs and everything else to move over, and a spare xfer case if needed. I guess I need to get the DIff Lock indicator sorted out.
So I did all of that today and got everything exposed, tons of rust and sand and dirt caked in and messing up the works. I sprayed everything down and let it soak for a while. When I tried to move the lever to the left it still would not go. Then I looked in the gated area and noticed that it did not have much more room to move left. I tried to move it to the right and no budge. So I got a pry bar and started working it slowly and it moved.
It turns out I was stuck in diff lock and did not know it. No indicator on the dash or any other indicator. So, who knows how long it has been like that from the PO. I have only put a couple hundred miles on it so far, I really just started working on it.
Did I do any damage to anything? In the long run, it may not matter since I have ARBs and everything else to move over, and a spare xfer case if needed. I guess I need to get the DIff Lock indicator sorted out.