Once again figuring out the weird stuff so you don't have to. I'm a sucker for cheap traction and found a lunch box locker on ebay for less then $500 so I had to give it a go.

Here she is as arrived from Russia with love. Badged "BLOKKA" It looked very reminiscent of the "LOKKA" that I had in the hp dana 30 front end in my jeep. That being said though the concept is the same, this is not the Aussie locker I was accustomed too. I will be following up on any long term issues or hiccups but even during install it really feels like I'm pushing my luck. My biggest complaint is that you have to clearance the carrier to get the guts installed. I already feel like the factory rover diff is lacking in meatiness removing more material just didn't feel good, but I was in too deep to turn back, and too excited to give up so in it went. I had my first experience with google translate because I couldn't believe that's what they wanted me to do but sure enough.

Here's how everything looked installed


I had bounced back and forth through my build plan if I was going selectable front and rear for this build or use the simplicity and reliability of an auto-locker in the rear. This was a cheap way to test the waters. Again, I don't have much faith here but we'll see how cheap and reliable its really is. I did go for a test drive and had the familiar old clip clop sound during turning I was used to with the jeep. I can say I feel like the center diff makes it seem much better mannered than the rwd 2wd jeep did as far as locking and unlocking in low speed parking lot manuvers. And of course I had to try it out.