I drove my 2000 Discovery II yesterday to a family event that has a less than perfect driveway. I backed it off the driveway into the grass on a slight incline, so the truck was facing down. Might be a 10 degree grade, nothing special.

Enjoyed the festivities, came back out, turned the key on and ding ding ding ding ding... with blinking gears with an X in the upper left. My question is this:

Is this a transmission neutral switch, or the tcase neutral switch?

This thing blared at me for nearly my entire hour and a half ride home, then, without any reasoning, it went off as quickly as it began.

The love hate relationship continues!

Dave

 

T Case. May just need to be exercised.

Interesting note from the RAVE:

There are two configurations for this warning lamp:

NAS, Canada and Japan = warning lamp enabled.

Rest of World = warning lamp disabled

Does this mean that "Rest of World" owners are much smarter and already know they are not going anywhere if the TC is not engaged? Or maybe they just get the "gong show" and no light? Perhaps that means NAS, Canada, and Japan listen to elevated levels of radio that block out the chime and the extra light is needed.

 

So for lubing the tcase linkage -- easier from inside the cabin pulling the center console or from under the truck? When I replaced (bypassed) the hi/low switch I found it was a mixture of both to do it right.

Dave

 

I had a buddy crawl under and spray while I worked the t-case lever. Finally got it to budge and really got it working freely again. It's amazing how bound up it had gotten over the past 6 months!

In the first bit of movement of it the dinging had stopped. Excellent!

Thanks for the idea!

Dave

 

I'd like to also mention -- Pulling Fuse 21 did absolutely NOTHING for my truck. Not sure what the point of it was, as the owners manual clearly states it's for the t-case!

Dave

 

It is good practice to use the t-case shifter once a month, just move it through all the positions that you have, this will keep the linkage from freezing up.

 

The only time I have had the blinking X over gears light was when I engaged the low range shifter for the T-case and didn't push it far enough. Once I got it pushed all the way the light quit flashing.

 

I consider myself lucky if its drivable once a month!

Dave

 

Laugh out mother trucking loud!!