Whining Transfer Box?
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Hi everyone
I have owned my 1999 TD5 Automatic Disco for about 6 years, bought in WA and now residing in Tasmania, I am not very mechanical, but try to tackle a few tasks here and there....
To the problem I am having. A few weeks ago I had a bit of a whine somewhere after a 30-40 km drive, but decided to do something about it later. But last week I was driving after a short stop, and I had a pretty horrendous whining and the car just locked up in the road. I sat there a while in everyone's way, then I put it into first gear instead of drive and got motion, so I limped home at about 20 kms/h. In the morning I decided to take a look at the fluids in the diff, gearbox and transfer box, (had no idea of a transfer box until i did a search.) everything was pretty good apart from the transfer box(it was low) so I bought some Dexron lll auto fluid and topped up the transfer box, and for a drive, still had noise but not as bad, I thought the box would be munted anyway. Long story short, I took it to my local everyday mechanic, and we went for a drive, it had freed up somewhat, but It was still getting a whine, he confirmed that it was transfer box after putting it on the hoist, but suggested a Land Rover specialist...it mainly does it on downhills when accelerator is off, and there is still a slight noise when driven at speed, but definitely a lot worse de-accelerating at slow down. Obviously I feel the damage is done as the transfer box was low on fluid. I wandered if running for a while would settle it down, or am I delusional! Any thoughts guys?
I have owned my 1999 TD5 Automatic Disco for about 6 years, bought in WA and now residing in Tasmania, I am not very mechanical, but try to tackle a few tasks here and there....
To the problem I am having. A few weeks ago I had a bit of a whine somewhere after a 30-40 km drive, but decided to do something about it later. But last week I was driving after a short stop, and I had a pretty horrendous whining and the car just locked up in the road. I sat there a while in everyone's way, then I put it into first gear instead of drive and got motion, so I limped home at about 20 kms/h. In the morning I decided to take a look at the fluids in the diff, gearbox and transfer box, (had no idea of a transfer box until i did a search.) everything was pretty good apart from the transfer box(it was low) so I bought some Dexron lll auto fluid and topped up the transfer box, and for a drive, still had noise but not as bad, I thought the box would be munted anyway. Long story short, I took it to my local everyday mechanic, and we went for a drive, it had freed up somewhat, but It was still getting a whine, he confirmed that it was transfer box after putting it on the hoist, but suggested a Land Rover specialist...it mainly does it on downhills when accelerator is off, and there is still a slight noise when driven at speed, but definitely a lot worse de-accelerating at slow down. Obviously I feel the damage is done as the transfer box was low on fluid. I wandered if running for a while would settle it down, or am I delusional! Any thoughts guys?
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I had the same whining in mine when I bought it. When I drained the transfer case only about a 1/4 cup came out. Filled it with new fluid and that quieted it down a bit, but it still whined (damage was already done). I just bought a new transfer case off eBay for $300 from an 04’ so I could get the diff lock. It’s super quiet now. Good luck, but the damage is probably already done, especially if you already locked it up once.
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upgrade to new oil has not helped at unfortunately, I will have put this on back burner for now, and look at down the road later in the year... thanks everyone.
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