Hey all, I am currently hoping to purchase a RR, and this is more of a educational thread then "something is wrong with my truck threa"/

Anyway, I have done a lot of research, and this is what I have come up with.

Range rovers after 88 came with the new Warberg(or something like that) Transfer Case which eliminated the option of manually selectin 4WD PT. With this new T-case, whether in High, or Low, the T-case automatically locks the center differential.
Correct, or am I missing something?
My question with regards to this T-case, how does it know when to turn the lock on and off? Does it engage and disengage constantly, or once on it stays on? Does it engage permenantly and right away when in Low?


Now, some Rovers(please tell me how I would know which ones, a button to look for, or certain years or what have you, came with some Electronic traction control. That served like a LSD by re-routing the power to the wheel which doesn't have it. Helpful, but no locker by any means.

Thridly, how does the system know not to turn on when on the road? Or how does it know to turn on in snow?

It has mefairly confused. I know the Disco's have th eoption of locking it in H or L manually.

My Cherokee is the same.
Before I go ahead and rid myself of the cherokee, I want to make sure that the Rover is Just as capable if not more.
I am currently hoping to buy one (if the price is right) in the next few days.

Any help or websites, or discussions would help.
I have read a lot on rangerover.net but am still a little unclear.

Also, what does the button in the top right corner next to the heating controls( above the rear window defrost), mean?

Terry

 

In my opinion the classic body RR are better at least compared to the P38 bodies. The traction control is disable above 30MPH as well as when you apply the brakes. As for the how and why it is complicated but it works very well so the rest is almost irrelivent. But I can say that my 1994 RR county was one of my most favorite 4x4s I owned and I did things that shouldn't have been possible and got away with it not to mention in 3 yrs of offroading and camping in it never got stuck ever, pulled out everything but a jeep though which I also enjoyed 8-)

 

oh btw, the etc uses each brake individually to actually do its thing and it only does it to the rear wheels. The most craziest thing I pulled off was an un intended front wheel stand in which I had 3 1/2 of air under my rear wheels and somehow did not even get dirt on the bumper or end up on my roof. I did however find a substance left in my pants ......

 

Thank you for the detailed response. Just a few more questions.

I am looking at 1989-1992's County SWB. Do those have the ETC?
What does that button stand for in the picture?
How strong is the T-case on them?

 

Ok, so I figured out what that button is. It is Cruise control.
Now, I also found out that the ETC only came on 93+.

For the type of wheeling I do, how would the RR T-case hold up in terms of the AUto Lock up?
I do Some serious mud, Some hills, some(although not much) rock, water crossings and such.
Any info? Any background on that?

 

One more Question, when you put it in LOW Range, does it automatically lock the center diff??
I need to know this BAD.
I can't find the answer anywhere on the web.