About to Buy a SII. Quick Questions

[chuckstp]

As I have read about locking hubs, they are supposed improve performance in 2 wheel drive. Also, you must NEVER engage 4 wheel drive unless they are locked otherwise serious damage can occur to your drive train. This of course is strictly theoretical on my part because I have only been in mine when it was moving once, and it was being towed at the time.

[SafeAirOne]

As I have read about locking hubs, they are supposed improve performance in 2 wheel drive.

This is true--You go from 12.7 MPG with locked hubs to 12.692 MPG with them unlocked and your 0-to-not-quite-60 time drops from 3 minutes 20 seconds locked to 3 minutes 18 seconds unlocked.

[o2batsea]

Those are some wicked fast numbers you are posting.

[flighht2k5]

As I have read about locking hubs, they are supposed improve performance in 2 wheel drive. Also, you must NEVER engage 4 wheel drive unless they are locked otherwise serious damage can occur to your drive train. This of course is strictly theoretical on my part because I have only been in mine when it was moving once, and it was being towed at the time.

It doesn't hurt anything to drive in low with hubs unlocked.


"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials."
— George Mason, in Debates in Virginia Convention on Ratification of the Constitution, Elliot, Vol. 3, June 16, 1788

[lumpydog]

Coincidentally, I just came across an interesting (but seemingly abandoned) blog at oldrover.com... towards the end of his history section, "Da" offers a brief description of his '67 109 6-cylinder.

The sentence opening the paragraph is "The new 1967 Series IIA 109 was blue and bloody awful."
Read about it HERE...

This is an amazing site. Kind of like an archeological dig. Looks like it hasn't been updated in over 10 years. The story of the "vampire" is fantastic (under "sold rovers") - if there is one of these in the states, I wonder were it is now!?

Great find Darbsclt. Thanks for sharing!