New Rover today

[GeoffWillis]

I just took deliver today of left hand drive 83 2.5 liter diesel military 110 with 64k kilometers on it and have some questions. There is a light on the dash (Looks like center lock engaged?) but it never goes out. I shift into low, high, back up but can't get it to go out. I drove about 2 miles home and didn't feel it binding up as if it were locked up. Just don't want to damage anything while I sort out what I bought. I'm really excited about my purchase and I'm sure I'll be posting more questions as the restoration begins. Thanks for any help
Geoff

[Moose]

I saw that 110 for sale. Very nice truck. To shift in and out of diff-lock, you need to move the high/low shifter to the left to engage and to the right to disengage the locking diff. The light on my Ex-Mod 110 is very finicky. Sometimes it lights and some times it doesn't. And sometimes I need to crawl underneath the truck and pry the diff-lock lever over with a long screwdriver, just to make sure it is fully disengaged. There is a bit of play in the linkage.

Good luck with the new truck Geoff.

Brett

[Firemanshort]

I think the 1983 standard factory set up is with the LT95 transmission.

There is a hi-lo transfer gear lever and a seperate centre-diff lock plunger that sits in the center of the seat box. It plunges forwards and backwards.

The centre-diff lock is air /vacuum activated - so there are chances for leaks and otehr stuck linkages.

The Defenders went to a different configuration with the LT77 and the R-330 transfer cases later on. On these gear boxes, the diff lock was engagued from the hi-lo lever.

[GeoffWillis]

I'm guessing mine is more of a franken-rover, won't know till I dig into it more. It's titled as an 81, but is coil sprung and only has a single shifter for low/high range. I tried as Moose suggested and moved the lever left/right. I believe that will work, but the engine wasn't running, and if its vacuum assisted that would explain why it still won't disengage. I'm charging up the battery now and will see. Thanks for the response. I'm sure I'll be asking more as start tearing into it.
One sad note was it had a brand new Badger 1/2 top that got totally destroyed in transit. They left the front dash vents open, windows closed and the wind just shreaded the top. I'll contact badger to see if they can repair it, but man those are expensive units! What are the pros/cons of the Badger top vs the traditionl canvas rover top? My old Series IIA had a nice canvas top that I really liked. I don't see the canvas top for the 110 military in the Rovers North catelog, but I assume they can get one.

[Eric W S]

I'm guessing mine is more of a franken-rover, won't know till I dig into it more. It's titled as an 81, but is coil sprung and only has a single shifter for low/high range. I tried as Moose suggested and moved the lever left/right. I believe that will work, but the engine wasn't running, and if its vacuum assisted that would explain why it still won't disengage. I'm charging up the battery now and will see. Thanks for the response. I'm sure I'll be asking more as start tearing into it.
One sad note was it had a brand new Badger 1/2 top that got totally destroyed in transit. They left the front dash vents open, windows closed and the wind just shreaded the top. I'll contact badger to see if they can repair it, but man those are expensive units! What are the pros/cons of the Badger top vs the traditionl canvas rover top? My old Series IIA had a nice canvas top that I really liked. I don't see the canvas top for the 110 military in the Rovers North catelog, but I assume they can get one.

Badger tops are the best. Worth the money. Better construction and waterproofing. Canvas is very drafty. Better windows as well.

As far as the light, have you tried reversing? Sounds stupid, but in my 97, the light would stay on until I reversed. Then it went out.

EwS

[TSR53]

Rovers North has a Defender 110 soft top in stock.

"Land Rover Defender 110 soft top, new take-off (installed by Land Rover and removed before use). Dusty/ dirty in some spots, but they clean up nicely. Hoop sets are available separately. Regular $986.00, now only $250.00!!!"

This is the hot ticket, good to grab it before it's gone...

[Maryland 110]

I think the 1983 standard factory set up is with the LT95 transmission.

There is a hi-lo transfer gear lever and a seperate centre-diff lock plunger that sits in the center of the seat box. It plunges forwards and backwards.

The centre-diff lock is air /vacuum activated - so there are chances for leaks and otehr stuck linkages.

The Defenders went to a different configuration with the LT77 and the R-330 transfer cases later on. On these gear boxes, the diff lock was engagued from the hi-lo lever.

The Lt77 and Lt230 was standard issue on all engines except the v8's in 83. The LT95 was only ever mated to 3.5 V8 engines. The vaccum difflock was only used on the lt95's.