Hi
Hope you can help me. I've done a search on the group and not really found what I was looking for.
Now, bear in mind I have had a search through the group and found some stuff about overdrive and gear ratios and cogs spinning at different speeds and gearbox fluid getting damaged, but it either didn't seem relevant or I didn't understand. You may have to speak slowly. I may well be using the word "overdrive" in the wrong context, but I think it helps let you understand what I mean.
I have a 97 Range Rover 2.5TDi Auto which I use regularly for towing my heavy horse and horsebox. I think what I want to do is stop it going into overdrive but I don't know how to. It goes into overdrive then won't accelerate or pull as well as it did before. Similar to my old disco I suppose - never really used 5th gear when towing. Also, it gets a bit hot at times and I didn't really expect that - I have been up and down to Edinburgh (I'm Aberdeenshire) a few times recently and there's several long long climbs and it gets really hot. I either slow down for a bit or if struggling up a long hill, I open the windows and put the heater on ;o) and it cools down again.
Does anyone know how I stop it going into overdrive? Is there a handy little switch I didn't know about, or does it involve buying some sort of shift kit? Is the overheating something I should be really concerned about? Maybe I should be simply driving in "3" and not "D" when it does that. It seems to slip into this overdrive thing quite easily.
Any help most gratefully appreciated. Cheers, Linda