Disco diff. lock light

I've found it can take a metre or so of driving for the light to come on or go off. Occasionally it'll come on if you put diff-lock on while stood, but mostly it takes a short movement to do it. The locks on mine definitely work, as you say, even while the light's out ...

To release the diff lock it may often be necessary to drive a short distance backwards. This can be very disconcerting for any Series driver who follows too closely behind.

Especially when to go in reverse you have to go up the hill they're coming down .. ;)

Hi, Ive found that just reversing back a few yards whilst locking the steering to one side, a 90 degree motion does the trick.

Alistair

Any one else done this as advised by the Landrover Experience.

Quick burst of acceleration and a quick gear change up ??? It does work

Dave

Oh and also if you're in your ex-military 90 which doesn't have a reversing light!!!!

In message , Dave H writes

No reason why it should necessarily - the actuator fork is 'tight' due to the little bit of differential movement between the front and rear axles. The 'reversing up' or 'steering side-to-side' methods effectively attempt to 'unwind' this tightness. Accelerating and changing up would only work if there was differential traction between front and rear axles or lots of transmission slop ... neither are guaranteed.