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I drove a Subaru on that beach in the early 70's...I was impressed with the ride,it floated as you say, no weight but on the other hand now with the Gren power and weight it just eats it up...I did 3 days on Fraser, high range centre locked with 18psi...absolutely brilliantESC is also automatically disengaged when the centre diff is locked in high range... as I discovered this afternoon preparing to scoot along the beach towards Teewah village on the Noosa North Shore luckily evading the incoming tide (we were a tad later than planned). My son's (raised) Subaru Forester led the way ...the Subaru seemed to float over the surface like a sand crab...
As for the Grenadier, tyres at 22psi, 40-55kmh , high range, centre diff locked, first time the new t/f case had been put to proper use since it was installed 11 months and just 2000km ago... "Very happy chappy"
You will regret not having the front, rear and center diff locks. Just wait until you try to resell it and don’t have a fully spec’d ineos. Get it! You may not use it but you will have it and it doesn’t cost too much!
Just get the full package or and up like a lot of the early grenadiers that are undesirable as they were spec’d for cheap pricing and not for the the purpose of the vehicle is!
Hopefully this will help understand ESC and why it is more about on a bitumen road than off/dirt roads
I didn't want the winch but decided to cover my arse and optioned the front tow hitch.
Welcome....the Center Diff Lock is all MOST people will need traversing dirt roads, light to medium mud, gravel, snow, etc. Low gear offroad, High gear onroad in poor conditions....and locked center diff will go a long way. Where the rear and front locker comes in is if doing a bit of off-camber where one or two wheels are lifted and vehicle is twisted....going up ledges....very deep mud holes...or if you are doing any of the Green Laning I see on YouTube on the All 4 Wheels channel..with some of the heavily rutted stuff.
I have had a bunch of Range Rovers and Land Rovers and own one now. I have never heard of a rear diff lock engaging when you put it in park. I don't understand why it would. Are you sure you aren't thinking of the electric parking brake?
Good or bad I think the Grenadier and Quartermaster need the diff locks as the electronics is pretty much non-existent.
Crazy. I have never hear of that happening. The grenadier is a more traditional unit that is integrated into the diff internals like on any Dana axle. I haven't heard of one failing you but I imagine the replacement procedure would be similar to a Dana axle. Of course, we don't know yet because we don't have repair manuals yet.
Oh interesting, thanks for the info! Yes, I'd really like a service manual and some diagnostics. I have warranty for quite some time but prefer to just work on my own stuff vs a trip to the dealer for resets. As for the range rover diff motor, at least with an l322 you should hear it running every time you shut off the car, or key on. Mine began making a strange squeaking noise, faults occasionally but eventually corrected itself with a key on/off... until it just seized one day. I knew I was on borrowed time though. The 405 it doesn't seem to be an issue like it was on 322's.
Diff locks are Eaton/Harrop electrically operated units.
www.harrop.com.au
It kind of makes sense - to prevent the truck from rolling if the driveshaft or one of the axleshafts fail. It has never been implemented in Classics or P38As, so my guess is that it is L322 and later.
I had a large/heavy load in the back of mine and had to reverse across a friends lawn that was slightly uphill and wet.
