Diff lock mods?

[Tony Hoffman]

Dennis,

I have thought of doing this in the past with electronic solonoids. Not sure
if it has been done, though. Having dealt with enough cables (hood release,
choke, bicycles, e-brake) I'd shy away from this due to dirt and rust.
However, I can't see why it couldn't be done. Probably want to use hood
release or ebrake, as these should be long enough to work.

Tony Hoffman


On 10/24/06, DGraber460 at aol.com <DGraber460 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Has anyone modified the URQ diff lock set up to be manual as opposed to
> vacuum operated?
> On my late build 83 (now totaled) the locks worked but were quite slow,
> and
> had the ability to lock center only or both center & rear. My current
> early
> build 83 has an "on off" set-up linking both center and rear, and will
> engage
> them but not disengage them.
> Over the weekend I had the car up off all 4s and used a vacuum pump to
> thoroughly test the system for leaks, and both the green (engage) and red
> (disengage) systems are leak free. The red system just doesn't have enough
> grunt  to
> pull the diffs off.
> I would like to go to a manual system with levers and control cables but
> need to source some "custom" parts and cables, and was curious if anyone
> else
> has already done this.
> I had recently thought my alignment was bad as the car would corner
> weird  on
> long sweepers and just handle a bit strange. it now appears my rear diff
> has
> been locked for some time.
> TIA.
>
> Dennis
> Denver