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I've just been out on some very single track, muddy and steep roads and
had quite an interesting experience.
Going down about 1 in 4 I had to stop for a car coming the other way,
and I had both LHS wheels on the mixture of mud and leaves in the verge.
We came to a halt ... eventually ... with the ABS burbling away
underfoot. It wasn't a drama because I was going slowly.
However when the car had passed I thought "hmm", backed up, and tried it
again - with the same result.
"Hmm" squared! Backed up again, and tried again, but this time using
the dash switch to lock the centre diff and - more to the point -
disable the ABS. Stopping distance was now about 1/4 of what it was
with ABS engaged as the two wheels on dry tarmac pulled us up sharply.
Yet another reason for fitting a dash switch to control the centre diff
me'thinks!
Happy Christmas all!
Christopher Bell
Devon, UK
1996 1HD-FT
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had quite an interesting experience.
Going down about 1 in 4 I had to stop for a car coming the other way,
and I had both LHS wheels on the mixture of mud and leaves in the verge.
We came to a halt ... eventually ... with the ABS burbling away
underfoot. It wasn't a drama because I was going slowly.
However when the car had passed I thought "hmm", backed up, and tried it
again - with the same result.
"Hmm" squared! Backed up again, and tried again, but this time using
the dash switch to lock the centre diff and - more to the point -
disable the ABS. Stopping distance was now about 1/4 of what it was
with ABS engaged as the two wheels on dry tarmac pulled us up sharply.
Yet another reason for fitting a dash switch to control the centre diff
me'thinks!
Happy Christmas all!
Christopher Bell
Devon, UK
1996 1HD-FT
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