Limited Slip Differential

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rustyp
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Re: Limited Slip Differential

Post by rustyp » Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:19 pm

Mine is diesel, 4WD with LSD, abs, blinds, electric blinds, airbag, electric climate control etc. but no sunroof :( (cold weather model) and fabric seats although I regularly kick myself as I could have had the leather upholstery from the front seats of a 626 which is very similar construction. I got the leather wheel and mph clocks from it :D
expresso bongo
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Re: Limited Slip Differential

Post by expresso bongo » Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:52 pm

Terrier has the nub of the thing; I need to narrow down the vast number of Bongos available to the ones with LSD.
I visited a major dealer the other day (he who asked what LSD was and then told me ALL his Bongos had "slip differential"). Despite having been in the motor trade for "many years" his mechanic insists that ALL Bongos have "slip differential" and that no car without it would be driveable.
I obtained the VINs of a few of his Bongos and entered them on the Russian website; none of them proved to have LSD, of course, so I'm no further forward. Sadly, this looks like an uphill struggle which might only be ameliorated by dealers actually publishing the VINs of the vehicles they are offering for sale. I don't expect that this will happen soon!
Whilst I agree that the only way to be sure is to jack them up, I'm not going to be jacking up every Bongo I like the look of just to see if it has LSD-even if the dealers would let me!
It wasn't me, Guv; a big boy done it and ran away!
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