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I haven't checked but I doubt you could change it through the centre seatbox hole - I've swapped transfer boxes today and could only just reach the diff lock wiring with the tips of my fingers down the side of the front output housing

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Agreed Lewis but I was thinking long socket if it would fit over the switch part.

Mo

A long socket will just fit over the switch , but you bend the terminal inwards when you do this, which isn't that healthy for the switch... so its ok to take an old one out this way... I think I did find a switch that slotted into the socket without this happening, will have to check my records.
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It is possible but it's a real PITA. You can get a ring spanner over it and move it around 1/4 of a turn at a time, i think that's why, on a TD5, they used a very small connector on the wiring for the diff lock switch whereas the hi-lo switch has a normal connector that won't fit through a ring spanner.

I found when I did mine that it had to be done from below the vehicle, reaching around the transfer box output housing. I couldn't get to it from above. I also removed the difflock lever connection to give better access for a spanner.

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