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HELP - no low range 4WD
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:13 pm
by brianr70
finally had a chance today to get off road for a play
But low and behold I could not engage LOW 4WD
have 93 surf with auto trannie
can engage High 4WD with the switch thingee, but when you push lever forward to engage LOW range it is feels stiff and will not 'go thru' at all
can anyone suggest what the problem is?????
Thanks
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:05 pm
by rangimotors
did you have the auto in neutral?
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:47 pm
by brianr70
yes... been caught before forgetting about neutral and trying to change
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:31 pm
by wjw
Could just be stiff, if it hasn't been used for a looong time they get that way...
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:33 pm
by niblik
wjw wrote:Could just be stiff, if it hasn't been used for a looong time they get that way...
bet thats what you say to all the ladies bill..
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:03 pm
by 4wdnuts
do you have to push down on the lever at the same time?
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:13 pm
by Goose
wjw wrote:Could just be stiff, if it hasn't been used for a looong time they get that way...
My 1st surf (88 manual tho...) did the same thing when we got it, I ended up being a little "brutal" with it
(no hammers or nothin!! Just really REALLY pushed it) and it was good as gold after that..... ( same thing, 2wd, sweet, hi4wd, sweet.... just real stiff to low....)not that I'm suggesting you do that.... (cover my ass, cover my ass.........)
Was told that "if they dont get used, they do that" by the caryard that sold it to us.......
soooooo...... ummmmm....... how brave are you?
seriously tho, being an auto, push button 4wd, later model.....
I'm working on the assumption
that the hi to lo lever still functions exactly the same, changing the gear manually.
ehhhhh, I dunno....... have a think about it.... and let us know what you decide :thumleft:
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:20 pm
by rangimotors
yea mine was the same when i got it, was pretty stiff/ crunchy first time (i assume it had probably never been used) but now its sweet, i guess you have two chances and two choices
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:10 am
by UBZ
mine was stiff to start with, works sweet know
I assume you are stopped when you are trying to engage low range
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:27 pm
by brianr70
got to the bottom [so to speak] of the problem, turned out when I did the body/suspension lift some of the bend undercarriage ended up affecting the LOW 4WD thingee, so with a big hammer [just kidding] managed to sort things out