AnswerID: 29877 Submitted: Tuesday, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:39
Chris
replied:
Leave the short stick in 4H and lock the hubs – you’re still in 2WD
Press the 4H button on the dash – you’re in 4WD high range (green light should come on).
Shift the short stick to 4L – you’re in 4WD low range.
Shift the short stick back to 4H – 4WD high again.
Press 4H button again – light goes out, you’re back in 2WD.
Unlock the hubs to save a little fuel while on the black top.
At least that’s how my 1985 Sahara used to work. Good luck and take the advise of others and do a course.
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FollowupID: 21000 Submitted:
Tuesday, Sep 02, 2003 at 21:53
Kev - (Cairns,QLD) posted:
High range for general driving.
Low range is for climbing hills and negotiating obsticals that need a bit more torque. ie, if a hill is to steep and the engine wants to stall as the speed is to low you can use the low gearing in the transfer case to crawl up and keep the engine in its optimal rev range.
Extreamly usefull !
Kev.
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FollowupID: 21070 Submitted:
Wednesday, Sep 03, 2003 at 13:39
ogray posted:
My short stick just has H2 and L4. No H4 as described above??
With this in mind;
To engage High range 4x4, lock hubs, stick in 2H and H4 button on dash depressed??
To engage low range 4x4, lock hubs, stick in L4 and H4 button on dash depressed or not depressed?
Thanks for all all patience who answered this posting!!
Owen
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FollowupID: 21072 Submitted:
Wednesday, Sep 03, 2003 at 13:57
Chris posted:
Correct with the high range.
From memory with the 1985 Saraha I had, if you shifted the stick to L4 without depressing the dash H4 button, the light on the H4 button automatically came on. What happens when you do this?
I always went into H4 (dash button) before going into L4.
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