Low range difficulty
Submitted: Tuesday, Jul 20, 2004 at 22:17
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Terry (WA)
Have a 1996 80 Series Standard LC and am having trouble engaging Low range. 4WD gear shift goes easily into high range 4WD and everything is Ok there but then more often than not will not budge when I try and go through to Low range. Seems there is something solid preventing the gear shift from moving. (ie will not shift out of high range into low). Goes back to 2Wd OK.
Have tried it standing still,and moving slowly both forward and in reverse. Haven't done anything out of the ordinary lately that might have damaged it
Any suggestions???
Thanks
Terry..
Reply By: Wazza (Vic) - Wednesday, Jul 21, 2004 at 16:26
Wednesday, Jul 21, 2004 at 16:26
Hi Terry,
I followed the suggested tech page from LCOOL for my '93 80 series.
Mine was really stiff (transfer lever that is). Took the passenger
seat out, carpet pulled back, both inner and outer rubber boots removed and finally the linkages from the tranfer cases undone. Bolting the shifter back into place, this means you can move the tranfer lever independand of the linkages. It was still really tight.
I had to get a 3 foot bar for leverage and filled the lever
well with WD40 while moving the lever back and
forth for about 20 minutes. It was better by about 50%. I replaced the lower boot and then filled it to the brim with WD40, took about a quarter of a can. The next day it was fantastic and easy to move.
A few pictures of the event at:
http://www.geocities.com/cruiserpics/pics/transfer/
Hope this helps if you have to go this far !!!
Warren.
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Follow Up By: Wazza (Vic) - Wednesday, Jul 21, 2004 at 16:28
Wednesday, Jul 21, 2004 at 16:28
Wrap the lever with a heap of electrical tape first to stop it getting scratched. You can see the D-shackle which was the right size to keep the 19mm RHS and transfer lever together, then a bunch of wire wrapped around the top. Not pretty, but it worked.
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