Tuesday, Feb 07, 2006 at 16:29
Des,
Not meaning to argue, and I guess if you are a diesel fitter it would be ok for you. My point is that it is very easy to stuff things up on a diesel pump and make things worse rather than better. I am not a mechanic so I leave things like that alone. I have done a lot of the work on my vehicles, including rear main oil seals, clutches and head replacements and I take an active interest in what my mechanic does. Oil changes, belts, brake pad replacement and the like I am happy to do but when something requires fine adjustment and more than basic mechanical knowledge I leave it to the man. My comments were just a caution to Joe Average to be careful with what he may not fully understand.
As for wind up in a staight line you are right but is it likely to be significant if you keep the distance travelled short.
The other night I travelled from Ivanhoe to
Menindee. 212km of dirt and it rained so I slipped it in to 4H. Near the
Menindee end of the trip, where it was dry again, there are a number of bridges which have a sealed surface for about 100m to 200m. I simply kept it straight and drove across, no problems that I can see. I did this sort of thing often in both my previous 4wd's with no problems. The GQ had 385,000km on the clock when I sold it and it never had a transmission problem.
If you need low range for a short steep climb say <100m on a sealed surface and you can keep it straight I don't see a problem with using the GU as is in 4L. I would not use 4L to back the trailer up a steep windy driveway for example because that may cause probs.
Duncs
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