jeephick85
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the title asks it, think im crazy or wtv, but can u do this 2nd gear in 4 low.?? JAY
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2nd gear in 4 low??
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langer1
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Wear seat belts to keep the boogers of the windshield or get a AWshifterjeephick85 said:
jeephick85
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- Montreal, Canada
OKAY OKAY but it can be done without burning stuff up?? JAY
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- Williams AZ
I use 3rd gear (drive) in 4 low all the time. It take much too long to stop and shift in and out of 4 low repeatedly. Whines a little, but with the automatic I can't select 2nd gear...which is what I really want most of the time.
jeephick85 said:
Short of installing the AW Shifter conversions, it's possible to get it to go into second - but only if you downshift from 3 to 1-2.
- Put shift lever in 3.
- With the tranny (not just the shifter, the tranny itself) in third gear, downshift to the 1-2 position.
- Second gear will engage and be held until engine speed falls low enough to shift back into 1st.
Be prepared for the neck snap when it does the drop from second into first.
lazyxj
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casm said:
uvaldetxj
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- Uvalde, Texas
Hijacking an old thread.
Can somebody give me a clear cut answer...
Is it safe to use the "3rd" gear from startup on a AW4?
Is it safe to shift from 1-2 to 3?
Can somebody give me a clear cut answer...
Is it safe to use the "3rd" gear from startup on a AW4?
Is it safe to shift from 1-2 to 3?
uvaldetxj said:
Yes on both. In the '3' position it'll actually start in first, shift up through second, then into third. It's only the overdrive fourth gear that it won't go into. Totally different from a manual where you'd be taking off in third. FWIW, you're OK doing this regardless of which range you've got the transfer case in.
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uvaldetxj
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- Uvalde, Texas
Thanks casm for the quick reply.
I guess i'll be giving it a try pretty soon.
Hope nothing breaks on me, sometimes I have bad luck.
I guess i'll be giving it a try pretty soon.
Hope nothing breaks on me, sometimes I have bad luck.
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- Coshocton, OH
You can run the tranny in any gear you wish when in 2H 4H, or 4L . It's makes no difference to it, it's before the transfer case. Also you can drive any speed (that is safe of corse) in any of the T/C positions (and of corse as long as the surface is loose enough for 4x4) too. However your not going to get much faster that about 45/50mph in 4L because of the moters rev limiter.