4 low not engaging
03-17-2007, 10:04 PM
#11
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Re: 4 low not engaging
Are you suggesting that the OP needs to find a wooly beast so he can
trim off some SHEEP metal? :)
Jeff Strickland wrote:
> Hey Mike,
> Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so,
> then all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the
> sheep metal back a little.
>
> Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
> strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>
>
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosti ng.com...
>
>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of
>> the 'body' part of the lift is...
>>
>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension
>> that usually comes with the kit.
>>
>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put
>> the shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the
>> lever stop plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the
>> adjuster.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>
>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>> repair this myself?
>>>
>
trim off some SHEEP metal? :)
Jeff Strickland wrote:
> Hey Mike,
> Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so,
> then all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the
> sheep metal back a little.
>
> Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
> strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>
>
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosti ng.com...
>
>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of
>> the 'body' part of the lift is...
>>
>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension
>> that usually comes with the kit.
>>
>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put
>> the shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the
>> lever stop plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the
>> adjuster.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>
>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>> repair this myself?
>>>
>
03-17-2007, 10:04 PM
#12
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Re: 4 low not engaging
Are you suggesting that the OP needs to find a wooly beast so he can
trim off some SHEEP metal? :)
Jeff Strickland wrote:
> Hey Mike,
> Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so,
> then all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the
> sheep metal back a little.
>
> Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
> strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>
>
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosti ng.com...
>
>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of
>> the 'body' part of the lift is...
>>
>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension
>> that usually comes with the kit.
>>
>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put
>> the shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the
>> lever stop plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the
>> adjuster.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>
>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>> repair this myself?
>>>
>
trim off some SHEEP metal? :)
Jeff Strickland wrote:
> Hey Mike,
> Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so,
> then all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the
> sheep metal back a little.
>
> Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
> strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>
>
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosti ng.com...
>
>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of
>> the 'body' part of the lift is...
>>
>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension
>> that usually comes with the kit.
>>
>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put
>> the shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the
>> lever stop plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the
>> adjuster.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>
>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>> repair this myself?
>>>
>
03-17-2007, 10:04 PM
#13
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Re: 4 low not engaging
Are you suggesting that the OP needs to find a wooly beast so he can
trim off some SHEEP metal? :)
Jeff Strickland wrote:
> Hey Mike,
> Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so,
> then all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the
> sheep metal back a little.
>
> Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
> strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>
>
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosti ng.com...
>
>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of
>> the 'body' part of the lift is...
>>
>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension
>> that usually comes with the kit.
>>
>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put
>> the shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the
>> lever stop plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the
>> adjuster.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>
>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>> repair this myself?
>>>
>
trim off some SHEEP metal? :)
Jeff Strickland wrote:
> Hey Mike,
> Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so,
> then all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the
> sheep metal back a little.
>
> Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
> strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>
>
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosti ng.com...
>
>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of
>> the 'body' part of the lift is...
>>
>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension
>> that usually comes with the kit.
>>
>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put
>> the shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the
>> lever stop plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the
>> adjuster.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>
>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>> repair this myself?
>>>
>
03-17-2007, 11:45 PM
#14
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Re: 4 low not engaging
Baaaaaaad, Jeff, baaaaaaaad.
-jenn
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:36:02 GMT, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote:
>>Hey Mike,
>>Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so, then
>>all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the sheep
>>metal back a little.
>>
>>Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
>>strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshos ting.com...
>>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of the
>>> 'body' part of the lift is...
>>>
>>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension that
>>> usually comes with the kit.
>>>
>>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put the
>>> shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the lever stop
>>> plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the adjuster.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>
>>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>>> repair this myself?
>>>>
-jenn
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:36:02 GMT, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote:
>>Hey Mike,
>>Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so, then
>>all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the sheep
>>metal back a little.
>>
>>Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
>>strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshos ting.com...
>>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of the
>>> 'body' part of the lift is...
>>>
>>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension that
>>> usually comes with the kit.
>>>
>>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put the
>>> shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the lever stop
>>> plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the adjuster.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>
>>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>>> repair this myself?
>>>>
03-17-2007, 11:45 PM
#15
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Re: 4 low not engaging
Baaaaaaad, Jeff, baaaaaaaad.
-jenn
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:36:02 GMT, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote:
>>Hey Mike,
>>Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so, then
>>all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the sheep
>>metal back a little.
>>
>>Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
>>strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshos ting.com...
>>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of the
>>> 'body' part of the lift is...
>>>
>>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension that
>>> usually comes with the kit.
>>>
>>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put the
>>> shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the lever stop
>>> plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the adjuster.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>
>>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>>> repair this myself?
>>>>
-jenn
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:36:02 GMT, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote:
>>Hey Mike,
>>Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so, then
>>all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the sheep
>>metal back a little.
>>
>>Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
>>strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshos ting.com...
>>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of the
>>> 'body' part of the lift is...
>>>
>>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension that
>>> usually comes with the kit.
>>>
>>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put the
>>> shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the lever stop
>>> plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the adjuster.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>
>>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>>> repair this myself?
>>>>
03-17-2007, 11:45 PM
#16
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Re: 4 low not engaging
Baaaaaaad, Jeff, baaaaaaaad.
-jenn
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:36:02 GMT, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote:
>>Hey Mike,
>>Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so, then
>>all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the sheep
>>metal back a little.
>>
>>Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
>>strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshos ting.com...
>>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of the
>>> 'body' part of the lift is...
>>>
>>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension that
>>> usually comes with the kit.
>>>
>>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put the
>>> shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the lever stop
>>> plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the adjuster.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>
>>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>>> repair this myself?
>>>>
-jenn
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:36:02 GMT, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote:
>>Hey Mike,
>>Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so, then
>>all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the sheep
>>metal back a little.
>>
>>Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
>>strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshos ting.com...
>>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of the
>>> 'body' part of the lift is...
>>>
>>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension that
>>> usually comes with the kit.
>>>
>>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put the
>>> shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the lever stop
>>> plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the adjuster.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>
>>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>>> repair this myself?
>>>>
03-18-2007, 12:41 PM
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Re: 4 low not engaging
Poops, that's SHEET metal.
"RoyJ" <spamless@microsoft.net> wrote in message
news:u61Lh.128565$_73.81732@newsread2.news.pas.ear thlink.net...
> Are you suggesting that the OP needs to find a wooly beast so he can trim
> off some SHEEP metal? :)
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>> Hey Mike,
>> Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so,
>> then all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the
>> sheep metal back a little.
>>
>> Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
>> strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosti ng.com...
>>
>>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of the
>>> 'body' part of the lift is...
>>>
>>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension that
>>> usually comes with the kit.
>>>
>>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put the
>>> shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the lever stop
>>> plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the adjuster.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>
>>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>>> repair this myself?
>>>>
>>
"RoyJ" <spamless@microsoft.net> wrote in message
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> Are you suggesting that the OP needs to find a wooly beast so he can trim
> off some SHEEP metal? :)
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>> Hey Mike,
>> Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so,
>> then all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the
>> sheep metal back a little.
>>
>> Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
>> strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosti ng.com...
>>
>>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of the
>>> 'body' part of the lift is...
>>>
>>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension that
>>> usually comes with the kit.
>>>
>>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put the
>>> shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the lever stop
>>> plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the adjuster.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>
>>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>>> repair this myself?
>>>>
>>
03-18-2007, 12:41 PM
#18
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Re: 4 low not engaging
Poops, that's SHEET metal.
"RoyJ" <spamless@microsoft.net> wrote in message
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> Are you suggesting that the OP needs to find a wooly beast so he can trim
> off some SHEEP metal? :)
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>> Hey Mike,
>> Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so,
>> then all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the
>> sheep metal back a little.
>>
>> Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
>> strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosti ng.com...
>>
>>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of the
>>> 'body' part of the lift is...
>>>
>>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension that
>>> usually comes with the kit.
>>>
>>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put the
>>> shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the lever stop
>>> plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the adjuster.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>
>>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>>> repair this myself?
>>>>
>>
"RoyJ" <spamless@microsoft.net> wrote in message
news:u61Lh.128565$_73.81732@newsread2.news.pas.ear thlink.net...
> Are you suggesting that the OP needs to find a wooly beast so he can trim
> off some SHEEP metal? :)
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>> Hey Mike,
>> Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so,
>> then all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the
>> sheep metal back a little.
>>
>> Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
>> strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosti ng.com...
>>
>>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of the
>>> 'body' part of the lift is...
>>>
>>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension that
>>> usually comes with the kit.
>>>
>>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put the
>>> shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the lever stop
>>> plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the adjuster.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>
>>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>>> repair this myself?
>>>>
>>
03-18-2007, 12:41 PM
#19
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Re: 4 low not engaging
Poops, that's SHEET metal.
"RoyJ" <spamless@microsoft.net> wrote in message
news:u61Lh.128565$_73.81732@newsread2.news.pas.ear thlink.net...
> Are you suggesting that the OP needs to find a wooly beast so he can trim
> off some SHEEP metal? :)
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>> Hey Mike,
>> Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so,
>> then all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the
>> sheep metal back a little.
>>
>> Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
>> strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosti ng.com...
>>
>>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of the
>>> 'body' part of the lift is...
>>>
>>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension that
>>> usually comes with the kit.
>>>
>>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put the
>>> shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the lever stop
>>> plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the adjuster.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>
>>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>>> repair this myself?
>>>>
>>
"RoyJ" <spamless@microsoft.net> wrote in message
news:u61Lh.128565$_73.81732@newsread2.news.pas.ear thlink.net...
> Are you suggesting that the OP needs to find a wooly beast so he can trim
> off some SHEEP metal? :)
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>> Hey Mike,
>> Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so,
>> then all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the
>> sheep metal back a little.
>>
>> Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
>> strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosti ng.com...
>>
>>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of the
>>> 'body' part of the lift is...
>>>
>>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension that
>>> usually comes with the kit.
>>>
>>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put the
>>> shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the lever stop
>>> plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the adjuster.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>
>>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>>> repair this myself?
>>>>
>>
03-18-2007, 12:43 PM
#20
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Posts: n/a
Re: 4 low not engaging
You're just nasty. That's a good quality for a girl.
"jbjeep" <jbjeep@saw.net> wrote in message
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> Baaaaaaad, Jeff, baaaaaaaad.
>
> -jenn
>
>
> On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:36:02 GMT, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>>>Hey Mike,
>>>Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so,
>>>then
>>>all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the sheep
>>>metal back a little.
>>>
>>>Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
>>>strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newsho sting.com...
>>>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of
>>>> the
>>>> 'body' part of the lift is...
>>>>
>>>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension
>>>> that
>>>> usually comes with the kit.
>>>>
>>>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put
>>>> the
>>>> shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the lever
>>>> stop
>>>> plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the adjuster.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>>
>>>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>>>> repair this myself?
>>>>>
"jbjeep" <jbjeep@saw.net> wrote in message
news:0ddpv2l83j7fuj5108tfi9n0ose7anudj4@4ax.com...
> Baaaaaaad, Jeff, baaaaaaaad.
>
> -jenn
>
>
> On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:36:02 GMT, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>>>Hey Mike,
>>>Is this one of the Jeeps where the shifter would strike the tub? If so,
>>>then
>>>all that may be needed is to pull the shifter boot up and cut the sheep
>>>metal back a little.
>>>
>>>Wait, maybe that fix is for the transmission shifter, and its ability to
>>>strike the tub when 2nd gear is selected.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>news:45fc05ab$0$31581$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newsho sting.com...
>>>> It is theoretically adjustable depending on how insane the amount of
>>>> the
>>>> 'body' part of the lift is...
>>>>
>>>> If the body has been lifted, then it might need a linkage extension
>>>> that
>>>> usually comes with the kit.
>>>>
>>>> Other than that, you just go under, loosen the linkage set bolt, put
>>>> the
>>>> shifter into 4 low with a 1/8" drill bit as a spacer from the lever
>>>> stop
>>>> plate up top, set the t-case to 4 low and tighten the adjuster.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>>
>>>> baltork@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>>> I had a 4" lift put on my '97 wrangler about a year ago. The guy that
>>>>> put it on was a friend of a friend and lives really far out of town.
>>>>> His dad actually runs a mud-sling competition and he works on all
>>>>> kinds of jacked up mud mobiles and he did a good job with the install.
>>>>> The only thing wrong is that now the 4 low doesn't engage. He said he
>>>>> talked to the lift manufacturer and it was just a small adjustment
>>>>> that needed to be made, but I have since moved and lost contact with
>>>>> this guy. Any ideas of what may be wrong so that I could attempt to
>>>>> repair this myself?
>>>>>