Liberty - engage 4WD from a stopped position

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11-12-2004, 08:29 PM

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mabar

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Re: Liberty - engage 4WD from a stopped position

OK, that makes sense to me.

Tom

"bowgus" <bowgus@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> Ok ... put yer command-trac 4spd auto, or borrow a buddies, on a slope in
> 4L, park and shut it off. Notice that in 4L the transmission gear select
is
> positioned way up front in park ... and the 4L select is left sticking up
in
> the breeze like a ... well ... it's left sticking up. Give it a little
nudge
> forward and ... geez ... the jeep is freewheeling it down the slope.
>
> Alrighty then ... I'm down to the 1000 Islands with my wife and friends
for
> a day of boating. We''re done, I back the jeep down the ramp ... let's go
> worst case and pick the ramp in Ivy Lee beside the restaurant ... I shut
> down in 4L, park. I head down the dock to get the boat to run it up onto
the
> trailer ... I look back ... everybody's in the jeep ... but I guess my
wife
> reached back for something and nudged the 4L because the jeep, occupants
and
> trailer are disappearing into 120' of water. Now maybe the trailer will
> jackknife stopping the freewheeling, but that would be in probably the 50'
> depth range. Let's say there are no human casualties ... still not my idea
> of a good day out ... especially when all I had to do was ... put the jeep
> in 2H, park ... nothing sticking up, no accident waiting to happen ... run
> the boat up onto the trailer, hop in the jeep ... start up, neutral, 4L,
> drive ... gotta love that 4L ... just idles up the ramp ... stop, neutral,
> 2H ... and off home for a shower and a night out ... spent most of my
money
> on women and beer, the rest I just wasted :-).
>
>
>
> "mabar" <mabar@NooSpamgrbonline.com> wrote in message
> news:rKKdnXHmquEqYw7cRVn-ig@gbronline.com...
> > Yes it is, but just curious, why?
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > "bowgus" <bowgus@rogers.com> wrote in message
> > news:L4CdnWEy19mZcA7cRVn-rQ@rogers.com...
> > > I do not leave my jeep in 4L on a slope unattended. I leave it in 2H,
> Park
> > > ... hey, it's my jeep ... isn't it? :-).
> > >
> >
> >
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