Seahag

I finally took Clementine offroad! Really fun! Hubby made
me put her in 4L but it was a 4H trail. Made one heck of a
noise going into gear...that was the scaryest part! I sure
like the short wheel base for going over steep thingies:^)
I'm disappointed tho, the Amber Fire color doesn't show mud!

Seahag

Steve

That scary sound is the transfer case telling you to come to a near stop
before dropping to low. Damage! I find mine goes into low best when at a
dead stop with the transmission in neutral.

Steve
http://xjeep.dyndns.org

Seahag wrote:
> Hubby made
> me put her in 4L but it was a 4H trail. Made one heck of a
> noise going into gear...that was the scaryest part!

Steve

That scary sound is the transfer case telling you to come to a near stop
before dropping to low. Damage! I find mine goes into low best when at a
dead stop with the transmission in neutral.

Steve
http://xjeep.dyndns.org

Seahag wrote:
> Hubby made
> me put her in 4L but it was a 4H trail. Made one heck of a
> noise going into gear...that was the scaryest part!

Steve

That scary sound is the transfer case telling you to come to a near stop
before dropping to low. Damage! I find mine goes into low best when at a
dead stop with the transmission in neutral.

Steve
http://xjeep.dyndns.org

Seahag wrote:
> Hubby made
> me put her in 4L but it was a 4H trail. Made one heck of a
> noise going into gear...that was the scaryest part!

Steve

That scary sound is the transfer case telling you to come to a near stop
before dropping to low. Damage! I find mine goes into low best when at a
dead stop with the transmission in neutral.

Steve
http://xjeep.dyndns.org

Seahag wrote:
> Hubby made
> me put her in 4L but it was a 4H trail. Made one heck of a
> noise going into gear...that was the scaryest part!

Jeff Strickland

The LO Range gears are not syncronized, so you should be moving slowly,
walking speed is usually good, when going into 4LO. Coming out of 4LO into
4HI is a bit easier and can be done <carefully> without stopping, but the
gears will still grind.

Usually, you'll be tooling along in 4HI and get stuck on a rock or
something, and for any number of reasons you might decide to use 4LO, but
because you are now stopped you may find that the gears collide and the
shifter won't move into 4LO very easily. If this happens, you can let the
clutch out so the gears turn a bit, then push the clutch back in as you pull
the lever into 4LO. The vehicle may jump a bit, so be sure there isn't
anybody standing near the tires. Once you get 4LO selected, then you can
proceed in the apporpriate manner.






"Seahag" <Seahag@toadymail.net> wrote in message
news:ra7se.31$gF.629@news.abs.net...
> I finally took Clementine offroad! Really fun! Hubby made
> me put her in 4L but it was a 4H trail. Made one heck of a
> noise going into gear...that was the scaryest part! I sure
> like the short wheel base for going over steep thingies:^)
> I'm disappointed tho, the Amber Fire color doesn't show mud!
>
> Seahag
>
>

Jeff Strickland

The LO Range gears are not syncronized, so you should be moving slowly,
walking speed is usually good, when going into 4LO. Coming out of 4LO into
4HI is a bit easier and can be done <carefully> without stopping, but the
gears will still grind.

Usually, you'll be tooling along in 4HI and get stuck on a rock or
something, and for any number of reasons you might decide to use 4LO, but
because you are now stopped you may find that the gears collide and the
shifter won't move into 4LO very easily. If this happens, you can let the
clutch out so the gears turn a bit, then push the clutch back in as you pull
the lever into 4LO. The vehicle may jump a bit, so be sure there isn't
anybody standing near the tires. Once you get 4LO selected, then you can
proceed in the apporpriate manner.






"Seahag" <Seahag@toadymail.net> wrote in message
news:ra7se.31$gF.629@news.abs.net...
> I finally took Clementine offroad! Really fun! Hubby made
> me put her in 4L but it was a 4H trail. Made one heck of a
> noise going into gear...that was the scaryest part! I sure
> like the short wheel base for going over steep thingies:^)
> I'm disappointed tho, the Amber Fire color doesn't show mud!
>
> Seahag
>
>

Jeff Strickland

The LO Range gears are not syncronized, so you should be moving slowly,
walking speed is usually good, when going into 4LO. Coming out of 4LO into
4HI is a bit easier and can be done <carefully> without stopping, but the
gears will still grind.

Usually, you'll be tooling along in 4HI and get stuck on a rock or
something, and for any number of reasons you might decide to use 4LO, but
because you are now stopped you may find that the gears collide and the
shifter won't move into 4LO very easily. If this happens, you can let the
clutch out so the gears turn a bit, then push the clutch back in as you pull
the lever into 4LO. The vehicle may jump a bit, so be sure there isn't
anybody standing near the tires. Once you get 4LO selected, then you can
proceed in the apporpriate manner.






"Seahag" <Seahag@toadymail.net> wrote in message
news:ra7se.31$gF.629@news.abs.net...
> I finally took Clementine offroad! Really fun! Hubby made
> me put her in 4L but it was a 4H trail. Made one heck of a
> noise going into gear...that was the scaryest part! I sure
> like the short wheel base for going over steep thingies:^)
> I'm disappointed tho, the Amber Fire color doesn't show mud!
>
> Seahag
>
>

Jeff Strickland

The LO Range gears are not syncronized, so you should be moving slowly,
walking speed is usually good, when going into 4LO. Coming out of 4LO into
4HI is a bit easier and can be done <carefully> without stopping, but the
gears will still grind.

Usually, you'll be tooling along in 4HI and get stuck on a rock or
something, and for any number of reasons you might decide to use 4LO, but
because you are now stopped you may find that the gears collide and the
shifter won't move into 4LO very easily. If this happens, you can let the
clutch out so the gears turn a bit, then push the clutch back in as you pull
the lever into 4LO. The vehicle may jump a bit, so be sure there isn't
anybody standing near the tires. Once you get 4LO selected, then you can
proceed in the apporpriate manner.






"Seahag" <Seahag@toadymail.net> wrote in message
news:ra7se.31$gF.629@news.abs.net...
> I finally took Clementine offroad! Really fun! Hubby made
> me put her in 4L but it was a 4H trail. Made one heck of a
> noise going into gear...that was the scaryest part! I sure
> like the short wheel base for going over steep thingies:^)
> I'm disappointed tho, the Amber Fire color doesn't show mud!
>
> Seahag
>
>

Seahag

I was trying to go dead slow, the manual sez 2 to 3 mph, but
I guess I was going too fast.

Seahag

"Steve" <steve@xjeep.dyndns.org> wrote:
> That scary sound is the transfer case telling you to come
> to a near stop before dropping to low. Damage! I find mine
> goes into low best when at a dead stop with the
> transmission in neutral.
>
> Seahag wrote:
>> Hubby made me put her in 4L but it was a 4H trail. Made
>> one heck of a noise going into gear...that was the
>> scaryest part!