Thank for my previous help on my other post.

I have another issue since I got my truck.

The truck is a 1978 F-150 4x4. I do not know where the 4x4 gear lever is supposed to be. I don't know where LOW/HIGH gears or just plane 4x2.


Can someone help me with gears? There is nothing labeled high or low. Is High all the way up or all the way down?

Thanks,
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if its stock your 4 hi is closest to the seat, 1 step down towards the dash is 2hi, then neautral, then 4lo

 

I tried to check to see what gear my truck is in.

I noticed when I locked the hubs and moved the 4x4 gear closest to the seat the wheels started surging.

Then i moved it up and the surging stopped. I tried to up one more from there and it was hard to move and I don't think it went into a gear.

So I think I only have 2 gears....

Whats a best way to check?

Thanks...

 

If you have a stock 4x4, then you have a 4hi, 2hi, neutral, and 4lo. My transfer case is pretty tough to get into neutral and 4lo. I just got it, and have been trying to take care of the other issues, and haven't had the chance to look into my transfer case much. But I haven't seen a 4x4 yet that didn't have a 4hi, 2hi, neutral and 4lo. I haven't seen every 4x4 there is, so they may exist, but my money's on you having all four gears. (Or all three and neutral, as it were.)

 

With my '78, the shift linkage for the transfer case is pretty well worn. I can get 4-high, which is closest to the seat; 2-high, which is one step towards the firewall; and neutral, which is another step towards the firewall. Due to play in the linkage, however, trying to get into 4-low causes the shift linkage to hit the transmission. This could be your problem as well, from the sounds of it.

 

That sounds like my issue...what will happen if I drive around in a 2-high or gear in general?

Thanks...

 

For your regular every day driving, 2hi is what you want. You don't want to drive around all the time in 4hi. At best it's a waste of gas.

 

Like Craig said, 4hi isn't what you want most of the time... 4hi is for slick roads (at least wet), or offroad. 2hi is what you want to be in most of the time.

If you have the transfer case in neutral, it's just like the transmission being in neutral. You won't be driving around like that at all, for certain.

 

Don`t we first need to know if it`s a 203 or a 205 to give an answer?