Any tips to shift NP205?
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Tuned
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Any tips to shift NP205?
I rebuilt my NP205 and it seems to index fine out of the truck -- but when I put it in the truck, it's a completely "pull and pray" every time I need to get it into a different gear. Sometimes I can feel a firm click or two but I never know where it's going to end up....
Sometimes all the way up clicks it right into 4L and sometimes all the way down is still in neutral. Sometimes it shifts while in park, sometimes in neutral and sometimes only while I'm in drive while I "blip" the throttle to try and get it to shift.
Usually, every time I'm about ready to drive off the road in anger, she'll click into the gear I'm looking for.
It's a 460 w/ a C6 and a divorced NP205. Any tips??
Sometimes all the way up clicks it right into 4L and sometimes all the way down is still in neutral. Sometimes it shifts while in park, sometimes in neutral and sometimes only while I'm in drive while I "blip" the throttle to try and get it to shift.
Usually, every time I'm about ready to drive off the road in anger, she'll click into the gear I'm looking for.
It's a 460 w/ a C6 and a divorced NP205. Any tips??
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Ive had a bunch of trucks with 205 t cases in them.......Ford, Dodge, Chevy, GMC, International......Most of the manual tranny ones seemed to shift easily and precisely, while at least half the Auto's were a pain in the ***, maybe its just coincidental?
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Good point. What does the owner's manual say about shifting with an auto? I always just pushed in the clutch before shifting the 205, but don't know about an auto. Maybe slip it into neutral first?
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I usually try park, neutral, reverse, drive and then shift back and forth between them while trying to get the t-case to nudge into gear. Eventually (and with enough cursing) it will work.
Just thought there had to be an easier way!
Just thought there had to be an easier way!
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Ughhh.... Shifted into 4-low last night to pull some stumps and can't get it out. Drove around the block 3 times trying R/N/D/Park and yanking, cursing and punching the shifter. Crawled under it afterwards and had the girlfriend try to push on it and it's just not going.....
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Ughhh.... Shifted into 4-low last night to pull some stumps and can't get it out. Drove around the block 3 times trying R/N/D/Park and yanking, cursing and punching the shifter. Crawled under it afterwards and had the girlfriend try to push on it and it's just not going.....
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Tuned
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You know what... I just remembered that I didn't! I saw a thread on here that talked about it being OK to leave them locked full-time if you wanted to. Maybe that is giving me problems behind the auto?
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Though more often than not you can get away with leaving the hubs locked and disengage 4wd just fine.
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Its usually takes a little pressure and a blip of the throttle for me and mine. Try that and have you tried it with the truck reverse? Have you tried to turn the truck off and leave the trans in N ?
"Drive around the block" I hope it was NOT on pavement. Was it this way before you rebuilt it?
"Drive around the block" I hope it was NOT on pavement. Was it this way before you rebuilt it?