Just curious what the breakdown is of floor shift vs. dash **** 4x4's is with these trucks.

It seems like most of them I looked at before buying mine had the dash ****. Mine has the floor shifter.

Any advantages/disadvantages to either style? I've always felt that the floor shifter would be less likely to have problems. I know my dad's old '95 F150 with the push-button 4x4 had some issues, but never had problems with any floor shifted trucks.

Well, I had one issue with it in my '75 F150 4x4. I was out wheelin' and got the t-case jammed into neutral. I wasn't being nice to it.

 

I have the floor shifter in my '07 XL. Only electric shift Fords I've ever owned were both Rangers, and they worked but the shift motor was slow to come out of 4 lo in the '92 that I had.. I came from owning a 1995 Chevy K1500 and even tho it was a manual T-case, Chevy used a shift actuator in the differential and it was very slow to actuate

I think in the '04-'08's, the floor shifter goes away with the XLT package unless it was optioned back when ordered

 

I have an '05 XLT and it has the floor shifter.

 

Mine is an XLT also. Just figured it would be a less popular option, much like manual transmissions in newer trucks.

I noticed that most of the custom molded floor mats for these won't work with the floor shifter.

 

Mine's a floor shift. Interesting to know, the floor shifter still actually shifts/engages 4HI electrically. Only the 4LO actually shifts/engages manually with the floor shifter.

 

My buddy Troy has the same truck - floor shifter

 

That's good to know. So are both HI and LO shifted electronically with the dash **** equipped trucks?

 

I had an 04 xlt with a floor shifter and now I drive an 04 lariat with the ****. Havent ran into any trouble with it but it is a little more convenient

 

I've actually been considering swapping mine to **** switched...

 

Yes. Somebody smarter than me (a big crowd there) clued me in [to that] when I was sorting my 4x4 issues a few years back.

 

Cool. Thanks for the info on that.