4X4 Shift Pattern
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From: Muskegon, MI (home)
From dash to seat:
NP203 (Full time 4WD)- cast iron case, chain driven, shift pattern: low lock, low, neutral, high, high lock
NP205 (Part time 4WD)- cast iron case, gear driven (bulletproof), shift pattern: 4lo, N, 2hi, 4hi
NP203 (Full time 4WD)- cast iron case, chain driven, shift pattern: low lock, low, neutral, high, high lock
NP205 (Part time 4WD)- cast iron case, gear driven (bulletproof), shift pattern: 4lo, N, 2hi, 4hi
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From: Green Springs, OH
The 205 is by far the best transfercase ever made, could use a better low range though like the 203 then it would be perfect. I have a 205 in my truck and has never failed. Hey even my 2004 Jeep has a true shift lever.
If you dont have to lock in the hubs it aint a 4x4.
If you dont have to lock in the hubs it aint a 4x4.
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From: Boise, ID
Originally posted by ncl
The 205 is by far the best transfercase ever made, could use a better low range though like the 203 then it would be perfect.
The 205 is by far the best transfercase ever made, could use a better low range though like the 203 then it would be perfect.
wezol5484, it sounds like someone slapped manual hubs on your full time 4wd and didn't convert the t-case to part time.
That's all I wanted to say. The NP205 shift pattern has been answered a couple times already........
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For strength I too like the NP205s, my 77 Highboy has a divorsed NP205. But my 84 F150 4x4 has the NP208 which is also a manual lever on the floor. It has an aluminum case and is chain driven, allthough not as stout as the NP205, I have had ZERO problems with it. I like it because I can pop it into 4hi even when I am still moving, which is nice in the winter time. I just leave the hubs locked when the roads are bad, then I pop in 4wd whenever I need it. One of my buddies Dad uses NP208s in all his snowplow trucks, and they hold up great. I have read the NP208 is popular for it's deeper low range gearing. I have worked this truck pretty hard in the six years I have owned her, and still to this day have never had a single transfer case problem with my NP208.
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From: Boise, ID
Originally posted by ncl
Look at the 4x4 selector if it has LO and LO LOC, HI and HI LOC it is a 203 if it just has 4HI and 4LO it is a 205
Look at the 4x4 selector if it has LO and LO LOC, HI and HI LOC it is a 203 if it just has 4HI and 4LO it is a 205
You could also just look at the tag on the T-case. On my NP205 it's fastened near the front yoke.
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