Transfer case shift lever pattern
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Transfer case shift lever pattern
I recently bought a 2000 F-150 7700 4X4 with the 5.4 and I believe it is a 4R100 tranny. The transfercase shift lever doesn't seem to be acting properly. The pattern looks like this:
` ` |2H
` ` |
___|4H
| N
|
|4L
The problem exists in the 2H and 4H area. There is no "gate" to keep the lever from going to the far left when in 2H or 4H. My concern is that my wife (who is a small woman) might yank the lever while trying to get into 4H on the fly from the driver seat and hit either Neutral or 4L.
Does anyone else's T-case lever behave like this? The lever in my Bronco does go straight back but you have to push it down to get past 4H.
The stupid dealer where I bought it says this is the way Ford designed it. So now I'm just on a mission to make them look like idiots. It's a Jeep dealership, so it won't take much.
` ` |2H
` ` |
___|4H
| N
|
|4L
The problem exists in the 2H and 4H area. There is no "gate" to keep the lever from going to the far left when in 2H or 4H. My concern is that my wife (who is a small woman) might yank the lever while trying to get into 4H on the fly from the driver seat and hit either Neutral or 4L.
Does anyone else's T-case lever behave like this? The lever in my Bronco does go straight back but you have to push it down to get past 4H.
The stupid dealer where I bought it says this is the way Ford designed it. So now I'm just on a mission to make them look like idiots. It's a Jeep dealership, so it won't take much.
Last edited by NHBronco; Feb 22, 2006 at 11:23 AM.
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Originally Posted by NHBronco
I recently bought a 2000 F-150 7700 4X4 with the 5.4 and I believe it is a 4R100 tranny. The transfercase shift lever doesn't seem to be acting properly. The pattern looks like this:
` ` |2H
` ` |
___|4H
| N
|
|4L
The problem exists in the 2H and 4H area. There is no "gate" to keep the lever from going to the far left when in 2H or 4H. My concern is that my wife (who is a small woman) might yank the lever while trying to get into 4H on the fly from the driver seat and hit either Neutral or 4L.
Does anyone else's T-case lever behave like this? The lever in my Bronco does go straight back but you have to push it down to get past 4H.
The stupid dealer where I bought it says this is the way Ford designed it. So now I'm just on a mission to make them look like idiots. It's a Jeep dealership, so it won't take much.
` ` |2H
` ` |
___|4H
| N
|
|4L
The problem exists in the 2H and 4H area. There is no "gate" to keep the lever from going to the far left when in 2H or 4H. My concern is that my wife (who is a small woman) might yank the lever while trying to get into 4H on the fly from the driver seat and hit either Neutral or 4L.
Does anyone else's T-case lever behave like this? The lever in my Bronco does go straight back but you have to push it down to get past 4H.
The stupid dealer where I bought it says this is the way Ford designed it. So now I'm just on a mission to make them look like idiots. It's a Jeep dealership, so it won't take much.
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I must not have explained myself very well. The lever can be moved left and right in both 2H and 4H. It is possible to go in a straight line from 2H to 4L. In effect what I have is this:
| `|2H
|` |
|__|4H
|N
|
|4L
Anywhere between 2H and 4H I can move the lever to the left.
| `|2H
|` |
|__|4H
|N
|
|4L
Anywhere between 2H and 4H I can move the lever to the left.
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Mine moves left and right in both 4H and 2H...BUT...it always falls back to the right when I let it go. To get to N...I have to pull it back to 4H, then left, then back just a touch. never had a prob with it. all works fine.
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Mine will not move left or right while in 2H or 4H. Just forward (2H) and backward (4H)...then you must yank it over to the left and then down while in 4H to get to N. Then pull down and yank it to the right for 4L.
I would definately say that something is wrong with the T-case...
I would definately say that something is wrong with the T-case...
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Originally Posted by BillyBob69
...it always falls back to the right when I let it go.
Just seems odd to me. It would be equivalent to being able to shift from 3rd to 1st with a standard manual transmission. There should be a gate there to prevent that right to left movement.
Alright, I give. Maybe those Jeep jokers were right.
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From: Wheatland, Mo
Yea it does seem a bit odd, but if you try it yourself, like trying to "act" out an accidental hit into N, then you will see it doesn't happen that easily. I do think though there is some sort of gate that doesn't let it go into N unless the truck is going pretty close to dead stop.
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