Falcon XY 4WD
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From: Noddy on 22 Oct 2007 09:06 "John McKenzie" <jmac_melbourne(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message news:471C7C40.7139(a)bigpond.com... > It'd have to make _some_ difference, maybe Michael can get to the bottom > of it. I don't doubt that it does, but 1-2 mpg seems awfully large. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Noddy on 22 Oct 2007 09:07 "John McKenzie" <jmac_melbourne(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message news:471C7C89.67B8(a)bigpond.com... > I'll store a lathe for you if you want. The way it's been giving me the heebee geebees lately I'm just about ready to turf it :) -- Regards, Noddy.
From: John_H on 22 Oct 2007 20:20 Kev wrote: >> >> nearly, the push button (yellow knob) engages 4*4 in high range, this >> can be done at any speed, and handy if you hit a bit of soft going, or >> running on dirt roads. (as long as the hubs are engaged) to get back to >> 2wd you move the hi-lo lever (red knob) to lo and back to hi and yellow >> knob pops up. (can be done on the move, if you slow right down and >> double shuffle, there were some synchro t/cases but i havent seen one >> :^( ) pulling the lever back to lo automatically engages 4*4, lo range..... >> > >Yeah that would be it >last(and only) time I was in an old Ser IIa on the beach was back in >1981 and I remember the guy plunging the yellow one down and using the >red lever to get it to pop up again, and that's all I remember about it, Surely you'd also remember the specially cut piece of timber to jam behind the range lever, to prevent it slipping back into neutral. Used to a standard accessory for any high mileage Land Rover (high mileage being anything more than 25,000 miles). (Also be nice if you didn't edit out the attribution to the previous poster.) :) -- John H
From: jonz on 22 Oct 2007 21:11
John_H wrote: > Kev wrote: >>> nearly, the push button (yellow knob) engages 4*4 in high range, this >>> can be done at any speed, and handy if you hit a bit of soft going, or >>> running on dirt roads. (as long as the hubs are engaged) to get back to >>> 2wd you move the hi-lo lever (red knob) to lo and back to hi and yellow >>> knob pops up. (can be done on the move, if you slow right down and >>> double shuffle, there were some synchro t/cases but i havent seen one >>> :^( ) pulling the lever back to lo automatically engages 4*4, lo range..... >>> >> Yeah that would be it >> last(and only) time I was in an old Ser IIa on the beach was back in >> 1981 and I remember the guy plunging the yellow one down and using the >> red lever to get it to pop up again, and that's all I remember about it, > > Surely you'd also remember the specially cut piece of timber to jam > behind the range lever, to prevent it slipping back into neutral. > > Used to a standard accessory for any high mileage Land Rover (high > mileage being anything more than 25,000 miles). > > (Also be nice if you didn't edit out the attribution to the previous > poster.) :) or the sentence of Kev`s post :^) > put a holden engine in a rover, and you deserve all the trouble you get.....piece of timber? nah, like any vehicle, preventative maintainence works wonders...spoken as the owner of series vehicles for 40yrs. (still have three, tho driving an fj40 now)....j -- If at first you don't succeed, look in the trash for the instructions.. |