Recently bought a used 1994 toyota 5spd 4x4 pickup with manual hubs... I need either an owners manual or a faq or somebody to tell me the ins and outs so I don't screw it up!
My assumptions are: you stop, put in neutral, go rotate the hubs from free to locked, then shift from 2hi to 4LO or 4HI, and that reverse applies when you want to get it back into 2wd. What if you want to switch from 4HI to 4LO or vice versa.... do you do this on the fly, at a stop I would asssume, but... hey I never had such a rig!
Any and all advice about the transmission operation and/or pointers to faq's or online manuals would be most appreciated - there don't happen to be any on ebay right now.
bohemian wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
cool cool cool thanks... now i wont ruin things the first day out!!!!! Recently bought a used 1994 toyota 5spd 4x4 pickup with manual hubs... I need either an owners manual or a faq or somebody to tell me the ins and outs so I don't screw it up! My assumptions are: you stop, put in neutral, go rotate the hubs from free to locked, then shift from 2hi to 4LO or 4HI, and that reverse applies when you want to get it back into 2wd.
This is correct. In changing conditions, you can leave the hubs locked and should be able to shift from 2Hi to 4 Hi and back under 60MPH.
What if you want to switch from 4HI to 4LO or vice versa.... do you do this on the fly, at a stop I would asssume, but... hey I never had such a rig! Stop when shifting from 4 Hi to 4 Lo or vice versa.
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Avoid use of either 4Lo or 4Hi on dry pavement. You will especially notice a binding up of drivetrain if attempt sharp turns or maneuvers on dry pavement. There must be what is called "slip" on the pavement for the setup you have to work smoothly & properly. dc
Rule Number One: You WILL get stuck. Everyone gets stuck at least once, then they learn. 4WD is NOT a cure-all miracle panacea that lets you go anywhere a mountain goat can. It simply allows you to get farther off road, higher up that hill, further up that nasty track or deeper into that mud puddle before you get stuck.
Rule Number Two: If you drive smart, you won't get stuck nearly as often. When in doubt, get out and scout ahead. Know what is on the other side of that blind ridge before you try going there, know how deep the mud or river is before you try crossing through it.
Rule Number Three: NEVER go out alone if you can help it, and when you go out in the 'wilderness' ALWAYS let someone know where you are going and when to panic (and call the authorities) if they don't hear from you. Even if there are multiple vehicles, Stuff sometimes happens in the Giant Economy Size and it's inevitably going to happen in a dead spot for cellphones.
Rule Number Four: Be prepared to get yourself unstuck. Sometimes it's as simple as having a shovel and some boards to put under the tires, sometimes it's a good spare tire, sometimes it's a tow strap so someone can pull you out of the mud.
(Mud puddle - Pull backwards and out unless you are 100% absolutely sure it's a shorter and shallower route to go forward.)
If you plan to go way back in the hills where a Serious Stuck can happen, you need to take the serious tools along to solve it. Multiple vehicles in the group equipped with winches, come-alongs and tree protectors (nylon lifting slings), High-Lift jacks and lots of planks and cribbing, heavy chain and shackles and anchor stakes, winch pulleys for when you have to pull around a corner or double the cable for more pull, extension winch cables for when your winch has a 100' cable and the nearest solid anchor point is 135' away...
Rule Number Five: If you violate Rule Number Four and get stuck, and you didn't come prepared and/or can't find friends or good samaritans to help you, any tow truck that will do an Off-Road Recovery is going to charge whatever he thinks the traffic will bear. They have you by the short hairs, and they know it. $100 an hour is a nice starting point.
Ok... for all you most helpful souls... I did crawl up a couple of dirt hills in L4 and DID manage NOT to get stuck, but I was being pretty conservative... I WAS alone!
I DO appreciate the warnings and suggestions, and of course, missing was the admonition to have food and water and warm clothes, which I did, but not planning to go too too crazy just for pictures
I took a pic of the new (old) rig while turning around:
Hey Bruce, I LOVE the advice - most of which I knew, some details about winches, chains, etc. I know nothing about (like what is cribbing and what is a come-along?? lol - I do have some reading to do).
And Bruce if you go giving this kind of advice often, include the food, water, warm clothes piece.
Bruce almost always gives excellent and thorough advice!
Cribbing is blocks of wood like 4 x 4's that you can place under the tires to provide traction or to place in front of big rocks to create a ramp or less drastic rise or drop.
A come-along is a hand winch like the ones on this site:
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can get them at Sears or big box home supply stores like Home Depot, or harborfreight.com. They are sometimes referred to as a hand winch. Get one that can be doubled to provide additional pulling capacity. A high-lift jack looks like an old-fashioned bumper jack that is more like 4 or 5 feet long to provide additional lifting clearance. Ads for the Toyota FJ Cruiser in outdoor magazines like Backpacker depict someone using a high lift jack. Also bring along a sturdy spade with a long handle so that you can add dirt or rocks under the tires without having to get underneath, and a pair of leather work gloves so you hands don't get cut up when pulling on the come along cable.
Why repeat the exact same screw-ups everyone else has made? Listen and learn from their experience, and you can easily avoid the simple and stupid ones...
Now it's your turn - get out there and invent your own brand-new brilliant and never before seen screw-ups! ;-)
And remember foreshadowing - if you "have a bad feeling about this" you are probably right, stop and reconsider your actions. No good EVER comes after someone says "Here, hold my beer and watch this!"
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