What then, does it mean if the yellow knob will not stay down on it's own? If you hold
it down, the vehicle will stay in low 4 and drive normally. If you let go of it, it will
pop up on it's own and come out of Low 4. Thanks for the help.
Kind regards,
Mark
"Faure, Marin" wrote:
> Behalf Of Camilo Osejo
> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 2:32 AM
> To: lro-digest@works.team.net
> Subject: LRO: gear and transfer teach please
>
> >Could please anyone explain how do the gear and transfer box levers work in
> a series vehicle (to be used in a sIII santana)?
>
> Pretty simple, and you've probably got lots of answers already.
>
> Long shift lever, black knob. Main transmission, four speeds plus
> neutral plus reverse. Basic "H" pattern.
>
> Red knob lever. Three positions, "I" pattern. When the lever is
> forward, the transfer case is in high. In the middle is neutral, and when
> the lever is back, the transfer case is in low. When lever is pulled back
> into low, it also automatically engages four wheel drive.
>
> Yellow knob lever. Two positions, up and down. It is spring-loaded to
> the up position. When the knob is up, the vehicle is in two-wheel drive.
> Pushing the knob down engages four wheel drive, high range when the
> red knob lever is forward in high range. The yellow knob lever can be
> pushed down anytime at any speed to engage four wheel drive AS LONG
> AS the vehicle is not equipped with locking front hubs that are disengaged.
>
> To get out of four wheel drive high, the vehicle must be stopped and the red
> knob lever pulled all the way back into low range, which will release the yellow
> knob lever which will pop back up into two wheel drive. The red knob lever
> should then be pushed back forward into the high range position. You will then
> be back in two-wheel drive.
>
> So the only possible drive combinations are:
>
> Two wheel drive, high range. Red knob lever forward, yellow knob lever up.
> Four wheel drive, high range. Red knob lever forward, yellow knob lever down.
> Four wheel drive, low range. Red knob lever back, yellow knob lever up.
>
> You must use the clutch when shifting the main transmission lever and the red knob
> lever.
>
> The Series Land Rover's gearbox arrangement is similar to the original Jeep's, only
> the Jeep has a more logical setup as I recall. There is a lever to control high and
> low range and a lever to control two wheel drive and four wheel drive.
> ___________________________
> C. Marin Faure
> (original owner)
> 1973 Land Rover Series III-88
> 1991 Range Rover Vogue SE
> Seattle
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