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Jumping out of low range?

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Jumping out of low range?

Post by chunks »

Hey fellas,

My 60 has a bad habit of popping out of low range, usually at the most inconvenient (and potentially dangerous) times. Is this a common problem? It has 280k on the clock now so things might be getting a bit worn.

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Post by joel HJ60 »

Checked oil lately? Could shit in the oil cause this? Maybe detents?
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Post by RED60 »

LR lever hitting side of hole in transmission hump. Cause.... body lift reducing normal clearance....broken gbox/engine mount causing more movement than normal................ the fix... bend the lever to get more clearance..... replace broken mount/s..... :D :D
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Post by chunks »

The oil is fine and the vehicle doesn't have a body lift.
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Post by dow50r »

agree with red60, mine was going that, and the linkage that holds the lever in 4wd high and low had mooved....allowing the low lever to pop forward and out of 4wlow
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Post by StuartL »

I have had the same problem with my 80 series, It started a few years back when I went to put it into high four doing about thirty k's and it went straight into low, without thinking I let the clutch out and it nearly threw us out the windscreen, since then I have had a reco transfer case put in and it still does it under load, but after reading this thread, I think that the lever may have bent on the particular day in question :roll:
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Post by misunderstood »

not all too sure but i think i remember someone mentioning something similar to this problem and relating it back to a cracked/damaged engine mount.
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Post by Kon »

yep its the engine mount!

mine was doing this a few months ago, was driving me insane!!
I was told to check the engine mounts, sure enough 2 were stuffed, replaced them, havent had a problem since.

easy to do aswell...

Good luck
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