pyro926 Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 ea82 86 gl 4inch lift 28 inch tires, 5spd d/r I have a hard time starting out in 1st gear due to larger tires. I was wondering if anyone has ever installed a disconnect on the rear driveline and left the tranny in 4low for some extra umph......Would love to have the power to not kill it at each stop light on an incline. :-\ Thanks, Pyro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausubaru92 Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 If you are feeling creative, you could fit 2 levers in place of the current one. Have one for 4wd and the other for hi/lo range. If you look at your gearbox, there are 2 selectors that the 4wd lever connects to. If you seperate them, you should be able to have indipendent selection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwoodsboy Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Heres what mine looks like on my brat. the brown lever shown only switches between hi/lo ... the 2wd - 4wd lever is the blue one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyro926 Posted June 8, 2008 Author Share Posted June 8, 2008 Heres what mine looks like on my brat. the brown lever shown only switches between hi/lo ... the 2wd - 4wd lever is the blue one. :banana: You are my hero!!! :banana: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott in Bellingham Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I used to have the the hi low shaft removed and always left it in low range worked fine , had low 2wd all the time on the road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausubaru92 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 What would be ideal would be to have the normal lever operate the hi/lo range, and have a vacuum servo to engage the 4wd via a switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3eyedwagon Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 have a vacuum servo to engage the 4wd via a switch. Unnecessarily complicated. The dual lever setup would work more reliably, with no chance of leaking vaccuum lines. There's a reason that only the Europeans are still using vaccuum for everything. Even Lincoln gave up on it years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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