hey guys, i was just thinking a thought, maybe crazy, maybe not, but if one was to put an EF shift ****, or any button **** in their truck, would they somehow be able to rig things up where theres an actual lo range and hi range on the range selector switch?

Like, would it be humanly possible, to somehow run vacuum hoses or something between the t case and switch, with addition of BD 2 lo kit, to somehow make it so if pulling a heavy load, you could start out in a low range gear and run through a couple/few gears and then while in neutral, flip the EF **** range selector up, for normal hi range and grab more gears? Has this ever,, or could this ever be done? I think itd be awesome, and probably save some on wear n tear from having a heavy load starting out, especially on an incline or something.

Like i said, just a crazy thought, and was wondering if something like that was even feasible on our trucks.

 

transfer case isnt made for speed shifting between 4 lo and 4 hi. thats why the nuetral is there

 

Plus there aren't any syncros for the hi to low shift, thats why you have to be stopped and tranny in nutral to shift.

 

im positive you could build a setup using an air operated soleinoid, but once again, you must be stopped to go from 4lo to 4hi so your idea of getting moving in 4lo then switching to 4 hi is out the window.

kind of a neat idea for mounting up an air cylinder on the linkage to click a button and get 4 hi at least......

 

That's what gear vendors and the like are for . Not only that but if you need low to get it moving I would think it would be very hard on everything in high lotta extra torque

 

We used to run 8 gears in late 70's one ton ford manuals just for the heck of it (siesmic trucks). Pretty rough on them but nothing ever broke. Not practical because the stretch between hi gears is too much compared to the lo range. I don't remember exactly but 1L, 2L, 1H, 3L, 2H, 4L, 3H, 4H sounds close. Time between shifts were very short and a lot of lever yanking so you lost more than you gained.

Bored entertainment only.

 

I would have a stick......But only if I can have two...