How do I engage the 4WD?
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How do I engage the 4WD?
I have a 98 F150 XLT with 4 wheel drive. It is not the electronic type, but a stick shift on the floor (the tranny is auto). My question: how do I engage the 4WD? I tried pulling on it a little today, but it wouldn't budge, and I don't want to do anything to screw it up. How do I shift? The owner's manual states I can shift to 4WD high on the fly, but I just want to be able to shift it. Do you do it in Park? Or in Neutral? Do I really have to yank on it, or should it shift easily?
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shoot my 4x4 lever gives me hell to get in 4lo 4hi is no problem.
Anyways the way you shift into 4hi is while in drive (or neutral) BUT you have to be on a low traction surface (dont engage it on pavement unless you are slipping)
Id find a dirt road and try it out just get rolling and shift it from 2hi to 4hi and see what happens
now on 4lo i have to be in neutral to even have a chance to get it to lock in.
Anyways the way you shift into 4hi is while in drive (or neutral) BUT you have to be on a low traction surface (dont engage it on pavement unless you are slipping)
Id find a dirt road and try it out just get rolling and shift it from 2hi to 4hi and see what happens
now on 4lo i have to be in neutral to even have a chance to get it to lock in.
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I have a 98 F150 XLT with 4 wheel drive. It is not the electronic type, but a stick shift on the floor (the tranny is auto). My question: how do I engage the 4WD? I tried pulling on it a little today, but it wouldn't budge, and I don't want to do anything to screw it up. How do I shift? The owner's manual states I can shift to 4WD high on the fly, but I just want to be able to shift it. Do you do it in Park? Or in Neutral? Do I really have to yank on it, or should it shift easily?
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shoot my 4x4 lever gives me hell to get in 4lo 4hi is no problem.
Anyways the way you shift into 4hi is while in drive (or neutral) BUT you have to be on a low traction surface (dont engage it on pavement unless you are slipping)
Id find a dirt road and try it out just get rolling and shift it from 2hi to 4hi and see what happens
now on 4lo i have to be in neutral to even have a chance to get it to lock in.
Anyways the way you shift into 4hi is while in drive (or neutral) BUT you have to be on a low traction surface (dont engage it on pavement unless you are slipping)
Id find a dirt road and try it out just get rolling and shift it from 2hi to 4hi and see what happens
now on 4lo i have to be in neutral to even have a chance to get it to lock in.
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Thanks everyone for your help. I will try squirting it down with WD40 and then seeing if it will at least move easier. My last car was a 4WD Jeep, and I knew how that felt when you engaged it in 4WD, but since this is different I just wanted to be sure I wasn't going to ruin it (I will need it soon, I fear, up here in WNY).
Thanks.
Thanks.