Re: Another Transmission/transfer case Question

[tsm1@domain.elided (Tom Mandera)]

>Sounds like a great application for one of Tom Mandera's 2 x 4's he uses to
>keep a fast idle on his rig!  Cut one to the correct length and jam it between
>the transfer case shift lever and seat.  <grin>
>
>under a heavy strain (when you need it most).  I too simply rest a hand on it
>when I really want to make sure it doesn't decide to go south.

Actually, one of my grandfather's old tricks would work much better.. a 2x4
is a fixed length, and it could get bounced out of it's fixed position (they
really only work OK when the truck is NOT moving..)

Grab a piece of BUNGEE CORD (or, in my Grandfather's prime, some old rubber
tires or whatever he used.. even if they *had* bungees, he would've used an
old ruined tire before he *bought* a bungee cord) and wrap it around the
shifter lever, hook each end of the bungee to the dash (or, in 4-hi, to the
seat base) to keep a little pressure on the lever.

Of course, I've also heard bad things about wearing out syncros on a tranny
and such by doing this.. so what would happen to the transfer case?  (NOTE,
I haven't done this yet.. but I *did* just buy a big box of bungees...)

:-)

Tom Mandera, Helena MT
http://www.tmcom.com/~tsm1/scout
'72 and '77 Scout IIs