Thread: Hey look you can change range on the fly....

I can only change mine when the gearbox is in neutral and the rig stationary.

Originally Posted by dobbo

I can't see the point of changing on the run. What are you doing, trying to outrun motorbikes in the traffic light grandprix? Why not stop and change ranges, you can not be perfect 100% of the time and when you f up it will be expensive.

re-read my post on Tdi's and towing

Originally Posted by dobbo

I can't see the point of changing on the run. What are you doing, trying to outrun motorbikes in the traffic light grandprix? Why not stop and change ranges, you can not be perfect 100% of the time and when you f up it will be expensive.

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Originally Posted by rovercare

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Originally Posted by rovercare

Why do you over eat, drink to much, smoke cigarretes, have sex without protection, spend to much time on internet forums................because you can

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Originally Posted by Redback

but i don't do it at speed


Baz.

I think that is the critical statement in all of this, I occasionally shift on the fly only from low to high and only at low speed ~15km/h i suppose.

As others have said though, it helps if you have learnt that way.

I cut my driving teeth on series landys, then old blitz' and studebakers (with the round the corner shift ). Going from high to low isn't that hard if you know how AND the vehicle needs to make the change, I used to have to do it in an old thorneycroft nubian 6x6 (remember that one Numpty).

Having said all that if you stuff it up big time then its likely to be very expensive.

Martyn

Originally Posted by dobbo

I can't see the point of changing on the run. What are you doing, trying to outrun motorbikes in the traffic light grandprix? Why not stop and change ranges, you can not be perfect 100% of the time and when you f up it will be expensive.

"Use of gear ranges11. If the vehicle is heavily laden or towing a heavy trailer and is required to pull away from a standing start up a steep gradient, select Low in the transfer case and first gear in the main gearbox. When the road conditions are suitable, the transfer gear may be changed to High without stopping the vehicle as follows:

Depress the clutch pedal and release the accelerator. Move the transfer gear lever to the neutral position. Release the clutch momentarily. Depress the clutch and move the Transfer lever to 'high' position. Release the clutch and continue to accelerate the vehicle normally. Should the main gear selected be too high it will only be necessary to select a lower gear in the main gearbox in the normal way.

This operation can be carried out smoothly and quickly after a little practice."

From page 22 of the "Land-Rover V8" owner's manual.

Originally Posted by Bushie

old thorneycroft nubian 6x6
Martyn

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